CONTENTS. 



TEANSACTIONS 



I. — Zoology. 



PAGES. 



Art. I. Monograph of New Zealand Noctuina, By E. Meyrick, 



B.A., F.E.S. .. .. .. .. 3—40 



n. On the "Honeydew" of Coccidai, and the Fungus 

 accompanying these Insects. By W. M. Maskell, 

 F.E.M.S. .. .. .. .. .. 41—45 



III. Further Notes on New Zealand Coccidce. By W. M. 



Maskell, F.R.M.S. . . . . . . . . 45—49 



IV. On the Freshwater Infusoria of the Wellington Dis- 



trict. By W. M. Maskell, F.E.M.S. .. .. 49—61 



V. On New Zealand Glow-worms. By G. V. Hudson . . 62 — 64 

 VI. Note on a curious Double Worm. By T. W. Kirk 



(Geological Survey Department) . . . . 64 — 65 



Vn. On Ixodes maskelli, a Parasite of the Albatross (Dio- 



viedea exulans). By T. W. Kirk . , . . 65—67 

 VIII. On the Occurrence of the English Scaly Lizard {Zootoca 



vivipara) in New Zealand. By T. W. Kirk . . 67 — 69 

 IX. Description of a new Species of Moth (Pasiphila 



lichenodes). By Alex. Purdie, M.A. .. .. 69 — 72 



X. On new Species of Araneidea. By A. T. Urquhart . . 72 — 118 

 XI. On the Work of Earth-worms in New Zealand. By A. 



T. Urquhart .. .. .. .. 119 — 123 



XII. Notes on New Zealand Earth-worms. By W. W. Smith ; 



communicated by Dr. Hector . . . . . . 123 — 139 



XIII. A Description of the curiously-deformed Bill of a Huia 



{Heteralocha acutiroslris, Gould), an endemic 

 New Zealand bird. By W. Colenso, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., etc. .. .. .. .. .. 140—145 



XIV. A Description of a large and new Species of Orthop- 



terous Insect of the genus Hemideina, Walker. 



By W. Colenso . . . . . . . . 145—147 



XV. Further Notes and Observations on the Gestation, 

 Birth, and Young of a Lizard, a Species of Naul- 

 tinus. By W. Colenso .. .. .. 147—150 



XVI. Remarks on Palitmrus lalandii, M. Edw., and P. 

 edwardsii, Button. By T. Jeffery Parker, B.Sc, 

 C.M.Z.S., Professor of Biology in the University 

 of Otago . . . . . . . . . . 150 — 155 



XVII. On a new Species of Giant Cuttlefish, stranded at Cape 

 Campbell, June 30th, 1886 (Architeuthis kirkii). 

 By C. W. Eobson ; communicated by Dr. Hector 155 — 157 

 XVIII. On the Anatomy of the Limpet (Patinella radians, 



Quoy). ByJ. A. Newell, B.A... .. ..157—160 



XIX. On the Mollusca of the Vicinity of Auckland, By T. 

 F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., Curator of the Auckland 

 Museum .. .. .. .. .. 161—176 



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