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CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS. 



I. — Zoology. 



Akt. I. Synopsis of the Diptera brachycera of New Zealand, pages 

 By Captain P. W. Hutton, F.R.S. . . . . 1-95 



II. Note on Chrysophanus feredayi. By Captain F. W. 



Hutton . . . . . . " . . . . 96- 97 



III. Note on the Distribution of some Australasian Col- 



lembola. By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, Professor of 

 Biology in the Canterbury College, University of 

 New Zealand . . . . . . . . 97- 98 



IV. On a New Zealand Fresh-water Leech (Glossiphonia 



(Clepsine) novcB-zealandue, n. sp.). By Arthur 

 Dendy, D.Sc., and Margaret F. Olliver, M.A., 

 Senior Scholar in Zoologv, University of New 

 Zealand .. .. .. .. •• 99-103 



V. On a Collection of Hymenoptera made in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Wellington by Mr. G. V. Hudson, 

 with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. 

 By P. Cameron, of Stockport, Cheshire. Com- 

 municated by Captain F. W. Hutton . . . . 104-120 



VI. On the New Zealand I.ancelet. By W. B. Benham, 

 D.Sc, M.A., F.Z.S., Professor of Biology in the 

 University of Otago .. .. .. .. 120-122 



VII. An Account of Acanthodrilus uliginosus, Hutton. 



By W. Blaxland Beuham . . . . . . 122-129 



VIII On some Earthworms from the Islands around New 



Zealand. By W. Blaxland Benham . . . . 129-144 



IX. Life-history of Plutella cruciferarum, Zeller. By 

 F. W. Hilgendorf, M.A., B.Sc, Canterbury Agri- 

 cultural College .. .. .. .. 145-146 



X. Description of the Caterpillar of Epirranthis alecto- 

 raria. By George R. Marriner. Communicated 

 by Professor Dendy . . . . . . . . 147-148 



XI. Notes on New Zealand Ephemeridce. By C. O. Lillie, 



M. A., B.Sc. .. .. .. .. .. 149-150 



XII. Further Contributions to the Geographical Dis- 

 tribution of the New Zealand Non-marine 

 Mollusca. By Henry Suter .. .. .. 151-152 



XIII. Hymenopterous Parasite of Ovum of Vanessa gone- 



rilla. By Ambrose Quail, F.E.S. .. .. 153-154 



XIV. On Lysiphragma howesii, sp. nov. By Ambrose 



Quail. Communicated by Captain F. W. Hutton 154-158 



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