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genera. As the author intends to leave for England, where the best libraries will 

 be at his disposal, it was thought better to temporarily withhold publication with 

 a view to finding out whether any of the species had been described before by Euro- 

 pean acarologists. Amongst other interesting A carina dealt with in the paper is the 

 description of an acarid (genus Ixodes) found on the tuatara lizard. 



2. ' Account of some Exploration of, and the Discovery of Former 

 (rlaciation in, the Tararua Ranges." Bv G. L. Adkin. 



3. "The Raised Beaches of Cape Turakirae." Bv B. C. Aston, 

 F.l.C, F.C.S. 



4. "On a Collection of Mallophaga from the Kermadec Islands." 

 By T. Harvey Johnston, M.A., D.Sc, and Launcelot Harrison ; com- 

 municated by A. Hamilton. 



5. " On the Migrations of the Polynesians according to the Evidence 

 of their Language.'" By Professor J. Macmillan Brown. 



