CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Wellington Philosophical Society : Meetings, 9th August, 6th September. 



Auckland Institute : Meetings, 7th August, 28th August, 2nd October. 



Manawatu Philosophical Society : Meetings, 31st August, 2Sth Septem- 

 ber. 



Otago Institute: Meetings, 1st August, 5th September, 3rd October; 

 Technological Section — Meetings, 18th July, 15th August, 19th Sep- 

 tember. 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury : Meetings, 2nd August, 6th Sep- 

 tember, 4th October. 



Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute : Meetings, 30th June, 1st Sep- 

 tember. 



PAPERS. 



1. Descriptions of some New Zealand Plants. Bv Dr. L. Cockayne, 



F.L.S. 



2. Notes on the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Geometridae. By 



L. B. Prout; communicated by George Howes, F.E.S. 



ABSTRACTS. 



1. Marine Algae from the Kermadecs. — A. and E. S. Gepp. 



2. Fructification of Macrocystis. — E. J. Hoffman. 



3. Studies in Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. — H. M. Hall. 



4. Die Geographie der Fame. — H. Christ. 



5. Die Gattung Acaena. — G. Bitter. 



6. On the Peopling by Plants of the Subalpine River-bed of the Rakaia. 



— L. Cockayne. 



7. The Hepatics of New Zealand. — L. S. Gibbs. 



8. Handbuch der Regionalen Geologie : New Zealand and Adjacent 



Islands. — P. Marshall. 



