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CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS. 



I. — Zoology. 



Art. I. On the Ornithology of New Zealand. By Sir Walter pages 

 L. Buller, K.O.M.G., D.Sc, F.R S. .. .. 1-37 



II. On the Appearance of A^iosia bolina in the Welling- 

 ton District. By A. P. Buller. Communicated 

 through Sir Walter Buller . . . . . . 38- 39 



III. Supplement to the Stcnopehnatidcs of New Zealand. 

 By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the 

 Canterbury Museum . . . . . . . • 40- 43 



IV. Notes on the New Zealand Acrididce. By Captain 



F. W. Hutton .. .. .. ..44-50 



V. Revision of the New Zealand PMsmicZffi. By Captain 



F. W. Hutton . . . . . . . . 50- 59 



VI. New Zealand Poli/placophora : Keys to Genera and 



Species. By Henry Suter . . . . . . 59- 64 



VII. Revision of the New Zealand PleurotomidcB, with 

 Descriptions of Six New Species. By Henry 



Suter 64-77 



VIII. Notes on New Zealand Oalaxida, more especially 

 those of the Western Slopes : with Descriptions 

 of New Species, Ac. By F. E. Clarke .. _ .. 78-91 



IX. On Exoccetus ilma : A New Species of Flying-fish. 



By F. E. Clarke .. .. .. ..92-96 



X. Notes on Parore (the Mangrove Fish). By F. E. 



Clarke .. .. .. •• •• 96-101 



XI. Formaline in Museology. By Dr. G. Thilenius, 

 Lecturer on Anatomy to the University of 

 Strasburg. Communicated through Sir J. Hector 101-103 

 XII. On the Habits of Dermestes vulpinus. By A. T. 



Potter .. .. .. .. .. 104-105 



XIII. Notice of the Occurrence of the Australian Snipe 



{Gallinago anstralis) in New Zealand. By T. F. 

 Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. .. .. ..105-106 



XIV. A Contribution to the Study of the Rotifera of New 



Zealand. By F. W. Hilgendorf. M.A. ..107-134 



XV. A List of Marine Shells found at Wbangarei Heads. 



By Charles Cooper . . . . . . . . 134-140 



XVI. Birds of the Bay of Islands. By A. T. Pycroft .. 141-146 

 XVII. Notes on the Fourth Skin of Notornis. By W. 

 Blaxland Benham, D.Sc. Lond., M.A. Oxon., 

 Professor of Biology in the University of Otago 146-1.50 



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