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\kt Will. Si mi. Earthworms from the North Island of New 



Zealand. By Professor \V. B. Benham .. 281-285 



XIX. <*n the Oligochceta from the Southern Islands of the 

 New Zealand Region. By Professor W. B. 

 Benham .. .. .. .. 285-297 



XX. Earthworms from the Kermadecs. By Professor 



W. B. Benham . . . . . . . . 298-299 



XXI. On the Occurrence of the Foraminiferan Genus Uamu- 

 lina in the New Zealand Waters. By Professor 

 W. B. Benham . . . . . . . . 300 



XXII. Further Notes on the Sipunculids of New Zealand. 



By Professor W. B. Benham.. .. .. 301-308 



Will. The Aquatic Larva of the Fly Ephydra. By Pro- 

 fessor W. B. Benham .. .. ..308-312 



\.\IV. Notes on some Nudihranch Molluscs from New Zea- 

 land. By Professor W. B. Benham .. ..312-320 



XXV. Note on the Function of the Last Pair of Thoracic 

 Legs in the Whale-feed {Grimothea gregaria). By 

 Professor C. Chilton .. '. . ..320-322 



XXVI. On the Occurrence of a Species of Oercaria in the 



Cockle. By Professor C. Chilton .. ..322-325 



XXVII. Notes on Fruit-flies, with a Description of a New 



Species (Dacus xanthodes). Bv Captain T. Broun 325-328 

 XX\ III. On some New Species of Lepidoptera. By A. Philpott 328-331 

 XXIX. Notes on the < >ccurrence of some Rare Species of Lepi- 



doptera. By A. 1». Buller .. .. .. 331-333 



XXX. Xotes on the Entomology of .Mount Holdsworth. Tara- 



rua Range. By G. V. Hudson .. .. 334-342 



XXXI. Epalxiphora axenaiia, Meyr. : a Species of Lepidoptera 



scarce in New Zealand. By A. Quail.. .. 343-.r>n 



X X X 1 1 l In the Occurrence of Graucalus melanops, Latham, 



in New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Button .. 350-351 

 XXXni. A Rare Saurian. By Archdeacon Walsh .. .. 351-352 



XXXIV. A Revision of the Species of the Formicidce (Ants) of 



New Zealand. By Professor Dr. A. Forel .. 353 355 



XXXV * > 1 1 -nine New Species of Macro-lepidoptera in New 



/.Miami. By G. V. Hudson .. .. 355-358 



XXXVa. < in Macro-It pidopti ra observed during the Summer of 

 1903 I. including a Note on the Occurrence of a 

 Hawk-moth new to New Zealand. Bv G. V. 

 Hudson . . .. . . . . . . 358 360 



III. Botany. 



XXXVI. Some Hitherto- unrecorded Plant-habitats. Bv Dr. 



L. Cockayne . . . . . . ' . . :u\l 367 



WWII On the Defoliation ol Gaya lyallii, .1. E. Baker. Bv 



Hi-. I.. Cockaj in- . . . . . . 368 



XXXVIII. Notes on the Vegetation of the open Bay Islands. 



!;> Dr. L. Cockayne .. .'. . . 368 HT7 



\\\1\. Xotes on Ferns. By 1 1 . ( '. Field.. .. .. :177 .'ITS 



XL. <iu the Occurrence of Starch and I in Timber. 



By Professor II. B. Kirk .. .. .. 379 380 



XLI. Revised List of New Zealand Seaweeds: Appendix 1. 



By It. VI. Laing . . . . . .380 384 



\l.ll. i »n tin- New Zealand Species of Ceramiacea : Part I. 



By R. M. Laing . . . . . . ..384 W8 



XLIII. On the Pollination >>f the Puriri {Vitex lucens, T. 



Kirk). By l>. Petrie .. . . . . 109 Ill 



