CONTENTS. 



TEANSACTIONS. 



I. — Zoology. 



PAGE 3 



Art. I. Further Coccid Notes: with Descriptions of New 

 Species from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji. 

 By W. M. IMaskell, F.R.M.S., Corr. Mem. Roy. 

 Soc. of South Australia . . . . . . 1- 3G 



II. An Exhibition of New and Interesting Forms of New- 

 Zealand Birds, with Remarks thereon. By Sir 

 Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. . . . . SG- m 



III. The Habits and Life-history of the New Zealand 



Glowworm. By G. V. Hudson, F.B.S. . . . . 43- 41) 



IV, On the New Zealand Cicada. By G. V. Hudson . . 49- 55 

 V. A few Words on the Codlin-moths, Carpocapsa pomo- 



nclla, L., and Cacoecia excessana, Walk. By G. V. 

 Hudson . . . . . . . . " . . 5G- 58 



VI. Notes on the New Zealand Sqiiillidcc. By Charles 



Chilton, M.A., B.Sc. .. .. .. ..58-63 



VII. On the Changes in Form of a Parasitic Isopod 



(Nerocila). By Charles Cliilton .. .. 68- 71 



VIII. On the Anatomy of the Red Cod {LotcIIa bacchus). 

 By James ]\I. Beattie, ]M.A., from the Biological 

 Laboratory of the University of Otago : communi- 

 cated by Professor Parker . . . . . . 71- 83 



IX. Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Land 

 and Fresh-water Sliells. By H. Suter : com- 

 municated by the Secretary of the Philosophical 

 Institute of Canterbury . . . . . . 84- 93 



X. Miscellaneous Communications on New Zealand 

 Land and Fresh-water JMolluscs. By H. Suter : 

 communicated by the Secretary of the Philo- 

 sophical Institute of Canterbury . . . . 93- 9G 



XI. New Species of Lcindoptcra. By E. Mcyrick, B.A., 



F.Z.S. .. .. ., .. .. 97-101 



XII. Revised List of the IMarine Bnjozoa of New Zealand. 



By Professor F. W. Hutton . . . . . . 102-107 



XIII. Note on the Breeding Habits of the European 



Sparrow {Passer doinesticus) in New Zealand. 



By T. W. Kirk, F.R.M.S., F.L.S. . . . . 108-110 



XIV. Notes on Blights. By James Hudson, M.B. . . Ill 

 XV. Takahe versus Kakapo. By James Park, F.G.S., 



Lecturer, Thames School of Mines . . . . 112-119 



32385 



