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CONTENTS. 



TEANSACTIONS. 



I, — Zoology. 

 Abt I Contribution to the Osteology of the Aborigines of pages 

 New Zealand and of the Chatham Islands. By 

 John H. Scott, M.D., Professor of Anatomy in 

 the University of Otago . . . . . . 1- 64 



II. Further Coccid Notes : with Descriptions of several 

 New Species, and Discussion of various Points 

 of Interest. By W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the 

 University of New Zealand, Corr. Mem. Eoyal 

 Society of South Australia . . . . • • 65-105 



III Notes on New Zealand Neuroptera. By G. V. 



Hudson, F.E.S. .. •• •• •• 105-106 



IV Description of a Large Species of lulus. By W. 



Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c 106 



V. Notes on Spiders. By Major-General Schaw, C.B., 



R.E. .. •• •• ••. •• lO'-lOo 



VI. Description of a New Species of OiMuridcc. By 



H. Farquhar . . • • • • • • 109-111 



VII. On the Anatomy of the Pig-fish (Agriopus lettcopce- 

 cilus). By Andrew Stenhouse, M.A. (from the 

 Biological Laboratory of the University of Otago) : 

 commmiicated by Professor T. J. Parker . . 111-120 



VIII. Further Contributions to the Knowledge of the Mol- 

 luscan Fauna of New Zealand, with Descriptions 

 of Eight New Species. By Henry Suter : com- 

 municated by Professor Hutton . . . • 121-138 

 IX. Check-list of the New Zealand Land and. Fresh- 

 water Mollusca. By Henry Suter : communicated 

 by Professor Hutton . . . . . ■ • • 139-154 



X. Further Notes on New Zealand Earthworms. By 



W. W. Smith : communicated by A. Hamilton . . 155-175 

 XI. Contribution to a Knowledge of the New Zealand 



Sponges. By H. B. Kirk, M.A. . . . . 175-179 



XII. On a New Rail from the Auckland Islands. By 

 the Hon. Walter Rothschild: communicated^by 

 Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. . . ■ . 180 



XIII. Brief Ornithological Notes. By T. W. Kirk, F.L.S. 181 



XIV. On the Birds observed during a Voyage from New 

 Zealand to England, and Notes made on the 

 Return Voyage from Plymouth to Auckland by 

 way of the Cape of Good Hope. By Sir Walter 



L. Buller, K.C.M.G., D.Sc, F.R.S 182-199 



XV. On the Importance of New Zealand Biological Col- 

 lections. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. . . . . 199-203 

 XVI. Descriptions of New Species of Aranecs. By A. T. 



Urquhart, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of Tasmania . . 204-218 



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