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Contents. 



Aet. XXI. The Lizards (Lacertilia) indigenous to New Zealand, pages 

 By A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc., and C. Frost, 

 P.L.S. Communicated by Captain F. W. Hutton 264-280 

 XXII. Notes on the Cicadas of New Zealand. By A. T. 



Potter .. .. .. .. .. 280-282 



XXIII. Descriptions of Two New Species of Lepidoptera. By 



E. F. Hawthorne . . . . . . . . 282-283 



XXIV. Described Species of New Zealand Aranece omitted 



from the Catalogue of 1891, "Transactions of the 

 New Zealand Institute." By A. T. Urquhart . . 284 



XXV. Natural History Notes. By S. H. Drew, Curator of 

 the Public Museum, Wanganui. Communicated 

 by Sir J. Hector . . . . . . . . 284-287 



XXVI. On Pormol for Preservation of Natural History Spe- 

 cimens. By S. H. Drew . . . . . . 288-290 



XXVII. On some Tick-parasites of the Kiwi. By W. M. 



Maskell .. .. .. . .' .. 290-293 



XXVIII. Further Coccid Notes : with Descriptions of New 

 Species, and Discussion of Points of Interest. 

 By W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the University 

 of New Zealand, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of South 

 Australia .. .. .. .. .. 293-331 



IIL— Botany. 



XXIX. On the Flora of the North Cape District. By T. F. 

 Cheesemau, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Curator of the Auck- 

 land Museum . . . . . . . . 333-385 



XXX. Notice of the Establishment of ValUsneria spiralis 

 in Lake Takapuna, together with some Remarks 

 on its Life-history. By T. F. Cheesemau . . 386-390 



XXXI. On some Plants new to the New Zealand Flora. By 



T. F. Cheesemau . . . . . . . . 390-393 



XXXII. An Account of the Plants growing at " The Gums," 



Taita. By T. Mason . . . . . . 393-412 



XXXIII. Notes on the Occurrence of Kauri-gum in the Kahi- 



katea Forest at Turua. By L. J. BagnaU ..412-413 



XXXIV. A Description of some New Indigenous New Zealand 



Forest Ferns. By the Rev. W. Coleuso, F.R.S., 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. 414-421 



XXXV. Supplement to List of Flowering-plants indigenous 



to Otago. By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S. . . . . 421-422 



XXXVI. Note on Gunnera ovata, Petrie. By D. Petrie . . 422-424 

 XXXVII. Descriptions of New Native Plants. By D. Petrie 425-426 

 XXXVIII. A Modern Chapter in Vegetable Physiology. By 



D. Petrie . . . . . . . . . . 427-441 



XXXIX. On New Zealand Mosses. By T. W. Naylor Beckett, 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. 441-445 



XL. Notes on several Species of Dclesseria, One being 



New. By Robert M. Laing, B.Sc. . . . . 446-450 



XLI. New Zealand M«sci ; Notes on the Genus Dic?-an?(Hj, 

 with Description of New Species, including Some 

 Doubtful Species of Blindia. By Robert Brown 451-465 

 XLII. Notes on the New Zealand Musci, and Descriptions 



of New Species. By Robert Brown . . . . 465-477 



XLIII. Further Notes on the New Zealand Musci : Genus 

 Trichostomum, with Descriptions of Some New 

 Species. By Robert Brown . . . . . . 478-490 



XLIV. On the Disappearance of the New Zealand Bush. 



By the Rev. P. Walsh . . . . . . 490-496 



