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Tho eartilaginous portions of the anterior cornua of the hyoid are restored, 
but the sternal ribs are entirely omitted, as I can find no figure of them, 
except one of Turner's,* showing the relations of the first sternal rib to the 
sternum in Balenoptera sibbaldii. Only one complete set of carpals could 
be made up. Each of these was divided tangentially, and half used for 
each manus by being partially imbedded in the cement used to represent 
the continuous carpal cartilage. 
The skeleton is suspended in the centre of the Museum from girders of 
railway-iron passing between the capitals of the columns supporting the 
upper gallery. Iam greatly indebted to Mr. W. N. Blair, C.E., Engineer- 
in-charge for the South Island, for having kindly furnished me with an 
extremely suitable design for these supports. 
The articulation of the skeleton has been very successfully done by my 
second assistant, F. J. Bourne, who also designed the whole of the iron- 
work, with the exception of the girders. 
I have to thank my friend and colleague Professor Scott, M.D., for 
having made the drawings from which figures 1, 2, and 8 are taken. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI. 
Fig. 1. The nasals, dorsal aspect. 
Fig. 2. The left lacrymal, posterior aspect. 
Fig. 3. The left jugal, ventral aspect. 
Fig. 4. The sternum, dorsal aspect. 
Fig. 5. One of the longest plates of baleen. 
Art IL.— Note on an Aphidian Insect infesting Pine Trees, with observations 
on the name “ Chermes " or ** Kermes.” By W. M. MASKELL, F.R.M.8. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 6th August, 1884.] 
Plate VII. 
Some four or five years ago the imported pine trees in this country began 
to be attacked by a “blight,” (to use the popular term) which has since 
increased to a somewhat alarming extent throughout the colony, at least in 
Wellington, Nelson, and Canterbury. The trees most subject to this pest 
appear to be Pinus halepensis, P. insignis, and P. silvestris. "The general 
appearance presented is that of a white, mealy or cottony, fluff thickly 
coating the twigs of the tree but not extending far along the leaf-tufts. 
These last, however, soon become dry and brown, as if scorched, and 
* Journ. of Anat. and Phys., vol. 4, 1870, p. 273. 
