62 Transactions.— Zoology. 
by Dr. Hector in Foveaux Straits being in the Colonial Museum." The 
specimen referred to has, however, a number of black feathers; but the 
Museum has lately received another, presented by Dr. Buller, which has 
not a trace of colour about it. 
There is now on view in the window of Mr. Liardet, furrier, of this city, 
a third specimen, in beautiful plumage, which may be taken as intermediate 
between the normal black and the specimen described in the ** Manual." 
The whole of the ground colour is white, but pure black feathers are plenti- 
fully scattered all over the bird. 
b. Nestor meridionalis. Brown Parrot, Kaka. 
This specimen is very similar to that described by Dr. Buller on page 
40 of his well-known book. The one there mentioned was originally the 
type of his N. superbus, from which it differs only in having the head and 
upper part of the face of a delicate slaty grey, and all the bright parts much 
more gorgeous. It seems almost a pity that circumstances should have 
necessitated the reduction of this rightly-named superb bird to the rank of 
a variety. 
The example now exhibited was procured near Waikanae, and is I am 
informed the property of the chief Wi Parata. I am indebted to the 
taxidermist to whose tender mercies it had been committed for the tem- 
porary loan of the skin. 
Art, X.— Supplement to a Monograph of the New Zealand Geometrina. 
By E. Meyrics, B.A. 
{Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, Tth August, 1884.] 
Sixce the preparation of my paper on this group, published in the Trans- 
actions for 1883, I have revisited England, and been enabled to examine all 
the types of New Zealand Mícro- Lepidoptera existing in the British Museum. 
The results of this examination with reference to the Bombycina and 
Noctuina I hope to embody in future papers; meanwhile I give here the 
corrections and additions to my list of Geometrina which I find to be neces- 
sary. It will be remembered that I anticipated the necessity of this 
revision. i 
I have also been enabled to obtain Lederer's paper on the classification 
of the group, forming the basis of the system now adopted in Europe; by 
its aid I have been able to rectify my use of some generic names. I may 
mention, however, that whilst fully concurring in his general views on 
classifieation, I dissent from many of his results, and especially from his 
limitation of the genus Cidaria, which requires subdivision ; I am still of 
