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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. 



5. Nestor mericlionalis. 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. Meyeick, B.A. 

 [Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 1th August, 1884.] 

 Since the preparation of my paper on this group, published in the Trans- 

 actions for 1883, 1 have revisited England, and been enabled to examine all 

 the types of New Zealand Micro-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 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 

 classification, I dissent from many of his results, and especially from his 

 limitation of the genus Cidaria, which requires subdivision ; I am still of 



