vi. Contents. 



PAGES. 



XXV. On some Subterranean Crustacea. By Charles Chilton, B.A. . . 174 — 180 



XXVI. History of Fish Culture in New Zealand. By W. Arthur, C.E. . . 180—210 



XXVII. On the Occurrence of the Salmon Tro in Nelson Harbour. By 



James Hector, M.D. . . . . . . . . 211—213 



XXVIII. On two Species of Nuclibrancliiate Mollusca. By T. F. Cheeseman, 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. 213—215 



XXIX. Further Notes on Coccidce in New Zealand, with Descriptions of 



new Species. By W. M. Maskell, Fell. Eoy. Micros. Soc. . . 215—229 



XXX. Additions to the Crustacean Fauna of New Zealand. By George 



M. Thomson, F.L.S. ... .. .. ..230—238 



XXXI. On the Notornis. By Walter L. Buller, C.M.G., Sc.D., F.E.S. . . 238—244 



XXXII. On the Skeleton of Notornis manteUi. By T. Jeffery Parker, B.Sc. 



Loudon, Professor of Biology in the University of Otago . . 245 — 258 



— XXXIII. On a new Method of preserving Cartilaginous Skeletons and other 



soft Animal Structures. By T. Jeffery Parker . . . . 258—264 



XXXIV. Notice of the Occurrence of the Eastern Golden Plover (Chara- 

 drius fulvus) in the Auckland District. By T. F. Cheeseman, 

 F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. 264—265 



XXXV. Notice of the Occurrence of the Australian Eoller (Eurystomus 



pacificus) in New Zealand. By T. F. Cheeseman . . 265 — 266 



XXXVI. On some new Marine Planarians. By T. W. Kirk, Assistant in the 



Colonial Museum . . . . . . . . 267—268 



XXXVII. Additions to the List of New Zealand Shells. By T. W. Kirk. . . 268—269 



XXXVIII. On Pseudo-scab and Lung-worm in Sheep. By John Buchanan, 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. 269—274 



XXXIX. Notes on Zoological Eesearches made on the Chicken Islands, East 

 Coast of the North Island. By Andreas Reischek ; commu- 

 nicated by Professor von. Haast, Ph.D., F.E.S. . . . . 274—277 



XL, On some neW' and undescribed Species of New Zealand Insects, of 



the Orders Orthoptera and Coleoptera. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. 277—282 



XLI. Description of new Shells. By T. W. Kirk, Assistant in the 



Colonial Museum . . . . . . . . 282—283 



XLH. Description of new Cephcdopoda. By T. W. Kirk , . . . 283—286 



III. — Botany. 



XLIII. On the Fresh- water Algce of New Zealand. By W. I. Spencer, 



M.R.C.S. .. .. .. .. .. 287—299 



XLIV. On some Additions to the Flora of New Zealand. By T. F, 



Cheeseman, F.L.S. .. .. .. .. 299—301 



XLV. Contributions to a Flora of the Nelson Provincial District. By T. 



F. Cheeseman . . . . . . . . . . 301—329 



XL VI. A Description of a few new Plants fi'om our New Zealand Forests. 



By W. Colenso, F.L.S. . . . . . . . . 329—341 



XL VII. On the Ali^ine Flora of New Zealand. By John Buchanan, F.L.S., 



of the Geological Survey Department . . . . . . 342 — 356 



XL VIII. On some Plants new to New Zealand, and DescriiDtion of a new 



Species. By J. Buchanan . . . . . . . . 356 — 357 



XLIX. On new Species of New Zealand Diatoms. By John Ingiis . . 357 — 359 



L. Description of new Plants. By J. B. Armstrong . . . . 359 — 362 



LI. Description of new Plants. By D. Petrie, M.A. . . . . 362—364 



LII. Notes on Epacris microplnjlla in New Zealand. By A. T. Urquhart 364 — 365 



Lin. On th-e Sugar Values of Beetroots grown in the Waikato District. 



By J, A. Pond . . . . . . . . . . 365—372 



LIV. Notes on Sorghum Experiment. By Mr. Justice Gillies . . 378 — 374 



LV. On an Abnormal Growth of New Zealand Flax. By the Bev. 



Philip Walsh . . . . . . . . . . 374 



