IV 



PREFACE. 



fully settled countries; but the rapid extension of railway lines 

 and roads throughout the Islands will display in future better 

 sections of the strata for the inspection of the geologist, and open 

 up many new localities rich in fossil remains. 



A series of lithographed plates is being prepared of the most 

 cbaract eristic fossils mentioned in this Catalogue, including all the 

 newly described species, and will be issued shortly. 



James Hector. 



Colonial Museum, Wellington, 18th June, 1873. 



