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CONTENTS.




TRANSACTIONS.




I.—Zoology.
PAGES.
Art. I. Synoptical List of Coccidæ reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December, 1894. By W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the University of New Zealand, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of South Australia 1–35
II. Further Coccid Notes: with Descriptions of New Species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and Remarks upon many Species already reported. By W. M. Maskell 36–75
III. Illustrations of Darwinism; or, The Avifauna of New Zealand considered in Relation to the Fundamental Law of Descent with Modification. By Sir Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., D.Sc, F.R.S., &c. 75–104
IV. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand; with an Exhibition of Rare Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller 104–126
V. On a New Species of Fern-bird (Sphenœacus) from the Snares Islands; with an Exhibition of Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller 127–128
VI. Notes on the Flightless Duck of the Auckland Islands (Nesonetta aucklandica). By Sir W. L. Buller 128–129
VII. Notes on Phalacrocorax colensoi, of the Auckland Islands, and on Phalacrocorax onslowi, of the Chatham Islands. By Sir W. L. Buller 129–132
VIII. Notes on Œstrelata neglecta; with an Exhibition of Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller 132–134
IX. Some Curiosities of Bird-life. By Sir W. L. Buller 134–142
X. On the Wetas, a Group of Orthopterous Insects inhabiting New Zealand; with Descriptions of Two New Species. By Sir W. L. Buller 143–147
XI. Observations on some peculiar Maori Remains, with Remarks on the Ancient Institution of Tapu. By Sir W. L. Buller 148–154
XII. Note on the Vegetable Caterpillar (Cordiceps robertsii). By Sir W. L. Buller 155–156
XIII. On the Axial Skeleton in the Dinornithidæ. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the Canterbury Museum 157–178