Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1889. VOl XXII. -

Wellington, Government Printer. 1890, First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, xix, 586 pages, 32 plates. Spine taped with red library tape. Ex-library copy, clean. Many articles on New Zealand natural history, geology, botany, zoology, Maori. Art. V.¿The Newly-opened Cave near Sumner. Art. VI.¿On the Disappearance of the Moa. Art. VII.¿The Moriori. Art. VIII.¿Notes on the Great Barrier Island. Art. IX.¿Tongarewa, or Penrhyn Island, and its People. Art. X.¿Notes on some Relics of Cannibalism. Art. XI.¿Description of a Meteor, of 4th May, 1888. Art. XII.¿Shadow-pictures. Art. XIII.¿On Maori Proverbs. Art. XIV.¿A Mysterious Therapeutic Agent. Art. XV.¿On Terrestrial Magnetism. II.¿Zoology Art XVI.¿Further Notes on Coccididæ, with Descriptions of New Species from Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand. Art. XVII¿On some Species of Psyllidæ in New Zealand. Art. XVIII.¿On some Aleurodidæ from New Zealand and Fiji. Art. XIX.¿The Wattle-blight (Icerya purchasi) in Tasmania, and its Natural Enemies. Art. XX.¿An Entomological Tour on the Table-land of Mount Arthur. Art. XXI.¿Eristalis tenax and Musca vomitoria in New Zealand. Art. XXII.¿Revision of the New Zealand Idoteidæ. Art. XXIII.¿Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Art. XXIV.¿Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Land and Fresh-water Shells. Art. XXV.¿Notes on a Collection of Pselaphidæ from the Neighbourhood of Clevedon, Southern Wairoa. Art. XXVI.¿Description of a New Species of Argiope, from Fiji. Art. XXVII.¿On Two Species of Aranea new to Science, from the Jenolan Caves, New South Wales. Art. XXVIII.¿Descriptions of New Species of Araneidæ. Art. XXIX.¿Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Araneæ, with Notes on their Habits. Art. XXX.¿On a New Genus of Fishes of the Family Percidæ, from New Zealand. Art. XXXI.¿List of the New Zealand Fishes. Art.XXXII.¿Observations on the Mokohinou Islands and the Birds which visit them. Art. XXXIII.¿Notes on a Paper entitled ¿The Takahe in Western Otago,¿ by Mr. James Park, F.G.S. Art. XXXIV.¿On the Habits of the New Zealand Bush-rat (Mus maorium). Art. XXXV.¿Rabbit-disease in the South Wairarapa. Art. XXXVI.¿The Soaring of the Hawk¿A possible Reason for Notched Wing-feathers. Art. XXXVII.¿On the Wild Dogs of New Zealand. Art. XXXVIII.¿Note on the F¿tal Membranes of Mustelus antarcticus. Art. XXXIX.¿On a Specimen of the Great Ribbon-fish (Regalecus argenteus) taken in Nelson Harbour. Art. XL.¿On the Occurrence of the Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) in Nelson. Art. XLI.¿Note on the Wandering Albatros (Diomedea exulans). Art. XLII.¿On the Assumed Hybridity between the Common Fowl and the Woodhen (Ocydromus). Art. XLIII.¿Parasitic Copepoda of New Zealand, with Descriptions of New Species. III.¿Geology. Art. XLIV.¿On the Relative Ages of the New Zealand Coalfields. Art. XLV.¿Note on the Geology of the Country about Lyell. Art. XLVI.¿On the Conformable Relations of the different Members of the Waitemata Series. Art. XLVII.¿A Theory on the Formation of Gold into Specks and Nuggets. Art. XLVIII.¿Origin of the Loess Deposit of the Timaru Plateau. Art. XLIX.¿On certain Rare Minerals associated with the Tin-ore of Stewart Island, With Notes on their Mode of Occurrence Art. L.¿Descriptive Geology of the District between Napier and Ruapehu Mountain viâ Kuripapanga and Erehwon. Art. LI.¿Artesian Wells: No 2. Art. LII.¿Descriptions of New Native Plants. Art. LXII.¿On the Korotangi, or Stone Bird. Good.

- Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1889. VOl XXII.