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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 52, 1920, Unnumbered Page

Contents. Pages Roll of Honour xxi–xxiii Presidential Address xxv–xxx Anthropology. Art. XII. The Southern Maori, and Greenstone. By H. Beattie 45–52 XIII. Nature-lore of the Southern Maori. By H. Beattie 53–77 Botany. Art. II. Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand: No. 7. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Curator of the Auckland Museum 9–16 III. Descriptions of New Native Flowering-plants. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D., F.N.Z.Inst. 17–19 XV. Ranunculus paucifolius T. Kirk: its Distribution and Ecology, and the Bearing of these upon certain Geological and Phylogenetic Problems. By A. Wall, M.A., Professor of English, Canterbury College 90–105 XVI. Helichrysum dimorphum Cockayne—a Hydrid ? By A. Wall, M.A., Professor of English, Canterbury College 106–107 XXVII. Studies in the New Zealand Species of the Genus Lycopodium: Part IV—The Structure of the Prothallus-in Five Species. By the Rev. J. E. Holloway, D.Sc., Hutton Memorial Medallist 193–239 XXVIII. Notes on the Indigenous Vegetation of the North-eastern Portion of the Hokonui Hills, with a Last of Species. By D. L. Poppelwell 239–247 XXIX. Notes on the Indigenous Vegetation of Ben Lomond, with a List of Species. By D. L. Poppelwell 248–252 XXX. Notes from the Canterbury College Mountain Biological Station, Cass. No. 7—The Rosette Plants: Part I. By M. Winifred Betts, M.Sc. 253–275 XXXI. Notes on the Autecology of certain Plants of the Peridotite Belt, Nelson: Part I—Structure of some of the Plants (No. 3). By M. Winifred Betts, M.Sc. 276–314 XXXII. Pteridophytes of Banks Peninsula (Eastern Portion). By W. Martin, B.Sc. 315–322 Chemistry. Art. V. The Distillation of Waikaia Oil-shale. By W. Donovan, M.Sc., and G. C. Burton 27–29 VI. Sting-ray-liver Oil. By W. Donovan, M.Sc. 29 XXVI The Influence of Salts of the Alkali and Alkaline-earth Metals on the Solubility in Water of Calcium Carbonate (a) in the Presence of Air free from Carbon Dioxide, (b) in the Presence of Excess of Carbon Dioxide. By E. A. Rowe, M.Sc. 192

Geology. Art. XVII. On the Occurrence of Striated Boulders in a Palaeozoic Breccia near Taieri Mouth, Otago, New Zealand. By Professor James Park, F.G.S. 107–108 XVIII. The Tawhiti Series, East Cape District. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hector and Hutton Medallist 109–110 XIX. The Hampden Beds and the New Zealand Tertiary Limestones. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hector and Hutton Medallist 111–114 XX. The Tertiary Rocks near Wanganui. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hector and Hutton Medallist, and R. Murdoch 115–128 XXI. Some Tertiary Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hector and Hutton Medallist, and R. Murdoch 128–136 XXII. Tertiary Geology of the Area between the Otiake River (Kurow District) and Duntroon, North Otago. By G. H. Uttley, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., Scots College, Wellington 137–153 XXIII. Tertiary Geology of the Area between Wharekuri and the Otiake River, North Otago. By G. H. Uttley, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., Scots College, Wellington 154–168 XXIV. Remarks on Bulletin No. 20 (New Series) of the New Zealand Geological Survey. By G. H. Uttley, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., Scots College, Wellington 169–182 XXV. Examples of Readjustment of Drainage on the Tararua Western Foothills. By G. Leslie Adkin 183–191 XXXIII. The Notocene Geology of the Middle Waipara and Weka Pass District, North Canterbury, New Zealand. By Dr. J. Allan Thomson, F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Director of the Dominion Museum 322–415 XXXIV. Additional Facts concerning the Distribution of Igneous Rocks in New Zealand: No. 2. By J. A. Bartrum, M.Sc. 416–422 XXXV. The Conglomerate at Albany, Lucas Creek, Waitemata Harbour. By J. A. Bartrum, M.Sc. 422–430 Zoology. Art. I. Some New Zealand Amphipoda: No. 1. By Charles Chilton, M. A., D.Sc., LL.D., C.M.Z.S., Hon. Member Roy. Soc. N.S.W., F.N.Z.Inst., Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, N.Z. 1–8 VII. Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 30–32 VIII. Illustrated Life-histories of New Zealand Insects: No. 1. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.N.Z.Inst. 32–34 IX. New Lepidoptera. By Charles E. Clarke 35 X. Lepidoptera of Auckland and the King-country. By Charles E. Clarke 36–41 XI Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By Arthur Philpott 42–44 XXXVI. On some Examples of New Zealand Insects illustrating the Darwinian Principle of Sexual Selection, By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.N.Z.Inst. 431–438 XXXVII. Leaf-mining Insects of New Zealand. By M. N. Watt 439–466

Miscellaneous. Art. IV. The Food Values of New Zealand Fish: Part 1. By (Mrs.) Dorothy E. Johnson, B.Sc. in Home Science 20–26 XIV. The Mission of the “Britomart” at Akaroa in August, 1840. By Johannes C. Andersen 78–89 Proceedings. Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors 469–485 Wellington Philosophical Society 485–488 Auckland Institute 488–493 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 493–495 Otago Institute 496–497 Manawatu Philosophical Society 497–498 Appendix. New Zealand Institute Act and Regulations 501–506 Hutton Memorial Medal and Research Fund 507–509 Hector Memorial Research Fund 509–510 Regulations for administering the Government Research Grant 511–512 Carter Bequest 512 New Zealand Institute—List of Officers, &c. 513–517 Roll of Members 518–533 Serial Publications received by the Library of the Institute 534–537 List of Institutions to which the Publications of the Institute are presented 538–543 Index 544