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Contents. Presidential Address 1 Botany. The Present Taxonomic Status of the New Zealand Species of Hebe. By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.R.S., and H. H. Allan, D.Sc., F.L.S. 11–47 Notes on New Zealand Floristic Botany, including Descriptions of New Species. By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.R.S., and H. H. Allan, D.Sc., F.L.S. 48–72 The Vegetation of Mount Peel, Canterbury, New Zealand. Part 2.—The Grassland and other Herbaceous Communities. By H. H. Allan, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. 73–89 Botanical Notes, with Descriptions of New Species. By H. Carse 89–93 Some Problems of Distribution of Indigenuous Plants in New Zealand. By A. Wall, M.A., Professor of English, Canterbury College. 94–105 The Pollination of New Zealand Flowers by Birds and Insects. By Geo. M. Thomson, F.L.S., F.N.Z.Inst., M.L.C. 106–125 A Reference List of New Zealand Marine Algae. By Robt. M. Laing, B.Sc., F.N.Z.Inst. 126–185 Fourth Supplement to the Uredinales and Ustilaginales of New Zealand. By G. H. Cunningham, Government Mycologist, Wellington 186 Lycoperdaceae of New Zealand. By G. H. Cunningham, Government Mycologist, Wellington 187–217 Four Fungi on the Endemic Species of Rubus in New Zealand. By B. Jean Murray, B.Sc., Assistant Mycologist, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 218–225 Geology. The Geology of the Ruakokopatuna Valley, Southern Wairarapa. By R. J. Waghorn, M.A. 226–234 Notes on the Glaciation of Ruapehu. By Professor Griffith Taylor, D.Sc. 235–7 The Origin of Lake Waikaremoana. By P. Marshall, D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hutton and Hector Medallist of the New Zealand Institute. 237–44

The Western Coast of the Firth of Thames. By J. A. Bartrum 245–53 Igneous Rocks from Western Samoa. By J. A. Bartrum 254–64 The Geology and Palaeontology of the Lower Waihao Basin, South Canterbury, New Zealand. By R. S. Allan, M.Sc., Otago University 265–309 New Trilobites from the Ordovician Beds of New Zealand. By F. R. Cowper Reed, F.G.S., Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge 310–4 Zoology. Occurrence of Pilchards and Sprats in New Zealand Seas. By Maxwell Young, F.C.S., and Geo. M. Thomson, F.L.S., F.N.Z.Inst. 314–9 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics. By H. J. Finlay, M.Sc., National Research Scholar in Palaeontology 320–485 Additions to Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, No. 2. By H. J. Finlay, M.Sc., National Research Scholar in Palaeontology 485–7 New Specific Names for Austral Mollusca. By H. J. Finlay, M.Sc., National Research Scholar in Palaeontology 488–533 The Genetic Relationships of Australasian Rissoids. Part 1.—Descriptions of New Recent Genera and Species from New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. By A. W. B. Powell 534–48 Variation of the Molluscan Genus Verconella with Descriptions of New Recent Species. By A. W. B. Powell 549–58 On a Large Tonna and Two Other Gasteropods of Australian Origin. By A. W. B. Powell 559–62 A New Genus and Three New Species of Coleoptera. By Albert E. Brookes 563–6 The Veneridae of New Zealand. By J. Marwick, M.A., D.Sc. 567–636 The Anatomy of Hemideina thoracica. By F. G. Maskell, B.A., M.Sc., Biological Laboratory, Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand. 637–70 Hemiptera Heteroptera from New Zealand. By E. Bergroth, D.Sc., Ekenaes, Finland 671–84 On the Nomenclature of New Zealand Homoptera. By J. G. Myers, 1851 Science Exhibition Scholar for New Zealand for 1924 685–90 Notes on the New Zealand Wood-wasp Ophrynopus schauinslandi Ashmead. By E. S. Gourlay, Assistant Entomologist, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 691–93 A List of the Lepidoptera of Deans Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury. By Stuart Lindsay 693–96

Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 697–702 New Zealand Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions. By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 703–9 The Genitalia of the Mnesarchaeidae. By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 710–5 The Genitalia of the Genus Gymnobathra (Oecopharidae: Lepidoptera). By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 716–21 The Maxillae in the Lepidoptera. By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 721–46 New Zealand Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). By A. L. Tonnoir, Canterbury Museum; and F. W. Edwards, British Museum 747–878 Miscellaneous. The Food Values of New Zealand Fish. Part 7: The Vitamin Content of the Tarakihi (chilodactylus macropterus). By John Malcolm, M.D. 879–80 Soil-survey of New Zealand. By H. T. Ferrar 881–2 An Index of Industrial Share-prices in New Zealand. By J. B. Condliffe 883–91 The Radio Activity of the Karapiti Blowhole. By M. N. Rogers, M.Sc. 892 An Examination of the Radon and Iodine-Content of certain Christchurch Artesian and other Waters, with respect to the Incidence of Goitre. By M. N. Rogers, M.Sc. 893–9 A Problem in Boiler Corrosion. By H. G. Denham 900–1 An Improved Hydrogen Sulphide Generator. By H. G. Denham and John Packer 902–4 Popular Names of New Zealand Plants. By Johannes C. Andersen, F.N.Z.Inst. 905–77