Contents

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 68, 1938-39, Unnumbered Page

Contents Obituaries. Pages Sir Frederick Revans Chapman 1 Baron Rutherford of Nelson 4 Professor Sir Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas 26 Edward Phillips Turner 28 The Right Reverend Herbert William Williams 30 Edward Meyrick 141 Botany. Fruit Character in the F2 of a Coprosma Cross. By H. H. Allan. 34 Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Hepatics, II. By Th. Herzog. 40 Vegetation of the Tararuas. By V. D. Zotov and Others. 259 The Development of the Antheridium, Archegonium and Sporogonium of Cyathophorum bulbosum. By I. L. Burr. 437 Remarks on X Leucoraoulia. By H. H. Allan. 457 Chemistry. A Phase Rule Study of the System Na2O–V2O5–H2O2 By R. A. Robinson, G. B. Jones, A. W. Wylie, and J. E. Brundel. 390 Entomology. The Calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand. By J. R. Malloch. 161 A Systematic Classification of Pseudococcus and Some Related Genera, Part I. By G. Brittin 325 A New Genus of Collembola in New Zealand and the Genus Lepidosira. By J. T. Salmon. 349

Geology. The Dykes of the Summit Road, Lyttelton. By R. Speight. 82 Petrofabric Investigations of Otago Schists. No. 2—Three Quartz-albite-sericite-schists from Waipori. By F. J. Turner. 107 The Metamorphic and Plutonic Rocks of Lake Manapouri, Fiordland, New Zealand—Part III. By F. J. Turner. 122 Morainic Deposits of the Waimakariri Valley. By R. Speight 143 The Relation between the Major Islands of New Zealand. By L. C. King. 544 Hornblende-Gneisses, Marbles and Associated Rocks from Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand. The Significance of Tourmaline in the Otago Schists. By C. O. Hutton. 599 Palaeontology. Page A Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 5—The Eulimellid Genera. By C. R. Laws. 51 Notocallista and its Allies. By J. Marwick. 60 Tertiary Molluscan Faunules from the Waitemata Beds. By A. W. B. Powell. 362 Maccoyella and Aucellina in the Taitai Series. By J. Marwick. 462 The Molluscan Faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara. By C. R. Laws. 466 New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy, No. 1. By H. J. Finlay. 504 New Zealand Foraminifera: The Occurrence of Rzehakina, Hantkenina, Rotaliatina, and Zeauvigerina. By H. J. Finlay. 534

Zoology. The Plumage of Nesonetta aucklandica Gray. By R. A. Falla and E. F. Stead. 37 A Brief Note on the Spinal Nerves of the Red Cod. By W. T. G. Johnston. 47 Notes on the Breeding Habits and the Early Development of Dolicho-glossus otagoensis Benham. By H. B. Kirk. 49 The Supposed Flightless Duck from Campbell Island. By E. F. Stead. 100 “Eclipse Plumage” possibly a Universal Factor in the Sequence of Moult in Ducks. By E. F. Stead. 102 Further Observations on Moult in the Duck Family. By E. F. Stead. 105 The Ill-conditioned Trout Present in the Lower Selwyn During the Spring of 1932. By G. Stokell. 380 Fishes of Otago Harbour and Adjacent Seas with Additions to Previous Records. By D. H. Graham. 399 Food of Fishes of Otago Harbour and Adjacent Sea. By D. H. Graham. 421 Proceedings. Annual Meeting 603 Presidential Address 624 Professor Skottsberg's Visit 633 Appendix 635

List of Plates Facing Page H. H. Allan. Plates 1 and 2 36 Th. Herzog. Plates 3–7 46 W. T. G. Johnston. Plate 8 48 C. R. Laws. Plate 9 56 J. Marwick. Plates 10–14 80 R. Speight. Plates 15–19 96 E. F. Stead. Plate 20 100 F. J. Turner. Plate 21 120 R. Speight. Plates 22–24 160 J. R. Malloch. Plates 25 and 26 252 V. D. Zotov and Others. Plates 27–33 324 G. Brittin. Plate 34 348 J. T. Salmon. Plates 35–37 356 A. W. B. Powell. Plates 38–40 372 G. Stokell. Plates 41–43 388 I. L. Burr. Plates 44–51 452 H. H. Allan. Plates 52–60 460 J. Marwick. Plate 61 464 C. R. Laws. Plates 62–67 500 H. J. Finlay. Plates 68 and 69 532 F. J. Turner. Plates 70 and 71 596

The Late Sir Frederick Chapman