Contents

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 82, 1954-55, Unnumbered Page

Contents Volume 82, Part 1. Pages BOTANY The Female Conceptacle and Young Sporeling of the Four New Zealand Species of Carpophyllum By Margaret Naylor 1–6 New Zealand Hepaticae (Liverworts)—VIII. A Review of the New Zealand Species of the Genera Bazzania and Acromastigum By E. Amy Hodgson 7–21 Variation in a Sample of Pinus radiata Cones from the Nelson District By M. H. Bannister 25–40 Some Notes on Suaeda australis Moq. var. nova zeladica var. nov. and Mesembryanthemum australe Sol. ex Forst. f. By J. B. MacKay and V. J. Chapman 41–47 Studies in New Zealand Carices I. The Section Acutae Fries By B. G. Hamlin 49–64 A Disease of Manuka Leptospermum scoparium Forst. By A. P. Mulcock 115–118 Upper Palaeozoic Plant Fossils from South Island, New Zealand By D. R. McQueen 231–236 The Structure and Development of Monoclea forsteri, Hook. By Ella O. Campbell 237–248 The Structure and Development of Marchasta areolata Camp. By Ella O. Campbell 249–262 Contributions to a Knowledge of the Naturalized Flora of New Zealand. No. 4 By A. J. Healy 263–269 Thelephoraceae of New Zealand. Part III: The Genus Corticium By G. H. Cunningham 271–327 Forests and Climates in the South Island of New Zealand By John T. Holloway 329–410 The Occurrence of Sarcochilus adversus (Hook. f.) in the Waikato Basin By M. C. Gudex, M. A., M. Sc. 611–612 Further Notes on Gastrodia R. Brown and Spiranthes L. C. Richard. By Edwin D. Hatch 613–615 Studies on New Zealand Clavariaceae. I. By D. Alleyne Crawford 617–631 Rust Fungi on New Zealand Clematis By G. T. S. Baylis 633–637

Chromosome Number and Distribution of Solanum aviculare Forst. and S. laciniatum Ait. By G. T. S. Baylis 639–643 A Check List of the Marine Algae of the Dunedin District By Margaret Naylor 645–663 Introductory Note to Cyto-Taxonomic Studies of New Zealand Ferns By G. Brownlie 665–666 Fossil Leaves, Fruits and Seeds from the Wanganui Series (Plio-Pleistocene) of New Zealand By D. R. McQueen 667–676 Thelephoraceae of New Zealand. Part IV. The Genus Vararia. By G. H. Cunningham 973–985 The Genus Albugo in New Zealand By Shirley D. Baker 987–993 CHEMISTRY A Study of the Growth of Dhar Yeast in Cultures Containing Ethyl Alcohol as Source of Carbon and Different Ammonium Salts as Source of Nitrogen, Under Non-aerated Conditions By K. Bahadur 219–221 GEOLOGY The Nature and Alteration of Some Triassic Sediments from Southland, New Zealand By D. S. Coombs 65–109 An Upper Triassic Lamellibranch from the Southern Alps of North Westland, New Zealand (Sheet S53) By C. A. Fleming, F. W. Munden and R. P. Suggate 111–114 The Petrography of Some Jurassic Conglomerates at Kawhia, New Zealand By Helen A. H. Macdonald 223–230 The Relative Pleistocene Chronology of the South Kaipara District, New Zealand By R. N. Brothers 677–694 Note on New Zealand Crustal Structure By K. E. Bullen 995–999 Sohfluxion and Periglacially Modified Landforms at Wellington, New Zealand By C. A. Cotton and M. T. Te Punga 1001–1031 The Oretian Stage of the New Zealand Triassic System By J. D. Campbell 1033–1047 Kapitean (Upper Miocene) Mollusca from Te Waewae Bay, Southland, New Zealand. By C. A. Fleming 1049–1059 The Petrology of the Arahura and Pounamu Series in the Kokatahi River, North Westland. By Brian Mason and S. R. Taylor 1061–1070

Antler Growth and Shedding in a Captive Group of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) in New Zealand By Thane Riney 569–578 A Comparison of the Parasites of Wild and Domestic Pigs in New Zealand By M. J. Ineson, 1953 579–609 Notes on Food and Cannibalism in Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869 (Rhaphidophoridae, Orthoptera) By Aola M. Richards, M. Sc 733–737 The Systematics and Ecology of the Genus Macropathus Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) By Aola M. Richards 739–762 Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part III. A New Species of Triakis (Selachii) from New Zealand By J. A. F. Garrick 695–702 Note on the Type Specimen of the Maori Rat By R. R. Marples 703–704 The Effect of Environmental Factors on the Life History of the Ciliate, Vorticella microstoma By J. D. Stout 705–711 Calliphora neozealandica sp. nov., a New Blowfly from New Zealand By M. D. Murray 713–720 Nephrops challengeri Balss, 1914, (Crustacea, Decapoda, Reptantia) from New Zealand and Chatham Island Waters By J. C. Yaldwyn 721–732 Studies on the New Zealand Amphipodan Fauna. No. 9. The Families Acanthonotozomatidae, Pardaliscidae and Liljeborgiidae By D. E. Hurley 763–802 Studies on the New Zealand Amphipodan Fauna. No. 10. A New Species of Cacao By D. E. Hurley 803–811 Gall Midges (Cecidomyidae) on Coprosma (Rubiaceae) in New Zealand H. F. Barnes and K. P. Lamb 813–816 New Zealand Fossil Asterozoa. 3. Odontaster priscus sp. nov. from the Jurassic By H. Barraclough Fell 817–819 Notes on Behaviour and Parasitism in Macropathus filifer Walker, 1869 By Aola M. Richards 821–822 The Occurrence of Priapulus in New Zealand Waters By R. K. Dell 1129–1133 The Land Mollusca of Fiordland, South-West Otago By R. K. Dell 1135–1148 The Genus Acanthoxyla (Phasmidae) By J. T. Salmon 1149–1156 New Zealand Braconidae. 1.—The Subfamily Doryctinae. By Arthur W. Parrott 1157–1163

Review of the Notocenozoic, on Cretaceo-Tertiary of New Zealand By C. A. Cotton 1071–1122 Geological Reconnaissance of District Between Franz Josef Glacier and Copland Valley. By A. R. Lillie and B. H. Mason 1123–1128 ZOOLOGY Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part I. Two Further Specimens of Arhynchobatis asperrimus Waite, (Batoidei) with an Account of the Skeleton and a Discussion on the Systematic Position of the Species By J. A. F. Garrick 119–132 Ascidians of New Zealand. Part IX. A New Species of Distaplia By Beryl I. Brewin 133–135 The Land Mollusca of Stewart and Solander Islands By R. K. Dell 137–156 Geonemertes pantini, a New Land Nemertine from the Dunedin District By A. J. Southgate. B. A., B. SC. 157–160 A New Genus and Species of Phasmidae from New Zealand By J. T. Salmon 161–168 Studies on Palaemon affinis M.—Edw. 1837, (Crustacea, Decapoda, Natantia.) Part I. Synonymy and External Morphology By J. C. Yaldwyn 169–187 Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part II. A Description of Dasyatis brevicaudatus (Hutton), Batoidei, With a Review of Records of the Species Outside New Zealand By J. A. F. Garrick 189–198 Some Observations on the Ciliate Fauna of an Experimental Meat Digestion Plant By J. D. Stout 199–211 Two New Species of New Zealand Collembola By J. T. Salmon 213–217 Contributions to Galaxiid Taxonomy By G. Stokell 411–418 Studies on the New Zealand Amphipodan Fauna. No. 6. Family Colomastigidae, with Descriptions of Two New Species of Colomastix By D. E. Hurley 419–429 Studies on the New Zealand Amphipodan Fauna. No. 7. The Family Corophiidae, Including a New Species of Paracorophium By D. E. Hurley 431–460 Additions to the Rotatoria of New Zealand. Part VI By C. R. Russell 461–463 A New Species of Eriococcus Targ. (Hemiptera, Coccidae) Attacking Leptospermum in New Zealand By J. M. Hoy 465–474 Some Digenetic Trematodes from Fishes of New Zealand By Harold W. Manter 475–568

Environmental Factors Affecting the Life History of Three Soil Species of Colpoda (Ciliata). By J. D. Stout 1165–1188 Parthenogenesis in New Zealand Stick Insects. By J. T. Salmon 1189–1192 Palombiella stephensoni Westblad, a Marine Triclad from Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. By F. R. Nurse 1193–1194 PROCEEDINGS Annual Meeting, 1954 i–xlv Half-yearly Meeting xlv–lxvii OBITUARY Hugh William Segar, M.A., F.R.S.N.Z. 1195–1197 APPENDIX Appendix 1199–1209 INDEX Index to Vol 82 1211–1219 Volume 82, Part 4 Record of Previous New Zealand Science Congresses 823 Participating Bodies and Officers 824 Presideential Address 827 Public Lecture—Science and Mankind 837 Public Lecture—The Struggle Against Equilibrium: A Physico-Chemical Problem in Life 851 Section A.—Chairman's Address 861 Symposia and Sectional papers 870 Section B.—Chairman's Address 871 Symposia and Sectional papers 891 Section C.—Chairman's Address 893 Symposia and Sectional papers 902 Section D.—Chairman's Address 903 Symposia and Sectional papers 907 Section E.—Chairman's Address 909 Symposia and Sectional papers 912 Section F.—Chairman's Address 913 Symposia and Sectional papers 921 Section G.—Chairman's Address 923 Symposia and Sectional papers 925 Section H.—Chairman's Address 927 Symposia and Sectional papers 936 Section J.—Chairman's Address 937 Symposia and Sectional papers 937 Section K.—Chairman's Address 939 Symposia and Sectional papers 946 Section L.—Chairman's Address 947 Symposia and Sectional papers 959 Section M.—Chairman's Address 961 Symposia and Sectional papers 971 Excursions 972