Art. XXIV.—Described Species of New Zealand Araneæ omitted from the Catalogue of 1891, “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.” By A. T. Urquhart. [Read before the Auckland Institute, 5th October, 1896.] I Am indebted to Captain F. W. Hutton for the subjoined list of species described by Adam White in the “Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” London, 1849, p. 3:— Mygale (Cteniza) antipodum. Mygale (Cteniza) zenops. Dolomides sagittiger. Dolomides lateralis. Attus darwinii. [Attus abbreviatus, Walck., and A. cookii, Walck., are also mentioned from New Zealand, and probably Attus phrinoides, Walck.] Spharus gracilipes. Tegenaria antipodiana. Dendridgia dysderoides.

Art. XXV.—Natural History Notes. By S. H. Drew, Curator of the Public Museum, Wanganui. [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 22nd July, 1896.] Wood-pigeon. (Carpophaga novœ-zealandiœ). A beautiful male specimen of our wood-pigeon (C. novœ-zealandiœ), with abnormal plumage, has been presented to the Wanganui Museum by Mr. T. Harper, of Mangamahu. Head, neck, breast, belly, and tarsi are quite of normal colour, but the mantle, wings, scapulars, back, and tail are white, shaded at tips of feathers to darkish-grey; ends of primaries and tail darker grey; a few darker feathers here and there on the back and secondaries and wing-coverts add to the beauty of this handsome bird. Cnemiornis. A box of moa-bones taken from one of the cuttings on the main trunk line near Hunterville, North Island, has been sent to our Museum by Mr. John S. Stewart. Amongst the many moa-bones I was pleased to notice the femur, tibia, and tarsometatarsal