TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

NEW ZEALAND 6 INSTITUTE

TRANSACTIONS

AND

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE

1899

VOL. XXXII.

FIFTEENTH OF NEW SERIES)

EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE

BY

SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S.

DIRECTOR

ISSUED JUNE, 1900

WELLINGTON

JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
KEGAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO., PATERNOSTER HOUSE,

CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON

CONTENTS.

TRANSACTIONS.

I.-ZOOLOGY.

ART. I. Zoological Results of Trawling Trials off the Coast of

Otago. By Professor W. B. Benham, D.Sc., M.A.,

F.Z.S.

II. Note on Cordyceps sinclairii, Berkeley. By Professor

Benham

III. Note on the Occurrence of the Genus Balanoglossus

in New Zealand Waters. By Professor Benham

IV. Notes on Macro-lepidoptera observed during the Sum-

mer of 1898-99. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.

V. Note on the Fresh-water Crayfishes of New Zealand.

By Charles Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., M.B., C.M.,

F.L.S., Research Fellow, University of Edin-

burgh

PAGES

1- 3

4- 8

9- 10

10- 12

13- 17

VI. Description of a New Species of Halictus (Andre-

nida), from Christchurch, New Zealand. By P.

Cameron. Communicated by Captain Hutton .. 17- 19

VII. Notes on some New Zealand Orthoptera. By Cap-

tain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S.

VIII. Note on Paryphanta lignaria. By Captain F. W.

Hutton

IX. On the Tipulida, or Crane-flies, of New Zealand.

By Captain F. W. Hutton

19- 21

22

22- 51

X. On Hereditary Knowledge. By Richard Henry.

Communicated by Sir J. Hector

51-52

XI. On the Probable Origin of Notornis mantelli, and its

Extinction in New Zealand. By Richard Henry.

Communicated by Sir J. Hector

XII. On Tuberculosis in Pheasants in Wanganui. By

S. H. Drew, F.L.S.

XIII. Crossing with the Muscovy Duck. By Coleman

Phillips

XIV. Revised List of New Zealand Seaweeds: Part I. By

Robert M. Laing, B.Sc.

XV. On New Lichens from Australia and New Zealand.

By James Stirton, M.D., F.L.S., &c. Communi-

cated by T. W. Naylor Beckett, F.L.S...