Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute/Volume 37


TRANSACTIONS


OF THE


NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE


TRANSACTIONS


AND


PROCEEDINGS


OF THE


NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE,

1904


VOL. XXXVII.

(Twentieth of New Series)


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


By

A. HAMILTON


Issued June, 1905


WELLINGTON

JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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CONTENTS.




TRANSACTIONS.




I.—Miscellaneous.
PAGES.
Art. I. Maori Medical Lore: Notes on the Causes of Disease and Treatment of the Sick among the Maori People of New Zealand, as believed and practised in Former Times, together with some Account of Various Ancient Rites connected with the Same. By Dr. W. H. Goldie 1–120
II. Notes on Ancient Polynesian Migrants or Voyagers to New Zealand, and Voyage of the "Aratawhao" Canoe to Hawaiki. By Elsdon Best 121–138
III. On Maori Dredges (Roukakahi and Hao). By Dr. A. K. Newman 138–144
IV. The Early History of the Morioris. By A. Shand 144–156
V. The Early History of the Morioris, with an Abstract of a Moriori Narrative. Presented by Captain Gilbert Mair during the adjourned Discussion on Mr. A. Shand's Paper of the 3rd August, 1904 156–171
VI. The Site of Maupuia Pa, Miramar. By H. N. McLeod 171–173
VII. The Balance of Trade. By Professor H. W. Segar 173–195
VIII. The Adjustment of Triangulation by Least Squares: Part II. By C. E. Adams 195–201
IX. On the Construction of a Table of Natural Sines by Means of a New Relation between the Leading Differences. By C. E. Adams 202–207
X. Notes on some Bronze Buddhas from Pekin. By W. Welch 208–211
XI. Notes on Marsland Hill. By W. H. Skinner 211–215
II.—Zoology.
XII. Additions to the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand. By R. Murdoch 217–232
XIII. Report on the Mollusca collected by Messrs. Keith Lucas and G. L. Hodgkin in Six Lakes of New Zealand. By H. Suter 233–257
XIV. The First-discovered New Zealand Gundlachia. By H. Suter 258
XV. Revision of the New Zealand Species of the Genus Potamopyrgus, with the Description of a New Species. By H. Suter 258–267
XVI. Revision of the New Zealand Species of the Genus Isidora, with Description of a New Subspecies. By H. Suter 267–276
XVII. Some New Species of New Zealand Marine Shells, together with Remarks on some Non-Marine Species, and some Additions to the "Index Faunæ." By Rev. W. H. Webster 276–280
XVIII. Some Earthworms from the North Island of New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham 281–285
XIX. On the Oligochæta from the Southern Islands of the New Zealand Region. By Professor W. B. Benham 285–297
XX. Earthworms from the Kermadecs. By Professor W. B. Benham 298–299
XXI. On the Occurrence of the Foraminiferan Genus Ramulina in the New Zealand Waters. By Professor W. B. Benham 300
XXII. Further Notes on the Sipunculids of New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham 301–308
XXIII. The Aquatic Larva of the Fly Ephydra. By Professor W. B. Benham 308–312
XXIV. Notes on some Nudibranch Molluscs from New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham 312–320
XXV. Note on the Function of the Last Pair of Thoracic Legs in the Whale-feed (Grimothea gregaria). By Professor C. Chilton 320–322
XXVI. On the Occurrence of a Species of Cercaria in the Cockle. By Professor C. Chilton 322–325
XXVII. Notes on Fruit-flies, with a Description of a New Species (Dacus xanthodes). By Captain T. Broun 325–328
XXVIII. On some New Species of Lepidoptera. By A. Philpott 328–331
XXIX. Notes on the Occurrence of some Rare Species of Lepidoptera. By A. P. Buller 331–333
XXX. Notes on the Entomology of Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range. By G. V. Hudson 334–342
XXXI. Epalxiphora axenana, Meyr.: a Species of Lepidoptera scarce in New Zealand. By A. Quail 343–350
XXXII. On the Occurrence of Graucalus melanops, Latham, in New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton 350–351
XXXIII. A Rare Saurian. By Archdeacon Walsh 351–352
XXXIV. A Revision of the Species of the Formicidæ (Ants) of New Zealand. By Professor Dr. A. Forel 353–355
XXXV. On some New Species of Macro-lepidoptera in New Zealand. By G. V. Hudson 355–358
XXXVa. On Macro-lepidoptera observed during the Summer of 1903–4, including a Note on the Occurrence of a Hawk-moth new to New Zealand. By G. V. Hudson 358–360
III. Botany.
XXXVI. Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats. By Dr. L. Cockayne 361–367
XXXVII. On the Defoliation of Gaya lyallii, J. E. Baker. By Dr. L. Cockayne 368
XXXVIII. Notes on the Vegetation of the Open Bay Islands. By Dr. L. Cockayne 368–377
XXXIX. Notes on Ferns. By H. C. Field 377–378
XL. On the Occurrence of Starch and Glucose in Timber. By Professor H. B. Kirk 379–380
XLI. Revised List of New Zealand Seaweeds: Appendix I. By R. M. Laing 380–384
XLII. On the New Zealand Species of Ceramiaceæ: Part I. By R. M. Laing 384–408
XLIII. On the Pollination of the Puriri (Vitex lucens, T. Kirk). By D. Petrie 109–111
IV.—Geology.
XLIV. The Fossils of the Waitemata and Papakura Series. By E. Clarke 413–421
XLV. Notes on the East Coast Earthquake of 9th August, 1904. By G. Hogben 421–424
XLVI. The Path of Earthquake-waves through the Earth. By G. Hogben 424-426
XLVII. On some Glaciated Stones from Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu. By E. G. Hogg 426–431
XLVIII. The Artesian-water Basins of the Heretaunga Plain, Hawke's Bay. By H. Hill 431–444
XLIX. Taupo Plateau and Lake: a Retrospect and Prospect. By H. Hill 445–464
L. The Formation of the Canterbury Plains. By Captain F. W. Hutton 465–472
LI. Three New Tertiary Shells. By Captain F. W. Hutton 472–473
LII. Revision of the Tertiary Brachiopoda of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton 474–481
LIII. Magnesian Rocks at Milford Sound. By Dr. P. Marshall 481–484
LIV. Description of a New Species of Pecten from the Oamaru Series. By Professor J. Park 485
LV. On the Causes of Border-segregation in some Igneous Magmas. By Professor J. Park 486–488
LVI. On the Marine Tertiaries of Otago and Canterbury, with Special Reference to the Relations existing between the Pareora and Oamaru Series. By Professor J. Park 489–551
LVII. On the Occurrence of Large Bodies of Ferrous Sulphate in the Gold-mines of Thames Goldfields. By Matthew Paul 551–552
LVIII. Notes on some Rocks from Campbell Island. By R. Speight 552–554
V.—Physics.
LIX. Meteorology of New Zealand: On the Routes of High and Low Pressures, and the Changes of Pressure and Wind-movement resulting from them. By Captain R. A. Edwin 555–567
LX. The Distillation of the Fatty Acids for the Manufacture of Candles. By P. W. Robertson 568–577
LXI. The Association of the Fatty Acids and their Esters, and the Arrangement of Atoms in Space. By P. W. Robertson 577–580
LXII. A Flash of Lightning. By Archdeacon Walsh 580–581

Records of Milne Seismographs
No. 16, Christchurch: Observer, H. F. Skey 582–587
No. 20, Wellington: Observer, G. Hogben 588–589
Reports and Proceedings.
Annual Report of the New Zealand Institute 593
Balance-sheet of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 596
"New Zealand Institute Act, 1903" x
Regulations of the New Zealand Institute under the Act of 1903 xii
Proceedings— Wellington Philosophical Society 601
{{{1}}} Auckland Institute 606
{{{1}}} Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 610
{{{1}}} Otago Institute 613
{{{1}}} Westland Institute 620
{{{1}}} Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute 622
{{{1}}} Nelson 624
{{{1}}} Manawatu Philosophical Society 626





LIST OF PLATES AT THE END OF THE VOLUME.

Plate To illustrate
Article
I., II. Maori Dredges.—Newman III.
III.–VI. Balance of Trade.—Segar VII.
VII., VIII. Additions to New Zealand Marine Mollusca.Murdoch XII.
IX., X. New Mollusca.—Webster XVII.
XI. North Island Earthworms.—Benham XVIII.
XII. Oligochæta from the Southern Islands.—Benham XIX.
XIII., XIV. Oligochæta.—Benham XIX., XX.
XV., XVI. Sipunculids.Benham XXII.
XVII. Ephydra.Benham XXIII.
XVIII. Atagema carinata.Benham XXIV.
XIX. A, Grimothea gregaria.Chilton XXV.
B, Cercaria pectinata.Chilton XXVI.
XX. Lepidoptera.—Philpott XXVIII.
XXI. Epalxiphora axenana.Quail XXXI.
XXII. Macro-lepidoptera.Hudson XXXV., XXXVa.
XXIII. Vegetation, Open Bay Islands.—Cockayne XXXVIII.
XXIV.–XXXI. New Zealand Ceramiaceæ.—Laing XLII.
XXXII. Fossils of the Waitemata and Papakura Series.—Clarke XLIV.
XXXIII. Path of Earthquake-waves.—Hogben XLIV.
XXXIV.–XLI. Heretaunga Plain.—Hill XLVIII.
XLII., XLIII. Taupo Plateau and Lake.—Hill XLVIII.
XLIV. New Tertiary Shells.—Hutton LI.
XLV., XLVI. Tertiary Brachiopoda.—Hutton LII.
XLVII. Magnesian Rocks.—Marshall LIII.
XLVIII. Geological Sketch-map of Weka Pass.—Park LVI.
XLIX. Map of East Coast Earthquake.—Hogben XLV.
L. Seismogram, East Coast Earthquake.—Hogben XLV.
LI., LII. Seismograms, Wellington Observatory.—Hogben
LIII.–LV. Seismograms, Christchurch Observatory.—Skey