# 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
KEGAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON
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 | Annual Report of the New Zealand Institute | Annual Report of the New Zealand Institute | 593 |
| Balance-sheet of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature | Balance-sheet of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature | Balance-sheet of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature | 596 |
| "New Zealand Institute Act, 1903" | "New Zealand Institute Act, 1903" | "New Zealand Institute Act, 1903" | x |
| Regulations of the New Zealand Institute under the Act of 1903 | Regulations of the New Zealand Institute under the Act of 1903 | Regulations of the New Zealand Institute under the Act of 1903 | xii |
| Proceedings— | Proceedings— | Wellington Philosophical Society | 601 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Auckland Institute | 606 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Philosophical Institute of Canterbury | 610 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Otago Institute | 613 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Westland Institute | 620 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute | 622 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Nelson | 624 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{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 |