Index Faunæ Novæ Zealandiæ

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Excerpt from Index Faunæ Novæ Zealandiæ: Published for the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand Since the publication of Dieffenbach's Travels in New Zealand, no list has been published of the animals inhabiting New Zealand and the neighbouring seas, although during the last sixty years our knowledge of them has increased very much. Under these circumstances, most of the zoologists in New Zealand have come to the conclusion that the time has arrived for making such a list - to be called Index Faunæ Novæ Zealandiæ - and last year they requested me to undertake the editorship. This I willingly did, as I was already assured of the help of all New Zealand zoologists. The Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute was asked to publish a small edition of the work, but as it declined to do so, the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, being generously supported by the Otago Institute, undertook the responsibility. Mr. H. Suter, of Auckland, has supplied the Mollusca, Capt. T. Broun, of Auckland, the Coleoptera. Mr. P. Cameron, of England, has sent a list of the Hymenoptera. Prof. C. Chilton, of Christchurch, and Mr. G. M. Thomson, of Dunedin, have supplied the Crustacea. Professor Benham, of Dunedin, has furnished the Annulata and other Worms, except the terrestrial Turbellarians, which was drawn up by Professor Dendy, of Christchurch, who also supplied a list of the Holothurians. Mr. H. Farquhar, of Wellington, has revised the Echinoidea, Star-fishes, and Hydrozoa. Mr. F. W. Hilgendorf, of Lincoln, has given me a list of the Rotifera, and Prof. H. B. Kirk, of Wellington, has supplied the Porifera. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.