Subject Index

• Cenozoic Vegetation and Climate — See Pollen

• Coleoptera — See Wood-Boring Beetle

• Diatoms —

  • A method for cleaning diatom samples and the preparation of select and strewn mounts, by Stuart R. Stidolph. pp. 10-19.

• Earthworms —

  • Earthworms in glass tubing for the study of blood pulsation rate, by N.R. Fraser, pp. 8-9.

• Ecology of Nothofagus —

  • Notes on the Ecology of Nothofagus aequilateralis in New Caledonia, by D. R. McQueen, pp. 62-69.

• Evolution — See Population Genetics

  • — See Song Repetoires

• Liverworts —

  • Notes on some Anthocerotae of New Zealand (3), by Ella O. Campbell, pp. 20-27.

• Parasites —

  • Occasional notes on parasites in the New Zealand Fauna 1. A new host for Deretrema phillipae Hine 1977, by P. J. Weekes. pp. 60-61.

• Pollen and Spores —

  • The value of New Zealand pollen and spores as indicators of Cenozoic vegetation and climates, by M. K. Macphail and D. R. McQueen, pp. 37-59.

• Population Genetics —

  • Population genetics and evolutionary theory, by Edward I. Saiff and Norman Macbeth, pp. 71-72.

  • The role of population genetics in our understanding of evolution, by Gordon Hewitt, pp. 73-75.

  • Reply to Dr Hewitt by Edward I. Saiff and Norman Macbeth, p. 75.

• Reviews —

  • Of “Vegetation map of Tongariro National Park” by D. R. McQueen, p. 70.

  • Of “Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand — second series.” by B. V. Sneddon. pp. 75-77.

  • Of “British Fungus Flora, Agarics and Boleti, 3 — Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitius and Conocybe. by Ann Bell. pp. 77-78.

• Slide Mount Prepartations — See Diatoms

• Song Repertoires in Birds

  • On the evolution of song repertoires; a discussion of the evidence, by Stephen M. Dawson. pp. 27-35.

• Wood-Boring Beetle

  • Larval tunnelling and associated features of Navomorpha lineata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the host Cyathodes fasciculata, by J. R. Grehan. pp. 1-7.