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December 27, 1831. 



William Clift, Esq. in the Chair. 



Mr. Vigors reported that the Resolution agreed to at the last Meet- 

 ing of the Committee had been communicated to the Council : that 

 the Council, fully concurring in the propriety of instituting the experi- 

 ments suggested therein, had directed that they should be tried on 

 two Leopards, two Ocelots, and two Hyaenas : and that instructions 

 had been accordingly given to the Head-keeper to carry them into 

 effect. 



A collection of animals preserved in spirit, and recently presented 

 to the Society by Charles Barclay, Esq., was exhibited. It was col- 

 lected by Charles Telfair, Esq., of the Mauritius, Corr. Memb. Z. S., 

 and contained specimens of Mammalia, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects. 

 Among the former were individuals of two species of Tenrec, Centenes, 

 Illig., which were pointed out as the Cent, setosus and Cent, semispi- 

 nosusy and reference was made to the habits of the animals of this 

 genus as described by Mr. Telfair in a communication read to the 

 Committee on June 1*4 (p. 89). The apparently good state of preser- 

 vation of the specimens authorized the hope that their anatomical 

 structure might be properly investigated. 



, The remaining portion of the collection of Fishes formed at the 

 Mauritius by Charles Telfair, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S., and presented 

 by him to the Society, was exhibited. The species contained in it 

 were brought in succession under the notice of the Committee by Mr. 

 Bennett, who pointed out more particularly those which he believed 

 to be new to science. As such he named and characterized the fol- 

 lowing : 



Scolopsides pileops. Scol.lobis pinna? caudalisfilam entosis : rostro 

 superciliisque alepidotis, nigrescentibus, Mo vittd argentea infra 

 oculum productd inferne marginato ; lined obliqud pallide argen- 

 ted ub oculo ad prceoperculi angulum decurrente ; operculo toto 

 squamato ; vitta dorsali utrinque argentea supra lineam lateralem ,• 

 caudd superne maculd nigrescenti notatd. 

 D. V°. A. f &c. 

 Scol.fr<enato, Cuv. & Val., videtur maxime affinis. DifFert vittd 

 dorsali argentea et operculo toto squamato. 



Amphiprion fusciventer. Amph. niger, ventre parum paUidiori; 

 fascia angustd operculari, altera laterali media, tertidque obsoletd 

 caudali albis ; pinna caudali postice pinnarumque dorsalis analis~ 

 que parte molli alio fimbriate ; pinnis ventralibus interne dimi- 

 diatimjlavis. 

 D. -hg-. A. T V &c. 

 [No. XIV.] Zool. Soc. Proceedings of the Comm. of Science. 



