466 Zoological Society. 



F. L. Schlechtendal. — Corrections and additions towards the know- 

 ledge of Ceratophyllece ; by Dr. Schleiden. — On a new species of Se- 

 rapias ; by Dr. Parlatore. — On three new Mexican mosses ; by E. 

 Hampe. — Extract from a letter to the Editor on the hot baths of 

 Atonilco el grande in Mexico. — Reliquiae Schraderiana?. — Observa- 

 tions on some European species of Gladiolus. — Cursory intelligence 

 respecting Mexican Coniferce ; by the Editor. — Additions and cor- 

 rections to the genera and species of Ericea ; by J. F. Klotzsch. — 

 On the development of stomata ; by Prof. Mohl. — Additions and 

 corrections concerning the Hercynian Flora ; by Hampe. — On Mex- 

 ican plants ; by Schlechtendal. — Contributions towards the know- 

 ledge of monstrosities in plants ; by Hampe. 



Work in the Press. 

 Mr. James F. Stephens, author of the ■ Illustrations of British In- 

 sects,' is preparing for publication a series of Manuals descriptive of 

 all the species of British Insects. The first volume is to contain the 

 whole of the British beetles. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



April 24.— R. C. Griffith, Esq., in the Chair. 

 Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a new species, from the Society's Col- 

 lection, of Gerbillus, and a new Herpestes, which were accompanied 

 with the following descriptions. 



Herpestes fusca. Herp.fusca ; pilis nigro flavoque annulatis, ad 

 basin fuscescentibus ; guldfusco-flavd; caudd, quoad longitudinem, 



corpus fere aquante, pilis longissimis obsitd. 



unc. lin. 



Longitudo capitis corporisque 18 



— caudce 17 



tarsi digitorumque 3 6 



Hab. India (Madras ?) 



" This species is about equal in size to the Herpestes major or 

 urinatrix of the Cape, and hence is larger than any of the Indian 

 species hitherto described. It approaches in colour nearest to Herp. 

 brachiurus of Mr. Gray, but may be distinguished by its very long 

 and bushy tail. The claws of the fore feet are remarkably large and 

 of a brown colour; the longest claw measures upwards of three 

 quarters of an inch ; the feet are blackish. Each hair of the back 

 is grayish brown at the base, then pale brown, and the apical half is 



