152 

 PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



LINN^AN SOCIETY. 



Feb. 20, 1838.— Mr. Forster, V.P., in the Chair. 



Read the conclusion of Mr. Hogg's paper on the classifications of 

 the Amphibia. 



The author takes a review of the different modes of arrangement 

 that have been proposed for this remarkable class of animals, and 

 he concludes his paper by suggesting the following classification, 

 founded upon the organs of respiration, as the result of his investi- 

 gation, viz. 



Class IV. AMPHIBIA. 

 Subclass I. Monopneumena. 



Order I. Abranchia. Branchial apparatus none. 



Family. C&cilidce. 

 Order 2. Cadnabranchia. Branchial apparatus decaying. 



Families. Ramidce. Dactylethridce. Astrodactylidce. Salamandridce. 

 Order 3. Imperfectibranchia. Branchial apparatus imperfect. 

 Family. Menopomatidce. 



Subclass II. DlPLOPNEUMENA. 



Order 4. Manentibranchia. Branchial apparatus remaining. 

 Families. Sirenidcs. Proteidce. 



Read also a classified catalogue of Nepalese Mammalia, by Brian 

 Houghton Hodgson, Esq., F.L.S., British Resident at the Court of 

 Nepal. 



The catalogue comprises eighty-seven species, of which fifty-five 

 were first made known by the author. The most remarkable feature 

 in the Nepalese Fauna is the large number of native ruminant ani- 

 mals, which amount to twenty-four species, a greater proportion 

 than occurs in any other Fauna, with the exception of that of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



The following new genera are characterized by the author in the 



present paper, viz. 



Canidce. 



Cuon nob. Molars g~. Odour and aspect of the Jacalus Indicus ; head 

 blunter, tail and ears larger; teats 12 to 14; soles of feet tufted. 1 Sp. 

 Cuon primes vus nob. type. Canis primcevus of Beng., A. S. Transact. 



V'voerr'wce. 

 Viverricula nob. Size small ; habit vermiform ; nails more or less rap- 

 torial ; thumb not wholly elevated. 2 Sp. Indica et Rape auct. 



Mustelinte. 

 Urva nob. 1 Sp. Urva cancrivora nob. type. Teeth as in Herpestes. 

 Structure and aspect precisely mediate between Herpestes and Gido. On 



