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Of these the most remarkable are, one on each side of the neck, and 

 an oblique wavy band on the shoulder. The spots on the sides gene- 

 rally approach a rounded shape, and form, posteriorly, four or five 

 interrupted longitudinal rows. Those of the under surface are larger, 

 and are arranged without order. On the fore limbs the spots are 

 small externally, and internally there are on each two large trans- 

 verse black patches. On the hinder limbs the spots are arranged 

 so as to form interrupted transverse bands on both surfaces. The 

 hairs of the soles of the feet are dusky brown. The tail is spotted 

 above in the same manner as the sides ; its colour beneath is uni- 

 form. The spots are throughout numerous. "The whiskers are 

 white, and take their origin from three black lines on either side. 



The species is nearly allied to Felis Serval, Schreb., but will 

 readily be distinguished by the characters above given, by the 

 comparative shortness and strength of its limbs, and by the locality 

 whence it was obtained. 



Specimens were exhibited of three species of Toucan, hitherto ap- 

 parently undescribed, which form part of the Society's Museum. 

 At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Gould pointed out their di- 

 stinguishing characteristics. He described them as Ramphastos 

 Svoainsonii, Ramph. culminatus, and Pteroglossus hypoglaucus. 



The exhibition was resumed of the new species of Shells, forming 

 part of the collection made by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of 

 South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. 

 Those exhibited on the present occasion were accompanied by cha- 

 racters by Mr. G. B. Sowerby, which are given in No. VI. of the 

 Society's " Proceedings." Their names were as follows : 



Triton clathratus, nitidulus, distortus, reiiadatus, Mediterraneus, 

 (from the coast of Sicily, but nearly resembles the preceding species, 

 which is from the Gallapagos,) Ceylonensis, linealus, and decollatus, 

 (the first seven, Mr. Sowerby remarks, may be regarded by some as 

 mere varieties of Trit. maculosus of Lamarck, but he is fully satis- 

 fied that they are perfectly distinct species;) Btjlinus discrepans t 

 calvus, ustulatus, pallidior, Luzonicus, conspersus, albus, striatulus, 

 decoloratus, unicolor, Jacobi, and scabiosus. 



Specimens were also exhibited from the same collection, of two 

 species of Cirripedes, apparently hitherto undescribed. They were 

 characterized by Mr. Sowerby as Pollicipes ruber and polymerus, 

 their characters also being given in the " Proceedings." 



Preparations were exhibited of the stomach and cacum of two spe- 

 cies of Semnopithecus, F.Cuv., Sem x.Entellus andjascicidaris. They 

 were obtained from individuals which recently died in the Society's 

 Gardens. Mr. Owen called the attention of the Society to these pre- 

 parations in illustration of a Paper which he read "On the Sacculated 

 Form of the Stomach in the Monkeys of the Genus Semnopithecus, 

 F. Cuv." He referred to M. Otto as the first observer of this 

 peculiar structure among the Monkeys, that eminent anatomist 

 having described and figured it in the " Nova Acta Academiae 

 Caesarese" (torn. xii. p. 511.), as it exists in a species to which he 

 gave the name of leucoprymnus, placing it doubtingly among the 



