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pares it with the foregoing species and gives some particulars of its 

 habits in captivit}'', and of the dissection of a young female. 



The paper was illustrated by figures of Semn. halonifer and of its 

 stomach and csecum, and of the head of Semn. cristatus, its stomach 

 and gall-bladder. 



April 15. 



R. Brown, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Frederick Staines, Esq., of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, was elected 

 a Fellow. 



Read the commencement of a paper, entitled " Some Observations 

 upon the Structure of two new species of Hectocotyle parasitic upon 

 Tremoctopus violaceus, DeUe Chiaje, and Argonauta Aryo, L. ; with 

 an exposition of the hypothesis that these Hectocotyle are the malefe 

 of the Cephalopoda on which they are found." By Albert Kolliker, 

 Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy in the University 

 of Zurich. Communicated by R. Brown, Esq., V.P.L.S. 



Read also a " Description of the Wild Dog of the Malayan Penin- 

 sula." By Theodore Cantor, M.D., Civil Surgeon, Prince of Wales's. 

 Island. Communicated by Dr. Horsfield, V.P.L.S. 



Chrys^us soccatus, ore vulpino, superne ferriigineo-fulvus pilis dorsi 

 nigro apiculatis infra subfulvus, rostro naso labiis palpebris striaque ob- 

 liqua carpali nigris, caucUe peiidulae vulphiEe besse apicah nigro, digitis 

 (anticis 5 posticis 4) pilis longioribus occultis veluti soccatis. 



This species, of which Dr. Cantor gives a detailed description, ap- 

 pears, he states, to form an intermediate link between Chryseeus Su- 

 matrensis. Ham. Smith, and Chrys. Javanicus of the same author. But 

 in the former of these two species all the feet are pentadactylous ; 

 neither of them has the feet hairy ; and the second tubercular tooth 

 of the lower jaw is present in both, but absent in Chrys. soccatus. A 

 pair of the last-named species were captured in Malacca and brought 

 to Prince of Wales's Island, where they died a few days after their 

 arrival. Dr. Cantor states, on the authority of Wm. Lewis, Esq., 

 Assistant Resident Councillor at Penang, that they hunt deer and 

 antelopes in troops of from thirty to fifty or more. He gives also 

 some particulars of their anatomy, and a figure of the species. 



