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Skelettheile überein. Die Basalkiiorpel des piaevertebralen Schädelab- 

 schnittes sind denen des vertebralen homolog und können durchaus 

 weder den oberen Bogen (Gotte) noch den unteren (Huxley, Par- 

 ker) verglichen werden. Das erste und zweite Paar der Kiemenbogen 

 der Knochenfische durchlaufen bei ihrer Entwickelung Stadien, welche 

 den der definitiven Ausbildung dieser Bogen bei den Knochenfischen 

 entsprechen. Hyomandibulare -\- Symplecticum der Teleostier und 

 Hyomandibulare der Chondrostier sind homologe und nicht, wie 

 Gotte meint, verschiedene Bildungen. 



(Fortsetzung folgt.) 



2. Zoological Society of London, 



17th February, 1880. — The Secretary read a report on the addi- 

 tions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of 

 January, and called special attention to a Japanese Hawk-eagle [Spizaetus 

 Orientalis), from Japan, presented by Harry Pryer, Esq., of Yokohama, and 

 to two Blue-eyed Cockatoos [Cacatua ophthalmica] ^ presented by the Rev, 

 George Brown, C. M. Z. S., of Duke of York Island. — Mr. S ola ter ex- 

 hibited and made remarks on a skin of Colobus palliatus, Peters, from the Zan- 

 zibar Coast, and pointed out its apparent identity with his Colobus angolensis. 



— A letter was read from Mr. W. B. Pryer, of Elopura, Bay of Sandakan, 

 Northern Borneo, relating to certain Birds and Quadrupeds of that country. 



— Prof. Flower exhibited and made remarks on the skull of a two-horned 

 Rhinoceros [Rhinoceros sumatrensis] , which had been obtained in Sandakan, 

 Northern Borneo, by Mr. W. B. Pryer. — Mr. S dater exhibited and made 

 remarks on the drawing of an apparently new Parrot, of the genus Chrysotis, 

 now living in the Society's Gardens, which he proposed to call Chrysotis coe- 

 ligena, after Mr. Lawrence's M. S. — Prof. Flower, F.R. S,, read a paper 

 on the anatomy of the Bush Dog [Icticyon venations) , based on a specimen 

 lately living in the Society's Gardens. — Mr. W. A. Forbes read a paper 

 on some points in the structure of Nasiterna, bearing on its affinities. — A 

 communication was read from Mr. Geoffrey Nevill, CM. Z.S., containing 

 a paper on the Land shells, extinct and living of the neighbourhood of Men- 

 tone (Alpes Maritimes) , with descriptions of a new genus and of several new 

 species. — Mr. W. Tegetmeier read a note on the synonymy of the Kaffir 

 Crane, commonly called Balearica regulorum (Licht.) — Lord W alsingham 

 read a paper on some new or little-known species of Tineidae, from North 

 America. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



3. Linnean Society of London. 



19th February, 1880. — Specimens of Ants allied to if not-identical 

 with Pheidole Javana Mayr were shown by Mr. Jas. Britten as also a series 

 of young and old plants sent by Mr. H. O. Forbes from Borneo viz. Myrme- 

 codia echinata and M. glabra. The underground stems of these latter all ex- 

 hibited tunneled galleries not unlike the borings of the White Ant Termites. 

 These chambered stem enlargements illustrate a statement of Sig. Beccari 

 that the plants' existence is essentially bound up with the ants, for unless 



