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ein Rücken gè faß vorhanden^ welches besonders gut bei jungen 

 Exemplaren sichtbar ist und vorn eine bedeutende Erweiterung zeigt. 

 Was die Secretionsorgane anbetrifft, so findet sich zu den Seiten 

 des Verdauungscanais eine große Menge von Zellen, welche den ganzen 

 Raum bis zu den Körperwandungen ausfüllen und runde, denen des 

 Bojanus'schen Organs der Mollusken ähnliche Concremente enthalten. 

 Über dem Rückengefäß, rechts und links von demselben zieht sich das 

 paarige Ovarium hin. Das oben als Testikel gedeutete Organ 

 liegt unter dem Verdauungsrohre, beginnt ungefähr auf halber Körper- 

 länge als unpaarer Schlauch, spaltet sich aber bald darauf gabelig, ver- 

 läuft rückwärts, um, wie erwähnt, in die Cloake zu münden. 



(Fortsetzung folgt.) 



2. Zoological Society of London. 



2nd March, 1880. — Mr. W. A. Forbes read the first of a series of 

 papers on the anatomy of Passerine Birds. The present communication re- 

 lated to the structure of the stomach in the genus Eujihonia, and in other 

 allied genera of the family Tanagridae. — Mr. A. G. Butler read a paper 

 on some new and little-known species of Butterflies collected in India by 

 Dr. Watt, of the Calcutta University. — Messrs. S dater and S al vin 

 read a paper on the birds collected by Mr. Clarence Buckley in Eastern 

 Ecuador. During his recent residence at Sarayacu, on the upper Rio Pastaza, 

 Mr. Buckley had formed a very large collection of birds which had been 

 carefully examined by the authors, and of which they hoped to be able to 

 give a general account on a future occasion. On the present occasion they 

 described only the 18 species which they considered to be new to science. 

 — Mr. Howard Saunders read a paper containing a descriptive list of the 

 Sea-birds obtained by Lord Lindsay during his voyage in the yacht »Venus« 

 to Mauritius. The species were 18 in number, and mainly belonged to the 

 families Fregatidae, Pelecanidae , Phaetontidae , Laridae and ProceUariidae. — 

 Mr. M. Jacoby communicated a paper containing descriptions of new spe- 

 cies of Phytophagous Coleoptera, collected in South America. — Mr. A. G. 

 Butler read a paper on some new species of Orthoptera, of the genus Ano- 

 stostoma, collected by Mr. Kingdom at Antananarivo, Madagascar. — A com- 

 munication was read from Col. R, H. Beddome, C.M.Z.S., containing the 

 description of a new species of Snake, obtained in Malabar, proposed to be 

 called Plectrunis aureus. — Messrs. Godman and Distant read a paper 

 containing the descriptions of five new species of African Butterflies. — 

 P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



3. Linnean Society of London. 



4. March, Two skulls of the Babirussa alfurus Less, from Borneo were 

 exhibited by Mr. Middleton the tusks of both being unusually small though the 

 crania were adult and otherwise well formed. — Dr. Günther in a communi- 

 cation »On a phosphorescent Organ in Fishes« brought forward two deep Sea 

 fishes obtained during the , Challenger' Expedition [Echiodon and Scopelus) to 



