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Un résultat remarquable aussi et que je me propose d'utiliser pour 

 des recherches suivies est de démontrer l'existence si controversée 

 jusqu'à présent de grandes cavités aériennes sous-cutanées ; vrais sacs 

 pneumatiques à formes parfaitement déterminées et n'ayant rien de 

 commun avec les espaces sous-cutanés irreguliers soupçonnés ou indi- 

 qués par quelques auteurs. 

 Gand, 9. Avril 1880. 



2. Zoological Society of London. 



20tli April 1880. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

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

 and called special attention to a pair of Spanish Ichneumons from Andalusia, 

 presented by J. C. Forster, Esq., F.Z.S. — Prof. Owen, C.B., read de- 

 scriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda, to which were added notes on 

 the occurence of gigantic species of this group. — A second paper was read 

 by Prof. Owen on the external and structural characters of the male of 

 Spirula ausiralis. — Dr. M. Watson read a paper on some points in the 

 anatomy of the Proboscidea, in which he described the structure of the female 

 organs of the Indian Elephant, as observed in a specimen recently dissected, 

 — Lt.-Col. H. H. Go d win- Austen read a paper on the land-Molluscan 

 genus Girasia of Gray, and made remarks on its anatomy, and on the form 

 of the ))cap7-eolusa of Lister or the spermatophore, as developed in species of 

 this genus of Indian Helicidae. — A communication was read from Dr. Max 

 Schmidt on the duration of life of the animals in the Zoological Garden of 

 Frankfort- on- the-Main. — A communication was read from the Rev. O. P. 

 Cambridge, C. M. Z.S., containing descriptions of new or little-known 

 Spiders of the genus Argyrodes. — A communication was read from Mr. 

 Edgar A. Smith containing an account of a collection of the Shells of Lake 

 Tanganyika, and of the neighbourhood of Ujiji, Central Africa, made by 

 Mr. E. C. Hore, of the London Missionary Society. Twenty-one species 

 were represented in this collection, amongst which were two new generic 

 forms proposed to be called Tiphohia horei and Neodauma tanganyicensis. — 

 P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



IT. Personal-Notizen. 



Utrecht. — Dr. Max Weber, Prosector am anatomischen Institut 

 in Amsterdam, ist zum Lector der Anatomie am anatomischen Institut in 

 Utrecht ernannt und wird diese Stellung am 1. Octbr. d. J. antreten. 



N e c r I g. 



Aml2.Apr. starb in Cheltenham Mr. Francis Oram S tandis h, 48Jahre 

 alt, ein eifriger Lepidopterolog, dessen Vater 60 Jahre lang gesammelt hat 

 und dessen Großvater gleichfalls schon eifriger Sammler war. Er hat mehrere 

 Arten zuerst als britisch aufgefunden. 



Druck von Ereitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig. 



