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cretary exhibited a Spider of the genus Teff enaria,' which had been, for- 

 warded to him from Cape Town, by Mr. J. H. Payne, of that place. It 

 had been taken within three miles of Cape Town, on the back of a horse, 

 which had subsequently died, as it was said, from the effects of the bite. — 

 Mr. G. E. Dob s on exhibited some new and rare species of Bats, amongst 

 which was an example of a new species of the genus Megaderma , from 

 Australia, proposed to be called Alegaderma ffigas, and remarkable for 

 its large size. — Mr. Dobson made some further remarks as to the date 

 of the receipt of the Dodo bones exhibited by him at a former meeting. 



— Lord L il ford exhibited and made remarks on some nests and eggs of 

 the Flamingo , which had been taken in the marshes of the Guadal- 

 quivir, below Seville, in April, 1879. — Lord Lilford also exhibited some 

 fine Hybrid Pheasants, between males of Reeves' Pheasant and hens of the 

 common Pheasant. — Mr. E. W. H. Holdsworth read a note on the 

 distribution of the Crayfish [Astacus] in Spain. — Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell read 

 a paper on some species and genera of the Temnopleuridae in course of 

 which he described the method he had adopted in comparing different species, 

 and species at different stages in growth ; he also directed especial attention 

 to the differences in the size of the generation pores in Amhlyimeustes formo- 

 sus, and discussed the specific characters of Salmacis globator. • — A commu- 

 nication was read from Dr. A. Günther, F. R. S., containing notes on a 

 collection of Mammals from Japan. — Mr. G. E. Dobson read a descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Bat, of the genus Natalus^ from Jamaica, which he 

 proposed to name iV. micropus. — Mr. A. W. E. O'Shaughnessy read 

 the description of a new species of Lizard of the genus Uromastix from Zan- 

 zibar, which he proposed to call U. prhweps. 



15th June, 1880. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

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

 1880, and called special attention to several novelties, amongst which were: 



— Two Side-Striped Jackals [Canis lateralis] , acquired by purchase May 2Sth. 

 Only one example of this rare species had been previously received by the 

 Society. A young male Luhdorf 's Deer [Cervus luthdorfi] , born in the Zoo- 

 logical Gardens of Hamburgh, and new to the collection. Luhdorf 's Deer 

 was a newly discovered species allied to the Wapiti, from Amoorland. — 

 The Secretary exhibited the skin of an Antelope received from the Ga- 

 boon, and remarked that it appeared to belong to the female of an undescribed 

 species of Tragelaphus , allied to Tragelaphus spekii , which he proposed to 

 name T. grains. — Dr. A. Günther exhibited and made remarks on a 

 series of horns of the Sambur Deer of Borneo. — Mr. W. T. Blanford 

 made some remarks on the proper name of the Himalayan Marmots, now 

 living in the Society's Gardens, which he believed to be Arctomys hodgsoni. 



— Professor Mi v art called attention to the Medusae, now living in the 

 Victoria-Lilly house, in the Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park. — Mr. Edward 

 R. Alston read a paper »On Antechinomys and its allies,« in which he de- 

 scribed the anatomy of that little known Marsupial. He regarded the four 

 genera Phascologale, Antechinus, Podabrus, and Antechinomys as constituting 

 a sub-family of the Dasyuridae, the first and the second, and the third and 

 fourth, being most nearly related to one another. — Mr. G. E. Dobson 

 read a paper on some new or rare species of Chiroptera, in the collection of 



