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 III. Mittheilimgen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



20tli April, 1886. — Mr.O. Salvin, F.R.S., exhibited a living specimen 

 of a îoreign^yf ovm.{Bipaliiwi kewense) , found in a garden in Sussex. ïke Se- 

 cretary read an extract from a letter addressed by Mr. R. A. Sterndale, F.Z.S., 

 to Sir Victor Brooke, concerning a case of hybridism between Otis Hodgsoni 

 and 0. Vignei. — Mr. J.Bland Sutton, F.Z.S., read a paper in which he gave 

 an account of some of the investigations he had made during the past twelve 

 months into the diseases affecting the Mammals living in the Society's Col- 

 lection. — A communication was read from Dr. O. Finsch, C.M.Z.S., 

 describing a new species of Wild Pig from New Guinea, which he proposed 

 to call Sus niger. — Mr. Smith Woodward read a paper on the relations 

 of the mandibular and hyoid arches in a Cretaceous Shark [Hylodus dubri- 

 siensis, Mackie). — A communication was read from Prof. R. Collett, of 

 Christiania, C.M.Z.S., containing an account of the hybrid between the 

 Willow-Grouse [Lag opus albus) and the Black Grouse [Tetrao tetrix] , which 

 occurs occasionally in Norway, Sweden, and Northern Russia, and of which 

 the author had examined altogether thirteen specimens, most of them of the 

 male sex. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.Z.S., gave the description of a 

 new Iguanoid Lizard living in the Society's Gardens, for which he proposed 

 the name of Ctenosaura erythromelas. The exact locality was unknown. — 

 A second paper by Mr. Boulenger contained remarks on specimens of a 

 scarce European Frog(7?a?»a arvalis) exhibited in the Society's Menagerie. 



4th May, 1886. — The Secretary read a report on the additions that 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1886, 

 and called attention to an example of a Lizard belonging to a new species of 

 the genus Ctenosaura, which Mr. Boulenger had lately described as C. ery- 

 thromelas, obtained by purchase ; and to a fine male example of the Lesser 

 Koodoo [Strepsiceros imberbis) from Somali -land, received in exchange. — 

 Mr. E. L. Layard, F.Z.S., exhibited a fine example of a rare Beetle of the 

 family Cerambycidae {Macrotoma héros), obtained in the Fiji Islands ; and a 

 series of specimens of shells of the genus Bulimies from New Caledonia and 

 the adjacent islands. — A letter was read from Mr. F. W. Styan, F.Z.S., 

 relating to some Chinese animals of which he had lately obtained specimens. 

 — Mr. W. F. Kirby read some remarks on four rare species of Sphingidae, 

 of which he had lately examined specimens. — Mr. F. E. Beddard read a 

 paper containing observations on the ovarian ovum of Lepidosiren [Proto- 

 pterus), and described the entrance of follicular cells into the interior of the 

 ovum. It was believed that these cells played an important part in the for- 

 mation of the yolk. — Mr. Beddard also communicated a paper by Mr. 

 J. T. Cunningham, on the mode of attachment of the ovum of the Smelt 

 [Osmerus eperlanus) . — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



IV. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 30. Januar starb in Cochabamba (Bolivia) Professor Eugen von 

 Boeck, Mitglied des permanenten internationalen ornithologischen Comités. 



Druck von ßreitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



