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lange Fortexistenz ist also auch ohne Kern noch möglich, dagegen 

 glaube ich, daß aus meinen Versuchen mit Bestimmtheit hervorgeht, 

 daß Neubildungen ohne denselben nicht entstehen können^. 



III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



7^^ June, 1887. — The Secretary read a report on the additions that 

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

 called attention to a Tooth-billed Pigeon [Didtinculus strigirostris) brought 

 home from the Samoan Islands, and presented to the Society by Mr. Wilfred 

 Powell, C.M.Z.S.; to two Red-spotted Lizards [Eremias rubro-punctata) ob- 

 tained at Moses' Well, in the Peninsula of Sinai, and presented to the 

 Society by Mr. G. Wigan ; and to a small scarlet Tree-Frog [Dendrobates typo- 

 graphus) from Costa Rica, presented to the Society by Mr. C. H. Blomefield. 

 — Mr. S dater called attention to examples of two North- American Foxes 

 now living in the Society's Gardens, which he referred to Canis velox and 

 C vitginianus. — A communication was read from Mr. A. O. Hume, C.B., 

 F.Z.S., containing some notes on Budorcas iaxicolor, the Gnu-goat or Takin 

 of the Mishmee Hills, and some remarks on the question of the form of the 

 horns in the female of this animal. — A communication was read from Mr. 

 E, Symonds, containing notes on various species of Snakes met with in 

 the vicinity of Kroonstadt, Orange Free State, specimens of which had been 

 forwarded to Mr. J. H. Gurney, and determined by Dr. Günther. — Mr. 

 Martin Jacoby, F.E.S., gave an account of a small collection of Coleoptera 

 obtained by Mr. W. L. Sclater in British Guiana. — Prof. G. B. Howes, 

 F.Z.S., read a paper on an hitherto unrecognized feature in the larynx of 

 the Anurous Amphibians. This was the existence in many individuals of 

 various species of a rudimentary structure, Avhich appeared to correspond to 

 the epiglottis of Mammals, and which in some instances attained a remark- 

 able development as an organ of voice. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



27*^ April, 1887. — 1) Notes on the genera of Australian fresh-water 

 Fishes. By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c., andJ. Douglas-Ogilby. The 

 genus Lates is here divided and re- described, the new genus formed from it, 

 [Percalates] having for its type Lates colonorum, Günther. The genera Psam- 

 moperca, Richards., Ctenolates, Günther, and Macquaria, Cuv. and Val., are 

 also re-described, and Castelnau's genera Murrayia and Riverina are made 

 synonyms of Macquaria. — 2) 3) 4) Botanical. — Dr. Ramsay exhibited 

 living specimens of the following snakes from Louth, N.S.W. : — Aspidiotes 

 Ramsayi, MacL, Dendruphis, sp. (a beautiful snake with scarlet markings on 

 the back), and a possibly new species of Hoplocephalus. — Mr. Steel exhi- 

 bited a number of specimens of a pond-snail [P/iysa gibbosa, Gld.) abundant 

 just now in an iron tank supplied with city water on the roof of the Pyrmont 

 Refinery. — Mr. O gilb y shewed a specimen of Solenognathus spinosissimus, 



5 Kürzlich sind auch von botanischer Seite sehr interessante Versuchs auf 

 diesem Gebiete gemacht worden, s. Klebs, Über den Einfluß des Kerns in der 

 Zelle, in: Biolos. Centralbl. 7. Bd. No. 6. 1887. 



