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taining notes on the fauna of Corea and the adjoining coast of Manchuria, 

 These notes were founded on a large collection , principally of Vertebrates, 

 made by order of H.R.H, Prince Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, whilst 

 he was in command of the ,Vettor Pisani', on a voyage round the world, 

 187S — SI. The collection was stated to be now deposited in the Royal Zoo- 

 logical Museum at Florence. — A communication was read from Mr. L. 

 Taczanowski, C.M.Z.S., containing a list of the birds collected in Corea 

 by M. J. Kalinowski between September 1885 and March 1887. A Wood- 

 pecker in the collection was considered to be new to science, and named 

 Thriponax KalinowsMi . — Prof. W. H. Flower read a paper on the Pigmy 

 Hippopotamus of Liberia [Hippopotamus liheriensis), and its claims to distinct 

 generic rank. The specimen of this animal in the National Collection posses- 

 sed two incisor teeth on one side of the lower jaw. This and other conside- 

 rations induced the author to question the advisability of separating it generi- 

 cally from Hippopotamus. — Mr. Francis Day, F.Z.S. , communicated a 

 paper by Mr. J, D o uglas-0 gilby , of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 

 on a new genus and species of Australian Mugilidae , which he proposed to 

 designate Trachystoma multidens. — Mr. Day also read a second paper by 

 Mr. Ogilby, giving the description of a new genus of Percidae based on 

 examples taken in the Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia, which the author 

 proposed to describe as Chthamalopteryx melbom-nensis . — A communication 

 was read from Dr. M. Menzbier, C.M.Z.S., of Moscow, describing a third 

 species of Caucasian Wild Goat. This he proposed to call Capra Severtzovi, 

 being the C. caucasica of Dinnik, but not of Guldenstaedt. — Mr. Blanford 

 read some critical notes on the nomenclature of Indian Mammals, in which he 

 treated oî Macacus ferox , Shaw [M. silenus , auct., wee Linn.), M. irus, Cuv. 

 [M. cynomolgiis , auct., nee Linn.), M. rhesus, Presbytes thersites, Blyth, Sem- 

 nopithecîis chry soy aster, Felis bengalensis, F. Jerdoni, Herpestes mungo (H. gri- 

 scus, auct., nee Geoifr.), Vulpes vulgaris, V. alopex , and the genera Putorius, 

 Mustela, Xantharpyia , Cynonycteris , Hipposiderus , and Phyllorhina. — P. I.-. 

 S c 1 a t e r , Secretary . 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



2 ß^'^ October, 1887. — 1) Bacteriological. — 2) On a new Genus and Spe- 

 cies of Labroid Fish from Port Jackson. By Dr. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c., and 

 J. Douglas-Ogilby. The generic name oî Eupetrichthys and the specific one 

 of angustipes are here given to a very beautiful Labroid Fish, described as being 

 allied to Labrichthys. It was taken in Rose Bay, and presented to the Austra- 

 lian Museum by the proprietors of the Royal Aquarium, Bondi. — 3) Miscel- 

 lanea Entomologica, No. 5. The Helaeides, continued. By William M a c 1 e ay, 

 F.L.S., &c. — This paper completes the revision of the Helaeides, the first part 

 of which was read at the August Meeting of the Society. Over 130 species are 

 characterised in all, and of these a considerable number are named and de- 

 scribed for the first time. — 4) Descriptions of a new species of Philemon and 

 OÎ G er y g one. By Dr. E. P.Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &. The specific name of oc- 

 cidentalis is given to the Philemon described. It was got by the late Mr. Tho- 

 mas Boyer-Bower near Derby , King's Sound , North- West Australia. Tiie 

 Gerygone, to which the specific name of Thorpei is given, was brought by Mr. 

 Etheridge from Lord Howe's Island. — 5) Descriptions of the Eggs of three 

 species of Sea-birds from Lord Howe's Island. By Dr. E. P. Ramsay, 



