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me semble qu'il n'est pas suffisamment connu chez ces derniers que j'ai 

 évité toute comparaison. 



Quoiqu'il en soit de cette discussion, je ne puis que maintenir les 

 résultats auxquels je suis arrivé. J'ai répété mes injections un assez 

 grand nombre de fois voulant vérifier les faits que j'avançais, surtout 

 au sujet des dispositions sur lesquelles Carpenter émet des doutes, 

 pour croire ne m'ètre pas trompé. J'espère que le différent ne tardera 

 pas à être vidé un jour ou l'autre, et que d'autres observateurs, re- 

 prenant l'étude de la circulation, non pas seulement chez les Eclii- 

 nides mais chez tous les Echinodermes, décideront d'une façon défini- 

 tive de quel côté se trouve la vérité. J'ai du moins, dès maintenant, la 

 satisfaction d'avoir contribué à démontrer que ce sujet n'est pas défini- 

 tivement élucidé. 



Nancy, le 1. Décembre 1S84. 



III. Mittheilimgen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



20th January, 1885. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

 that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of Decem- 

 ber 1884, and called attention to a Muntjac from Ningpo, China, deposited 

 by Mr. H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., on December 20th, which appeared to belong 

 to a species distinct from any yet described, and which was proposed to be 

 called the Hairy-fronted Muntjac [Cervulns crinifrons, sp. n.); and to a young 

 male Nubian Ibex [Capra nubiana), presented December 30th by Mrs. Laing, 

 of Thornhill, Sunderland, which was stated to be new to the Society's Col- 

 lection. — Mr. S dater called attention to the breeding of a pair of the 

 Chinese Blue Magpie in the Society's Gardens in 1884, and exhibited spe- 

 cimens of their eggs. — Prof. Bell exhibited some models illustrating the 

 paper of Rathke on the development of the great blood-vessels in the Verte- 

 brata. — Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited a specimen of the Wild Cat [Felis ca- 

 tus) from Donegal, and an example of a singular variation in plumage of the 

 Black Grouse [Tetrao tetrix). — A paper was read by Dr. P. Pelseneer on 

 the coxal glands of Mygale. Dr. Pelseneer' s observations had been made on 

 a large specimen of Mygale of the subgenus Theraphosa received from the 

 Society's Gardens. The form and position of this organ in the Arachnides 

 had not been previously described or figured. — Mr. E. J. Sidebotham 

 read a description of the muscular system of the Water-Opossum [Chiro- 

 nectes) , as observed in a specimen of this Marsupial which he had recently 

 dissected. — A paper was read by Mr. G. A. Boulenger containing the 

 description of a new species of Frog from Asia Minor, belonging to the 

 section Raime temporariae. This was proposed to be called Rana macrocnemis. 

 — A communication was read from Dr. O. Boettger containing the de- 



