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des Uterus angetroffen, waren aber so vereinzelt, daß sie ohne 

 Kenntnis der früheren Zustände schwerlich würden aufgefun- 

 den sein. Der Zellenschlauch (Fettkörper Lubbock, Darm- 

 divertikel Schneider) lag isolirt neben dem Genitalstrange. 

 Die betreffende Hummelkönigin war offenbar zweimal inficirt 

 worden. 

 6) Die vorliegenden Beobachtungen machen es wahrscheinlich, 

 daß die Einwanderung des Parasiten in die Hummel bei Be- 

 ginn des Winterschlafes geschieht, die (ausgebildete) Sphaeru- 

 laria also auch nur bei Hummelköniginnen gefunden wird. 



III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



17th March, 1885. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

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

 bruary, and called attention to a Viverrine Phalanger [Phalangista vtverrina) 

 from Australia, new to the Collection, to an Isabelline Lynx [Felis isabellina), 

 received in exchange from the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta, and to two 

 Brown Pelicans [Pelecanus ftiscus), as being of special interest. Attention 

 was also drawn to a fine living example of a Bird-Spider [Mygale fasciata) 

 from Burmah, presented to the Society by Mr. H. R. P. Carter. — Mr. 

 S dater exhibited and made remarks on a Duck shot on Lord Bolton's 

 estate in Yorkshire which appeared to be a singular variety of the Scaup 

 [Fuligula marila). — Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier , F.Z.S., exhibited and made 

 remarks on a pair of abnormal Deer's antlers obtained in India. — Dr. 

 F.H.H. Guillemard read a paper on the ornithology of the Sulu Archi- 

 pelago, showing that the Omis of that group is purely Philippine, and that 

 the line of separation between the latter Archipelago and Borneo lies be- 

 tween the islands of Sibutu and Tawi-tawi. Dr. Guillemard added fiftj' spe- 

 cies to the list of birds hitherto known from Sulu, two of which were new 

 to science. — A communication was read from Mr. T. Kirsch, of the 

 Eoyal Zoological Museum, Dresden, containing descriptions of some new 

 Butterflies obtained by the collectors of Mr. Riedel in Timor-Laut. — A 

 communication was read from Prof. W. Nation, C.M.Z.S., containing 

 some notes on the Peruvian Cliff- Swallow [Petrochelidon rttßcollis). — A 

 communication was read from the Rev. H.S. Gor ham containing a Re- 

 vision of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of the Japanese Fauna, of the sub- 

 families Casstdmae and Hispinae. — A communication was read from Lieut. - 

 Col. C. Swinhoe, F.Z.S., being the second of his series of papers on the 

 Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. The present paper treated of the 

 first portion of the Heterocera. — Dr. Hans Gadow, C.M.Z.S., gave an 

 account of the anatomical differences observed during an examination of 

 examples of the three species of Rhea [Rh. americana, macrorhyncha, and 

 Darwini). — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



