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the description of a new species of Hornbill from the island of Palawan, 

 which he proposed to name Anthracoceros Lemprieri. — Prof. E. Ray Lan- 

 kester , F.R.S., read some notes on the right cardiac valve of the specimens 

 of Aptéryx dissected by Sir Richard Owen in 1841. — A communication 

 was read from Lieut.-Col. C. Swinhoe , F.Z.S., being the third of his series 

 of papers on the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. The present paper 

 treated of the second portion of the Heterocera. — A communication was 

 read from Dr. St. George Mi vart , F.R.S., containing a correction of a 

 statement concerning the structure of Viverricula contained in a former paper. 

 19th May, 1885. — A letter was read from the Rev. G.H. R. Fisk, 

 C.M.Z.S., respecting the capture of a Sea-Snake amongst the rocks at the 

 entrance to Table Bay, which he believed to |be referable to Pelamis bicoloi-. 

 — A letter was read from Mr. B. Cr o wther , stating that he was about to 

 send the Society a pair of Duckbills [Ornithorhynchtis paradoxus), and giving 

 some instructions as to the treatment of these animals in captivity. — Mr. 

 F. Day, exhibited and made remarks on a curious specimen illustrative of an 

 extensive injury to the intestines of a Trout and its subsequent recovery 

 therefrom. — Mr. Day also exhibited a piece of the sifting-apparatus of the 

 Basking-Shark, together with specimens of the food upon which it lives ; and 

 an example of the Vendace taken in Derwentwater Lake. — Mr. Osbert 

 H. Howarth exhibited a specimen of coral of the genus Dendrophyllia atta- 

 ched to a brown stoneware bottle, which had been dredged up in the At- 

 lantic, off Madeira, at a depth of about 15 fathoms. — A communication 

 was read from Prof. J. von H aast, C.M.Z.S., on Dinornis Oweni, in which 

 the author gave a detailed description of the bones of this recently disco- 

 vered new species of the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand, which was 

 remarkable for its small size. — A communication was read from Dr. 

 St. George Mivart, F.R.S., containing notes on the genetic affinities of the 

 group of Pinnipeds. — Dr. F. H. H, Guillemard read the third part of 

 his report on the collection of birds formed during the voyage of the yacht 

 , Marchesa'. The paper dealt with the birds obtained on the island of Sum- 

 bawa, a locality hitherto almost unknown to ornithologists. During the 

 ,Marchesa's' short visit examples of thirty-nine species were collected. Of 

 these, two [Jìirìiix Poivelli and Zosterops sumbavensis) w^ere new to science. 

 The remaining species had been previously recorded from islands to the east- 

 ward or w^estward in the same group. — A communication was read from 

 Dr. Hubrecht, C.M.Z.S., containing the description of a Pennatulid ob- 

 tained by Capt. St. John in the Japanese sea at a depth of 7 I fathoms. A 

 careful examination of the specimen in question induced the author to assign 

 it to a new genus and species, which he proposed to name Eckinopalum 

 Mackintoshii. — Mr. Herbert Dru ce, F.Z.S., read a paper on some new 

 species of Lepidoptera- Heterocera, founded on specimens obtained by the 

 late Mr. C. Buckley in Ecuador, to which were added descriptions of some 

 recent acquisitions of the same group from various other localities. — Mr. 

 F. D. Godman. F.R.S., read descriptions of the Lepidoptera collected by 

 Mr. H. H. Johnstone on Kilimandjaro. The collection contained examples 

 of twenty-one species of the Rhopalocera and six of Heterocera. Of the 

 Rhopalocera the author described three species as new. — P. L. Scia ter, 

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