758 



Die Farben treten nach Genanntem in gewisser Jahreszeit auf und sind 

 von der Natur eines wachsartigen Anfluges. 



Und so scheint es ein allgemeinerer Zug im Leben des Organis- 

 mus zu sein, des Pflanzenkörpers so gut wie der Thiere, daß er Secrete 

 über die Hautfläche entstehen zu lassen vermag, welche, indem sie 

 haften bleiben, gewisse Farbentöne — darunter auch ein Blau — mit- 

 bedingen. 



Bonn, im November 1885. 



III. Mittlieilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



1st December, 1885. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

 that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of No- 

 vember, and called attention to a pair of Pale Fennec Foxes [CcDiis pallidus) 

 from the Soudan, presented by Capt. J. S. Talbot; and to twelve examples of 

 the Spectacled Salamander of Italy {Salamandrina jierspicillata) , presented by 

 Prof. H. H. Giglioli, C.M.Z.S. — Mr, F. Day exhibited and made remarks 

 on a very curious fish, supposed to be a hybrid between the Dab [Pleuro- 

 nectes limando) and the Flounder [P. flesiis). — Mr. S dater laid on the 

 table specimens of some rare birds sent for exhibition by Mr. "N^Tiitely, of 

 Woolwich, and called special attention to a Hornbill which seemed to prove 

 that Buceros ca'suarinus, described by Mr. G. R. Gray in 1871 from the head 

 only, was merely the young stage of Bycanistes cylindricus . — Mr. E. Lort 

 Phillips exhibited a fine series of heads of Antelopes obtained during his 

 recent expedition to Somali-land in company with Messrs. James, and read 

 notes on their habits and localities. — Mr. W. T. Blanford exhibited, on 

 behalf of Capt. CS. Cumberland, the head of a Wild Sheep from Ladak, 

 supposed to be a hybrid between Ovis Hodgsoni and Ovis Vignei. — Mr. John 

 Bland Sutton read a paper on the origin of the Urinary Bladder, in which 

 he endeavoured to show that the atrophy of the gills in all forms of the Ver- 

 tebrates above the Amphibians might possibly be explained by the assum- 

 ption of embryonic respiration by the allantois. — A communication was 

 read from Lieut.-Col. S winho e , containing the fourth part of his memoir 

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

 his description of the Heterocera; and also contained descriptions of the 

 Tortricidae and Tineina, which had been worked out by Lord Walsingham. 

 — A communication was read from Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, containing a 

 memoir on the comparative osteology of the Trochilidae, Caprimulgidae, and 

 Cypselidae. Dr. Shufeldt came to the conclusion that the Trochilidae should 

 form an order by themselves, and were not nearly related to the Cypselidae, 

 which were only much modified Passeres. — Mr. F. E. Be d dard read the 

 second of his series of notes on the Isopoda collected during the voyage of 

 H.M.S. , Challenger'. In the present paper the author treated of specimens 

 referable to the family Munnopsidae. — A communication was read from 

 Mr. Martin Jacob y , containing descriptions of some new species and a new 

 genus of Phytophagous Coleoptera. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



