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Wegen näherer Auskunft bittet man sich an Herrn Dr. G. B a u r . 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111., zu wenden. 



3. Zoological Society of London. 



5th. February, 1895. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

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

 1895. — Mr. Holding exhibited and made remarks on the skull of a 

 Three-horned Stag, the head of a Four-horned Ram, and the gnawed horn 

 of a Red Deer. — A communication was read from Dr. E. A. Goeldi, in 

 which he describes the breeding-habits of some Tree-Frogs observed by him 

 in the Province Rio Janeiro. Hyla faber, Wied, constructs nests of mud on 

 the shallow borders of ponds, wherein the young are protected from enemies 

 whilst in the larval state. Hyla Goeldii, Boulenger, dispenses with the 

 metamorphoses, which are hurried through within the eggs, these being 

 carried by the female on her back. Hyla nebulosa^ Spix, deposits its eggs in 

 a slimy mass attached to withered banana-leaves, the young remaining in 

 this sort of nest until in the perfect, air-breathing condition. — Mr. Edgar 

 A. Smith, F.Z.S., gave an account of a collection of Land-Shells made 

 principally by Mr. A. Everett at Sarawak, British North Borneo, Palawan, 

 and other neighbouring islands. — Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., read 

 a paper upon the long-lost mammal Putorius africanus, Desm., and its occur- 

 rence in Malta. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., read a paper on the 

 visceral anatomy of the Tree-Kangaroo [Dendrolagus Bennettii) and pointed 

 out the structure of the brain and other organs. — P. L. S cl at er , Secretary. 



4. Malacological Society of London. 



Feb. 8th, 1895. — The Annual Meeting of this Society was held, by 

 kind permission of the Council of the Linnean Society, in their Apartments 

 at Burlington House, Dr. H. Woodwurd, President in the Chair. The 

 Report and statement of Income and Expenditure for the year 1894 were 

 adopted and the following were elected as the Officers and Council for the 

 year 1895: President, Professor G. B. Howes; Vice-Presidents, W. H. 

 Hudleston, F.R.S., E. A. Smith, Rev. R. Boog Watson, Dr. H. 

 Woodward, F.R.S. ; Treasurer, G. F. Harris; Secretary, E. R. Sykes : 

 Editor, B. B. Woodward; Six other Members of Council, G. C. Crick. 

 S.J. Da Costa, Lt. Col. H.H. Go dwin- Aus ten, F.R.S. , R. Bullen 

 Newton, J. C.Melvill, G. B. Sowerby. The usual votes of thanks ter- 

 minated the proceedings. The Meeting was followed by an ordinary Meeting 

 at Avhich Messrs. C. Cooper and P. Lawson were elected to Membership 

 and three candidates were nominated. Several members brought specimens 

 for exhibition and the following Communications were read; 1) On the 

 genus Clea by E. A. Smith, 2) The sinistral character of the shell of 

 Flanorbis by J. H. Vans to ne. 



5. American Morphological Society. 



At the Annual Meeting held at Baltimore, Dec. 27 and 28, 1894, the 

 following subjects were presented and discussed: Larval Stages of an Anoplo- 

 cephaline Cestode , by Dr. C. W. Stiles; Primitive Metamerism in Se- 

 lachians, Amphibians, and Birds; by Dr. W. A. Locy; Note on the Homo- 

 logies of the Pineal Sense-Organ, by Dr. W. A. Locy, »The Quadrille of 



