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in the neighbouring island of St. Vincent. The Cynipidae were all parasitic 

 forms, there being apparently a total lack of any gall-making forms of the 

 family in the Island. — P. L. Sciate r, Secretary. 



2. New York Academy of Sciences. 



Biological Section, 

 Meeting of November 11, 1895. 



The following papers were presented: 



Prof. H. F.O shorn: »A Memorial Tribute to Prof. Thomas H.Huxley«. 



Dr. Brashford Dean: »Notes of the Ancestral Sharks«. In this paper 

 Cladoselachids were reviewed, and for the first time the structural characters 

 of their vertebral skeleton, integument and Suspensorium were given; and 

 together with these features was noted the lack of claspers, shown in a dozen 

 well preserved ventral fins , as significant of the fertilization conditions of 

 these early sharks. In this regard these Lower Carbon forms would corre- 

 spond to the usual Ichthyic type as of Teleostone or Lung Fish. The entire 

 absence of a pelvic girdle in these early forms is also significant. 



Prof. H. F. Osborn : »Newly Mounted Skeletons of Titanotherium and 

 Metamyodon in the American Museum«, with illustrations. 



Dr. J. L. Wort m an: »The American Museum Expedition of 1895«. 



Prof. N. L. Britton: »New or Noteworthy North American Phanero- 

 gams« . 



Dr. Arnold Graf: »A Peculiar Growth Character in Crepidula«. This 

 paper recorded the adjustment of the shell of the Crepidula to that of a 

 scallop, Pecten, the margin of the shell of the Crepidula conforming 

 exactly to the ridged character of the shell of its host. 



Dr. Bashford Dean, Ree. Sec'y. 



3. Die Zoologische Station in Villefranche-sur-mer (Frankreich) 



versendet conservierte , daselbst im Golfe vorkommende Thiere. Material 

 für zoologische Curse wird unter besonders günstigen Bedingungen abge- 

 geben. 



Die Direction. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Herr Dr. L. Plate bittet für ihn bestimmte Separata nicht mehr nach 

 Marburg zu senden, sondern mit der Adresse: »Zoolog. Institut, Invaliden- 

 straße 4 3, Berlin« zu versehen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 8. Juli starb in Bendigo , Victoria (Australia) Paul Howard Mac- 

 gillivray, bekannt durch seine Untersuchungen über australische Bryozoen. 



Am 20. September starb in Lewisham Road bei London William Henry 

 Tu g well, ein geschätzter Lepidopterolog . im 64. Jahr. 



Berichtigung. 



In der Inhaltsangabe des Aufsatzes von H. Bolsius in No. 485. p. 388, 

 »indications des grossissements« etc. ist zu lesen: »Le grossissement linéaire 

 en même temps que les systèmes des lentilles et le nom du constructeur«. 



Druck von Breitkopf & HRrtel in Leipzig. 



