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known to occur in the West-Indian Islands. This new edition of a former 

 paper by Lord Walsingham , published in the 'Proceedings' for 1891, had 

 been rendered necessary by the acquisition of much new material since that 

 date, and by the publication of Mr, Meyrick's new system of classification, 

 which in the main had been confirmed by the author from independent study. 

 The species enumerated were 298 as compared with 132 in the former list, 

 and the number of new genera characterized was 18. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, 

 F. R. S., read some notes on the anatomy of the Manatee [Manatus inunguis) 

 lately living in the Society's Gardens. — Dr. Lindsay Johnson read a 

 paper "On the Ophthalmoscopic Appearances of the Fundus Oculi in the 

 Primates". Dr. Johnson had for some considerable time past devoted himself 

 to the careful examination of the eyes of animals, using the means commonly 

 employed by oculists when examining the human eye. He had found that 

 the back of the eye when viewed with the ophthalmoscope presented difi'erent 

 appearances in various animals. He showed that the eye of the negro only 

 diff'ered from that of the European in colour, that the higher apes closely 

 resembled man in having binocular vision, and alone had the so-called 

 macula lutea, or yellow spot, which is the seat of acute vision. In the Lemurs 

 and Galagos the back of the eye differed entirely from that of the true 

 monkeys, showing no macula. The Galagos, which are night animals, had 

 instead of a red or brown fundus a brilliant golden-yellow back-ground to 

 the eye. The paper was illustrated by a large number of coloured drawings. 

 — Mr. Lydekker described certain deer of the Cervus sica group, living in 

 the Duke of Bedford's Menagerie at Woburn. Three of these he referred to 

 C. /lortulorum, Swinhoe, a species which had hitherto been regarded as insepa- 

 rable from C. manchuricus. This latter appeared to be only a larger race of 

 C. sica ; C. Dyhowskii being also inseparable. C. mandarinus, Milne-Edwards, 

 was a distinct form, as was also the Formosan C ta'évaims. — A communi- 

 cation was read from Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall, F. Z. S., on the Butterflies 

 of the genus Teracolm. The geographical distribution of the genus was 

 described, and seventy-two species were enumerated, two of which were 

 described as new. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



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