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Luzon, an animal allied to Chrotomys, but with very much the external 

 appearance of Mus ep/ìipp{um\ (2) Nannosciurus sama>ictis, a pigmy Squirrel 

 from Samar, like N. concitinns, but much less rufous; and (3) Mus mindo- 

 rensis, a blackish form of the Mus rattus group from the highlands of Min- 

 doro. — A communication was read from Prof. T. W. Bridge, F.Z.S., »on 

 the Presence of Ribs in Polyodon [Spatularia] fulium.d From the examination 

 of a specimen Prof. Bridge had ascertained that Polyodon possessed a series 

 of distinct and fully developed cartilaginous ribs. — Mr. R. I. P o co ck 

 read a paper » on the Spiders of the Suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethi- 

 opian Region contained in the Collection of the British Museum. « Many 

 new genera and species were described, the most interesting being the new 

 genus Cyclntrematus, containing two new species collected in Mashonaland 

 by Mr. J. fFolliott Darling, Stasinopus oculatus, sp. nov., from Bloemfontein, 

 and Moggridgea Why tei, sp. nov., obtained by Mr. A. Why te on the Nyika 

 Plateau. The discovery of new stridulating-organs, consisting of modified 

 setae, lying between the mandible and the maxilla in Harpaciina was also 

 alluded to. — A communication was read from Miss Emily M. Sharpe on 

 the Butterflies collected in the neighbourhood of Suakim by Mr. Alfred J. 

 Cholmley, F.Z.S. Thirty species were enumerated, and the localities where 

 the specimens were collected and the dates of their capture were recorded. — 

 A communication was read rom Mr. Walter E. Colli nge, F.Z.S. describ- 

 ing two new Slugs of the genus Parmarion from Borneo, viz. P. Everetti 

 and P. intermedniin. The anatomy of the generative organs was described 

 and compared with that of other members of the genus. P. intermedium^ sp. 

 nov., was regarded as an intermediate form, which in part lessened the value 

 of the anatomical characters in Simroth's genus Microparmarion. — A com- 

 munication was read from Dr. Alphonse Dubois, C.M.Z.S., containing 

 notes on certain specimens of birds in the Brussels Museum, and describing 

 a supposed new species of Woodpecker from Borneo, proposed to be called 

 Tiga borneoiiensis. — A communication from Mr. D. J. Scourfield 

 contained some preliminary notes and a report on the Protozoa, Tardigrada, 

 Acarina, and Entomostraca collected by Dr. J. W. Gregory during his 

 expedition to Spitzbergen in 1S96. — A communication from Mr. David 

 Bryce contained a report on the Rotifera collected by Dr. Gregory's expe- 

 dition in Spitzbergen. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., gave a list of 

 the Reptiles and Batrachians collected in Northern Nyasaland by Mr. Alex. 

 Whyte, F.Z S., and presented to the British Museum by Sir Harry John- 

 ston, K.C.B. Thirty-six species of Reptiles and fifteen species of Batrachians 

 were enumerated, of which the following were described as new : — Lygnsoma 

 Johnstoni^ Glypholycus Whytii^ Anlhroleptis W/iytii, and Hylamhates Jvhnstom. 

 — Dr. Fowler communicated a paper on the later development of Arach- 

 nactis albida (M. Sars) and on A. Boweni, sp. nov., being the third instalment 

 of the »Contributions to our Knowledge of the Plankton of the Faeroe 

 Channel. « — 



This Meeting closes the present Session. The next Session (1897 — 98) 

 will commence in November next. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



Urach von Breitkopf is Bârtel in Leipzig. 



