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flügel kann man in ausgezeichneter Weise verknöchert bei den ver- 

 schiedensten Wiederkäuern zu sehen bekommen. 



(Fortsetzung folgt.) 



III. Mitteilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



18th February, 1879. — The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of the 

 Rev. T. O. Morris, an example of Bombyx quercus with malformed antennae. 

 — Mr. Sclater exhibited a new Humming Bird from Northern Peru, 

 which he had received for identification from M. L. Taczanowski, C.M.Z.S., 

 and which he proposed to name Thaumatius taczanowskii. — Mr. Sclater 

 exhibited a living Amphisbaenian [Bronia brasiliana) lately received by the 

 Society from Monte Video. — A communication was read from Mr. E. L. 

 Layard, CM. G., F. Z.S., containing a note on Pachycephala icteroides 

 Peale, with the description of a supposed new species of the genus from 

 Ovalau, Fiji group, proposed to be called P. neglecta. — A communication 

 was read from Dr. A. Günther, F.R.S., containing a description of four 

 new species of Chameleons from Madagascar, proposed to be called Ch. 

 malphe , Ch. brevicomis, Ch. gularis and Ch. globifer. — A communication 

 was read from Mr. Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., containing a description of a 

 large collection of Mollusca from Japan, formed by Capt. H. C. St. John. 

 R. N., of H. M. S. Sylvia. — Messrs. Godman and Sal vin read descrip- 

 tions of a number of new species of Butterflies from Central and South 

 America. — A second communication from the same authors gave an account 

 of a collection of Butterflies, made by the Rev. G. Brown in New Ireland 

 and New Britain. — Mr. A. G. Butler gave an account of the Heterocera 

 contained in a collection from the same locality. — A communication was 

 read from Mr. W. A. Forbes on the systematic position of the genus La- 

 thamus, in which, from a study of its pterylosis, osteology, and other points 

 in its external and internal structure, he showed that this parrot must be 

 referred to the neighbourhood of the Platycercidae. — Mr. R. Bowdler 

 S h a r p e read a note on Heliodilus soumagnei, Grandidier, of which a speci- 

 men had recently been acquired by the British Museum. — Mr. Sharp e 

 likewise pointed out the characters of a second species of the genus Dromaeo- 

 cercus, from Madagascar, proposed to be called D. seebohmi. — A communi- 

 cation was read from Mr. A. Boucard, C.M.Z.S., containing descriptions 

 of two supposed new species of South American Birds. — Dr. F. Day read 

 some remarks on the occurrence at Southend, of the Little Gurnard, »Trigla 

 poeciloptera«. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of London. 



Decbr. 19, 1878. — Mr. Sylvanus Hanley, on some rare shells. Me- 

 lania Limborgi, from British India, and Leptomya gravida, of uncertain habitat, 

 were specially referred to. — Prof. G. J. A 11 m an, on the relations of 

 Rhabdopleura. The endocyst is not absent, but is really represented by the 



