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manchen Forschern sehr stark an systematischen Kennt- 

 nissen fehlt. 



Dieser Mangel aber findet seine Erklärung zweifellos in der in 

 der Universitätszoologie meistens herrschenden Mode, welche ein so 

 auffallend einseitiges Vorherrschen der Histologie mit sich gebracht 

 hat, daß die anderen Richtungen der Zoologie mehr oder weniger 

 stark vernachlässigt werden und geradezu brach liegen würden, wenn 

 nicht die Museal- und Privat-Gelehrten für sie einträten. 

 Bonn, 9. December 1897. 



II. Mittheilimgen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



SOthNovember, 1897. — Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., exhibited speci- 

 mens of a remarkable partially white Antelope of the genus Cervicapra^ which 

 had been obtained by Mr. F. V. Kirby in the mountains of the Lydenburg 

 District of the Transvaal, and read an account of them contributed by Mr. 

 Kirby himself. — Mr. Oldfield Thomas also exhibited a skin of a new Skunk 

 of the genus Spilogale from Sinaloa, Mexico, proposed to be termed Spilagale 

 pygmaea. It was interesting as being of barely half the size of any previously 

 known species, and also difi"ered from all its congeners in the median dorsal 

 stripes being uninterrupted posteriorly, and in having white hands and feet. — 

 Mr. Thomas likewise exhibited a Badger from Lower California, proposed to 

 be termed Taxklea taxus infusca, which difi'ered from the described forms of 

 T. taxus in its dark coloration and broad nuchal stripe. — Mr. S dater ex- 

 hibited the head of a Capra from Arabia, which had been recently described 

 as Capra Mengesi. Mr. Sclater was inclined to believe that the specimen 

 was referable to Capra sinaitica, in which opinion Mr. O. Thomas agreed 

 with him. — Mr. R. E. Holding exhibited a pair of curiously deformed 

 horns of the Fallow Deer, and made remarks on the associations between 

 organic disease and defective horn-growth. — On behalf of Mr. Lydekker 

 was exhibited a skin and antlers of a small form of the Mule Deer from 

 Lower California, for which he suggested the name Mazama hemionus penin- 

 sulae. It differed from M. h. calif ornicus in its small size, black dorsal line, 

 and in the reduction of white on the tail. — Mr. G. A. Bo ul enger, F.R.S., 

 exhibited some specimens of a South- American Siluroid Fish [Vandellia 

 cirrhosa) and made remarks upon its curious habits. — A communication 

 from Mr. H. H. Brindley, ,,0n Regeneration of the Legs in Blattidae,''' 

 was read. It consisted of an account of the statistical and experimental 

 evidence of the reproduction of lost or injured legs in the Blattidae, obtained 

 since the publication of Mr. W. Bateson's book, 'Materials for the Study of 

 Variation,' in 1894, and of some points in the post-embryonic development 

 of the Cockroach [Periplaneta orientalis). — Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., 

 read a paper "On a Gigantic Sea-Perch, Stereolepis gigas^ This fish was 

 described both externally and internally, and the author pointed out that 

 Megaperca ischinagi, Hilgendorf, was specifically identical with it. — Mr. G, 

 A. Boulenger also described a new Tortoise of the African genus Sterno- 

 thaerus, a specimen of which had lately been received at, and was still living 

 in, the Society's Gardens. It was proposed to name it Sternothaerus oxxj- 



