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as ornaments two imperfect skulls of the rareChelonianCV«"e^^oc//e/ys insculpta, 

 a species previously known only from a single specimen in the Australian 

 Museum, Sydney. — Mr. Boulenger also exhibited and made remarks 

 upon a large female specimen of a Sea-Snake, Distira Siokest, which had been 

 caught by Mr. F. W. Townsend in Kurrachee Harbour covered with a thick 

 growth of green seaweeds. — The Secretary read some extracts from a letter 

 addressed to him by Mr. John S. Budgett, who had gone to the Gambia on 

 a scientific expedition on behalf of the Society. — Mr. C. W. Andrews, 

 F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on some bird-remains which had been 

 obtained from excavations at the Lake-dwellings near Glastonbury, Somer- 

 setshire, and among which were numerous bones of a Pelecan. — Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas, F.Z.S., read a letter which he had received from Senor 

 Ameghino, C.M.Z.S., on the subject of the newly discovered Mammal 

 Neomi/lodon, giving further information, obtained from the Indians, as to its 

 distribution, characters, and habits. — A communication was read from Dr. 

 E. A. Goeldi, C.M.Z.S., on the Amazonian Lepidosiren, in which he 

 recorded the capture of two further examples of this Dipnoan in the island of 

 Marajo. Dr. Goeldi gave a short description of the physical features of the 

 locality in which he had found Lepidosiren — a "pirisal" or papjTus-meadow. 

 He also referred to the live specimen in his aquarium which had recently 

 developed branches on its fore limbs. Dr. Goeldi pointed out the gill-like 

 character of the fore limb, and adduced it as a support to the Gegenbaur 

 theory of limbs. He also suggested the possibility that the so-called fore limb 

 of Lepidosiren is not a true fore limb, but a persistent external gill. This 

 paper was illustrated by the exhibition of three specimens of the Amazonian 

 Lepidosiren, which Dr. Goeldi had forwarded for presentation to be British 

 Museum. — Mr. F. G. Parsons, F.Z.S., read a paper on the anatomy of 

 adult and foetal specimens of the Cape Jumping Hare [Pechtes coffer). In it 

 the different systems — osseous, muscular, nervous, circulatory, digestive, 

 &c. — were described in some detail, and contrasted with the corresponding 

 parts in two Jerboas [Dipus hirtipes and D. jerboa). The author regarded 

 the muscular system as furnishing the best clue to the position of the 

 animal, and, considering all the evidence in his possession, looked upon 

 Pedetes as being nearly akin to the Jerboas; but thought that, if a sharp line 

 had to be drawn anywhere between the mouse-like and porcupine-like 

 rodents, Pedetes should be placed on the hystricomorphine, and the Dipodidae 

 on the myomorphine side of that line. The radial ossicle in the carpus, 

 described by Bardeleben as a praepoUex, was found to answer accurately to 

 that writer's description; but Mr. Parsons failed to find any proof which 

 satisfied him of its digital nature. — A communication was read from Mr. F. 

 O. Pickard-Cambridg e on asmallcollection of Spiders fromTrinidad, West 

 Indies. Specimens of six species were contained in the collection, of which 

 three described as new. — Mr. W. E. de Winton, F.Z.S., read some notes 

 on the breeding of a female African Wild Ass [Eqims asinus) in the Society's 

 Gardens, and called attention to certain facts as regards her offspring, which 

 gave some support to the doctrine of telegony. — Mr. de Winton also read 

 a paper describing the moulting of the King Penguin [Apteiiodytes Pennanti)^ 

 as observed in a specimen in the Society's Gardens. The author remarked 

 that the specimen in question had lived in the Gardens for sixteen 

 months, and during that period had moulted only once. — A communication 



