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Es ist sehr erwünscht , daß nicht nur die Belege zu noch nicht 

 veröffentlichten Untersuchungen vorgeführt werden, sondern auch 

 Praeparate , welche neueren Publicationen der Mitglieder zu Grunde 

 liegen, ferner Instrumente, Apparate und andere Hilfsmittel der For- 

 schung und des Unterrichts. 



Der Schriftführer : 

 Prof. J. W. S pen gel (Gießen). 



2. Zoological Society of London. 



leih February, 1892. — Mr. W. T. ßlanford, F.R.S., exhibited two 

 heads and a skin of the Yarkand stag, lent for exhibition by Major C. S. 

 Cumberland, by whom they had been obtained , and proposed the name of 

 Cervus elaphus yarkandensis for this form, — Mr. Sci at er exhibited and 

 made remarks on some living specimens of what are commonly called 

 Spinning or Japanese Mice. — Mr. S dater also exhibited and made re- 

 marks on some mounted heads of Antelopes from Somali-land , belonging 

 to Capt. Swayne , R.E. , amongst which was an example of the recently de- 

 scribed Swayne's Hartebeeste [Buhalis Swaynei). — Mr. A. Smith- Wood- 

 ward, F.Z.S. , exhibited and made remarks on examples of the supposed 

 jaws and teeth of Bothriolepis from the Upper Devonian Formation of Ca- 

 nada. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.Z.S., read a paper containing the results 

 of his examination of the Chimpanzee »Sally« and the Orang »George«, lately 

 living in the Society's Menagerie. The author's remarks referred principally 

 to the external characters and the muscular anatomy of these Anthropoid 

 Apes. — A communication from Mr. A. G. Butler, F.Z.S. , gave an 

 account of a collection of Lepidoptera from Sandakan , N.E. , Borneo. — 

 Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.Z.S., gave an account of a third collection of 

 Fishes made by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar at Muscat, East Coast of 

 Arabia. Amongst these was a specimen of Aïs ft'op^c^Ms typus, a fish described in 

 »Fauna Japonica«, but not since recognized ; and an example of a new species 

 oi Box , proposed to be called B. lineatus. — A communication from Dr. 

 W. B. Benham contained a description of three new species of Earthworms 

 from British Colombia and South Africa. These were proposed to be called 

 Plutellus Perrieri, Microchaeta papillata, and M. Belli. — Mr. F. E. Beddard 

 read a paper on some new species of Earthworms of the genus Perichaeta. 

 — A communication was read from Dr. H. Bolau, C.M.Z.S., on the spe- 

 cimens of Halieatus pelagiciis and H. Branickii now living in the Zoological 

 Gardens of Hamburgh. Coloured drawings of these nearly alUed Sea-Eagles 

 were exhibited. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 3. März starb in Rom, auf der Reise von Czernowitz nach Neapel, 

 Dr. Veit Grab er, Professor der Zoologie in Czernowitz, der durch seine 

 Arbeiten über Insecten-Anatomie und -Entwicklungsgeschichte bekannte 

 Forscher. Er war am 2. Juli 1844 im Dorf e Wer bei Innsbruck geboren. 



Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



