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and spermathecal pores, and a covering of fine «bristles«. I therefore 

 propose to name it Vermiculus pilosus and hope shortly to give a de- 

 tailed account of its anatomy. 

 Oxford, Oct. 29th 1892. 



II. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



Zoological Society of London. 



6tli December, 1892. — The Secretary read a report on the addi- 

 tions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of 

 November 1892. — Dr. Hickson read a paper entitled »A Revision of the 

 Genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera , with a description of one new genus 

 and several new species.« The author commenced by stating the grounds 

 upon which it might be considered desirable to retain the suborder Stoloni- 

 fera, and criticized the views of those who place these Alcyonarians in the 

 suborder Alcyonida. Of the genera that had already been proposed only 

 four could now be retained , namely , Tubipora , Clavularia , Corniilaria, and 

 Sympodium, and the author proposed to add one more, namely, Stereosoma. 

 The genera Sarcodictyon, Rhizoxenia, C or nular iella ^ Anthelia, and Gymnosarca 

 must be abandoned, and the species incorporated in the other genera. A de- 

 scription was then given of the new genus Stereosoma , a form found on the 

 coast of North Celebes , distinguished from all other Stolonifera by certain 

 characters of its tentacles and by the absolute non-retractability of its poly- 

 pes. Several new species of Clavularia were then described from North Ce- 

 lebes, Diego Garcia, and Australia. This was followed by a summary of all 

 the species of the genus known to science. — Mr. F. E. Bed dard, F.R.S., 

 read a description of the convolutions of the cerebral hemispheres in certain 

 Rodents. The paper referred chiefly to Dasyprocta^ Coelogenys , Lagostomus, 

 Hydrochoerus , and Dolichotis, being the genera of Rodents in which the 

 brains show the greatest development of convolutions. — A communication 

 was read from Prof. Collet, C.M.Z.S. , containing a description of a new 

 Monkey from S.E. Sumatra, for which he proposed the name Semnopithectis 

 Thomasi. — Mr. H. J. El we s read the second portion of an account of the 

 Butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in 

 Perak. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 26. März 1892 starb in Cambridge, Mass., John Amory Jeffries, 

 geb. am 2. Sept. 1859 in Milton, Mass., bekannt durch mehrere tüchtige 

 vergleichend-anatomische Arbeiten. 



Am 2. December starb in London Henry Tibbald Stainton, der aus- 

 gezeichnete Lepidopterolog, einer der Gründer und langjähriger Herausgeber 

 des Entomological Magazine. 



2. Berichtigung. 



In No. 406 (Regies de Nomenclature) muß es heißen: 

 p. 443, Z. 17 V. o. Art. 31 : »II est utile d'indiquer«, statt »inutile«. 



Drnck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



