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 III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



15th April, 1890. — Mr. A. Smith-Woodwar d , F.Z.S., read a 

 paper on some new fishes from the English Wealden and Purbeck Beds, re- 

 ferable to the genera Oligopleurus, Strobilodus, and Mesodon. Detailed descrip- 

 tions of several fossils of these genera, now in the British Museum, were 

 given. Oligopleurus was stated to be represented by a single species in the 

 Wealden of the Isle of Wight, occurring also in the Purbeck of Dorsetshire ; 

 and the latter formation had yielded at least one species both of Strobilodus 

 and Mesodon. Previous researches had already indicated a close connexion 

 between the fishfauna of the English Purbeck Beds and that of the Upper 

 Jurassic Lithographic Stones of France, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg ; and the 

 new forms now described tended to demonstrate that alliance even more 

 clearly. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger read the second of a series of reports on 

 the additions to the Batrachian Collection in the Natural-History Museum. 

 Since 1886, when the first report was made on this subject, examples of 74 

 additional species of Batrachians had been acquired. Amongst these was a 

 remarkable new form allied to the family Engystomatidae, proposed to be 

 called Genyophryne Thomsoni, based on a single specimen obtained by Mr. 

 Basil Thomson on Sudest Island, near South-east New Guinea. The form 

 was stated to be unique in having teeth in the lower, but none in the upper 

 jaw. — Mr. Frank E. Beddard read a paper on the structure of Psophia, 

 and on its relations to other birds. The author was inclined to consider Pso- 

 phia most nearly allied to Cariama and Chunga, and more distantly to Rhino- 

 chetus, but entitled to stand as a distinct family in the group of Cranes and 

 their allies. — Mr. Henry Seebohm gave an account of a collection of birds 

 from the northern part of the province of Fokien, South-eastern China. 

 Several interesting species were represented in the series, amongst which was 

 a new Hemixos, proposed to be called H. eanipennis. — P. L. S dater, 

 Secretary. 



2. 63. Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte. 



Die 63. Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher wird vom 15. 

 bis 20. September in Bremen abgehalten. Als einführende Vorsitzende 

 und Schriftführer der 5. und 6. Abtheihmg, für Zoologie und für Ento- 

 mologie, laden die Herren Director Dr. Schauinsland und Dr. 

 Plate, und Oberlehrer Brinkmann und Dr. Alfken, zur Theil- 

 nahme an den Verhandlungen dieser Abtheilungen ein und bitten um 

 Anmeldung von Vorträgen und Demonstrationen womöglich vor 

 Ende Mai, damit dieselben in den, Anfang Juli zu erlassenden allge- 

 meinen Einladungen bei der Übersicht der Abtheilungs-Sitzungen an- 

 gegeben werden können. 



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