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Andererseits findet sich bei den Männchen an jedem Hoden ein 

 nnpaarer Anhang, welcher bei anderen Isopodenfamilien nicht be- 

 obachtet ist. Da derselbe bei der Bildung der Spermatozoen keine 

 Rolle spielt, eine secretorische Function durch die histologische Be- 

 schaffenheit ebenfalls ausgeschlossen erscheint, so glaube ich ihn als ein 

 rudimentäres Gebilde in Anspruch nehmen zu müssen. Indes ergaben 

 sich mir keine Anhaltspuncte für die nahe liegende Vermuthung, daß 

 in diesem Gebilde der Rest einer weiblichen Geschlechtsanlage zu er- 

 blicken sei. 



III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



2nd December, 1890. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

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

 ber 1890, and called special attention to the acquisition of a specimen of the 

 Cryptoprocta [Cryptoprocta ferox) of Madagascar. — A letter was read from 

 M. A. Milne-Edwards, F.M.Z.S., containing an account of the mode in 

 which the typical specimen of Grévy's Zebra had been mounted for the Gal- 

 lery of the Museum, and pointing out that the mounted specimen has been 

 carefully modelled after the living animal. — A letter was read from Dr. 

 Emin Pasha, dated ,,Tabora, East Africa, August 16th, 1890," contain- 

 ing an expression of his thanks for having been elected a Corresponding 

 Member ; and giving some remarks on the Striped Hyena of that district. — 

 Mr. Richard Crawshay read a paper on the Antelopes of Nyassaland, 

 treating especially of those to be met with west of the Lake. Lichtenstein' s 

 Hartebeest was stated to be very generally distributed, and seven other Ante- 

 lopes to be plentiful. The Kudu, Sable Antelope, and Black-tailed Gnu were 

 seldom met with ; but exact localities were given where these Antelopes were 

 to be found. In conclusion, the author added that there are at least two other 

 species of small Antelopes found in the hills, which hitherto he had not been 

 able to identify. — Prof. G. B. Howes, F.Z.S., read a paper on the pecu- 

 liar mode of the suspension of the viscera in the Australian Batoid fish 

 Hypnos subnigrum. — A second communication from Prof. Howes contained 

 notes on the pectoral fin-skeleton of the Batoidea and of the extinct genus 

 Squaloraia, which he maintained must be referred to the Chimaeroid group. 

 — Mr. G. A. Boulanger, F.Z.S., read a paper on the presence of ptery- 

 goid teeth in a tailless Batrachian [Pelohates cultripes), and added remarks on 

 the localization of the teeth on the palate in the Batrachians and Reptiles. — 

 Mr. H. Seebohm, F.Z.S., read a paper on the Fijian birds of the genus 

 Merula, and gave a description of a new species from Viti-Levu, which he 

 proposed to call Merula Layardi. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



29th October, 1890. — 1) On a Remarkable Flat-worm from the Golden 

 Frog. By W. A. Haswell, M.A., D.Sc, Professor of Biology in the Uni- 



