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III. Mittheilungen aus 3Iiiseeii, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



IS^^ June, 1889. — The Secretary exhibited (on behalf of Mr. J. F. 

 Green, F.Z.S.) a very fine example of the Common Eel, obtained from a 

 pond in Kent, and measuring upwards of four feet in length. — Mr. B. B. 

 Woodward exhibited and made remarks on a drawing representing a living 

 example of Aerope haffra — a carnivorous Snail from the Cape Colony. — 

 Mr. Wo o dw ar d also exhibited an example of a fossil Shell from the Eocene 

 of the Paris Basin [Neritina Schmideliana) , and a section of it showing the 

 peculiar mode of its growth. — Mr. Eadweard Muybridge, of the Uni- 

 versity, Pennsylvania, exhibited a series of projections by the oxyhydrogen 

 light illustrative of the consecutive phases of movements by various qua- 

 drupeds while walking, trotting, galloping, &c., and of birds while flying. — 

 A communication was read from Prof. Henry H. Giglioli, C.M.Z.S., con- 

 taining the description of a supposed new genus and species of Pelagic 

 Gadoids from the Mediterranean, proposed to be called EretmopJionis Kleinen- 

 hergi. — Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen, F.R.S., read the first of a 

 proposed series of papers descriptive of the Land-Shells collected in Borneo 

 by Mr. A. Everett, with the descriptions of new species. The present paper 

 treated of the Cyclostomaeeae. — Capt. G. H Shelley, F.Z.S. , read a list 

 of birds collected by Mr. H. G. V. Hunter in Masai-land during the months 

 of June, July, and August 1888. The collection (which Mr. Hunter had pre- 

 sented to the British Museum) consisted of examples of 94 species, seven of 

 which were described by the author as new to science. — Mr. P. L. Sclater , 

 F.R..S., gave a further description of Hunter's Antelope [Damalis Hmiteri) 

 from specimens obtained by Mr. H. G. V. Hunter on the river Tana, Eastern 

 Africa. — Mr. F. E. Beddard read a paper on the freshwater and terrestrial 

 Annelids of New Zealand, with preliminary descriptions of new species. — 

 A communication was read from Mr. H. W. Bates, F.R.S., containing de- 

 scriptions of some new genera and species of Coleopterous insects collected 

 by Mr. Whitehead during his recent visit to Kina Balu. The collection was 

 stated to comprise an unusual proportion of new and remarkable forms. — 

 P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



IV. Personal -Notizen. 



Königsberg i;Pr. Dr. Erich H aase hat sich an der Universität 

 Königsberg als Privatdocent für Zooloo:ie habilitirt. 



Berichtigung. 



Durch einen Druck- oder Schreibfehler wurde in der Mittlieihing »Zur Bio- 

 logie der Gattung Chermes'^ in No. '.Wb dieser Zeitschrift, p. 2!)4, Zeile 11 von 

 oben, »Lärche« anstatt »Fichte« «jedruckt. Es sollte heißen »Nachkommen der im 

 gegenwartigen Auojenbhck auf die Fichte auswandernden" etc. 



lirnck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



