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3) Der poröse Chitinpanzer der Arremirus-Ga.tt\iYig entwickelt 

 sich erst allmählich nach der letzten Häutung. 



4) Der Körperanhang der unreifen Arrenm'us-M.ä.nnch.en (nach 

 der letzten Häutung) ist noch unentwickelt und rudimentär vorhanden. 



5) Alle achtfüßigen iVesaea-Larven besitzen vier Geschlechtsnäpfe, 

 die zu je zwei gruppirt sind. 



Bremen, den 5. October 18S9. 



III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



3rd December, 1889. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

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

 ber 1889. — An extract was read from a letter received from the Rev. G. 

 H. R. Fisk, C.M.Z.S., concerning some specimens of Bipalium kewense, 

 which he was keeping in captivity at Capetown. — Mr. Henry Seebohm, 

 F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks upon some specimens of new or rare 

 species of birds lately received from the Bonin Islands, North Pacific. — Mr. 

 S dater exhibited and made remarks on an egg of the Crested Screamer 

 {C/iauim chavaria), from the collection of Mr. J. J. Dalgleish. — Mr. F. E. 

 Beddard, F.Z.S., read the first of a series of contributions to the anatomy 

 of Picarian birds. The present communication treated of some points in the 

 structure of the Hornbills [Bucerotidae] ^ particularly of the syrinx, and of 

 the muscular anatomy of these birds. — Mr. Beddard also read a paper 

 upon the anatomy of Burmeister' s Cariama [Chunga Burmeisteri) , and pointed 

 out the difi"erences between this form and Cariama cristata. — Mr. G. W. 

 Butler read a paper on the relations of the fat-bodies (subperitoneal and 

 subcutaneous) of the Sauropsida. The author showed that a consideration of 

 the subperitoneal fat-bodies appeared to throw light on the condition of the 

 abdominal membranes in the Monitors. — A communication was read from 

 the Rev. H. S. Gorham, F.Z.S., containing descriptions of new species of 

 the Coleopterous family Erotylidae from various localities. — A communi- 

 cation was read from Mr. L. Taczanowski, C.M.Z.S., containing the de- 

 scription of a new Warbler of the genus Locustella from Corea, which he 

 proposed to call Locustella Pleskei. — Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., 

 pointed out the characters of a new Mungoose, allied to Herpestes albicandatusy 

 which he proposed to call H. grandis. The type specimen (a skeleton) had 

 been obtained by Mr. T. E. Buckley in S.E. Africa. — P. L. Sclater, 

 Secretary. 



2. In Sachen der lacustrischen Station am Plöner See. 



An Herrn Prof. Dr. J. Victor Car us in Leipzig. 



Hochgeehrter Herr! 



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