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February 19th, 1901. — Dr. W. G. Ridewood, exhibited some 

 microscopic preparations of the hairs of three species of Zebra, viz. Equvs 

 Burchelli^ E. zebra, and the newly described E. Jonsioni, in order to show 

 that the hairs of the last-named animal agreed in structure with those of the 

 other two Zebras. A letter received from Prof. E wart on the same subject 

 stated that he was quite of the same opinion. — Mr. ¥. E. Beddard, F.R.S., 

 exhibited and made remarks upon a specimen of a female Schmidt's Monkey 

 [CercopMemts Schmidti) with four mammae. — Mr. R. Lydekker described, 

 under the provisional name Sotalia borneensis, an apparently new species of 

 estuarine Dolphin from Borneo , a specimen of which had recently been 

 received at the British Museum. — Mr. Lydekker also gave a description 

 of the Kashmir Ibex [Capra sibirica sacin) . and pointed out the differences 

 between this and the three other races of Capra sibirica. — Mr. F. E. Bed- 

 dard, F.R.S., read a paper on the Broad-nosed Lemur [Hapalemur simus), 

 which dealt with the points of difference in structure between this species 

 and H. griseus. — A communication from Dr. J. G. de Man contained a 

 description of Potamon [Potamonautes) Floweri, a new species of Crab obtained 

 by Capt. S. S. Flower on the Bahr-el-Gebel, during his expedition up the 

 White Nile in 1900, and remarks on other species oi Potamon. — Mr. R. H. 

 Bur ne, F.Z.S., read a paper entitled "A Contribution to the Myology and 

 Visceral Anatomy of the Fairy Armadillo [Chlamydophorus truncaius),'^ in 

 which the myology of this rare Edentate was reviewed, with special reference 

 to the two previous descriptions by Hyrtl and Macalister, and features were 

 pointed out in which this individual showed a greater similarity to Dasypus 

 than those hitherto examined. Amongst other details of the anatomy of the 

 salivary apparatus, it was shown that in Chlamydophorus and Dasypus the 

 submaxillary gland is composed of two entirely separate lobes (representing 

 Ranvier s submaxillary and retrolingual glands), each of wich communicates 

 with the mouth-cavity by a separate duct. A somewhat similar condition 

 was noticeable in Bradypus. — Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, F.Z.S., read a 

 paper "On some Characters of the Skull in Lemurs and Monkeys," in which 

 he pointed out , amongst other results, that the os planum of the ethmoid, 

 about which some doubts had existed as to its presence in Lemurs, was 

 found to occur in the young stages of many of these animals, and that the 

 facial expansion of the lachrymal bone in the Lemurs as well as in the 

 Monkeys was not a primitive condition but an extreme specialization. — 

 Mr. Martin Jacoby, F.E.S., read a paper containing descriptions of fourteen 

 new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera of the Family Chlamydae. — P. L. 

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