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Spitzbergen," made during a recent visit to that country. — A Eeport 

 was read by Dr. Giinther on the Reptiles and Fislies collected during 

 Mr. Tristram's recent expedition in Palestine. The most interesting 

 part of Mr. Tristram's collection was perhaps the series of Fishes 

 from the Lake of Galilee, of which the greater part proved to be new 

 to science. Amongst the most remarkable of these were several species 

 of the African genera Chromis and Semicliromis. — Dr. Giinther 

 also described some new species of Batrachians from "Western Africa. 

 —Four Papers were read by Dr. Gray. The first of these was 

 entitled " Notes on a Eevision of the Specimens of Yiverrine Animals 

 in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of some 

 new genera and species," by which it appeared that about 102 

 species of this family were known to science, of which upwards of 

 eighty were represented in the British Museum. Dr. Gray's second 

 Paper was a notice of a new variety of Galago from Quillimane, pro- 

 posed to be called Otagale crassicauclata var. Kirkii. The third was 

 a note on the Clawed Toads {Dactylethrd) of Africa, and the fourth 

 a general revision of the genera and species of the Lizards of the 

 family Cliameleonidce. — Mr. Sclater pointed out the characters of 

 the new Duck from Madagascar, proposed to be called after its dis- 

 coverer. Dr. Meller, Anas melleri. — A Paper was read by Mr. E. 

 Blyth, entitled " Notes on sundry Mammaha." — Mr. 0. Salvin cha- 

 racterised nineteen new species of Birds lately received from Costa 

 Eica, amongst which was a new form of the family Cotingidce, pro- 

 posed to be called Carpodectes nitidus. — A communication was read 

 from Dr. J. C. Cox, of Sydney, New South "Wales, describing two 

 new species of Land Shells, proposed to be called Helix Mackleayi 

 and Siiccinea eucalypti. — Extracts were read from some Letters 

 addressed by Mr. R. Swinhoe, H.M. Consul in Formosa, to Dr. Gray, 

 describing several recent additions to the Mammal-fauna of Formosa, 



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The Secretary called the attention of the meeting to some recent 

 important additions to the Society's Menagerie, amongst which was 

 a young female Chimpanzee, just received from West Africa. — A 

 Paper was read by Dr. P. P. Carpenter, entitled " Contributions 

 towards a Monograph of the Pandoridce.'" — Mr. St. George Mivart 

 read a Communication " On the Crania and Dentitipn of the Le- 

 muridce'^ giving the results of his investigations of the specimens of 

 this group of animals contained in the British Museum, and the 



