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additional specimens. — A communication was read from Mr. G. S. 

 Brady, describing sixty- six new or imperfectly-known species of Ma- 

 rine Osti^acoda, and accompanied by elaborate drawings of the various 

 species. — Mr. Sclater pointed out the characters of a new species 

 of bird of the genus Basileuterus, from British Guiana, and gave a 

 synopsis of the known species of the genus. 



Ilarcli 2St7i, 1865. 



The Secretary called the attention of the meeting to some recent 

 additions to the Society's Menagerie, amongst which were a King 

 Penguin {Apterodytes pejinantii), and two examples of a rare Fruit 

 Pigeon from the Seychelles {Erythroenas pidcherrima).—Tiv, Murie 

 and Mr. St. George Mivart communicated a joint paper on the 

 myology of Hyrax capensis, in which various muscles of this curious 

 type were described, and comparisons between the corresponding 

 muscles in the orders Eodentia and Ungulata were given. — A com- 

 munication was read from Mr. Gerard Kreft describing a new species 

 of Eock Kangaroo, proposed to be called Fetrogale longicauda, from 

 New South Wales. — Dr. J. E. Gray gave a notice of a new species of 

 Porpoise from the British seas, proposed to be called Flioccena tuber- 

 culifera, founded on a specimen lately living in the Society's Mena- 

 gerie. Besides external characters, of which the principal consisted 

 in a row of tubercles bordering the upper edge of the dorsal fin, an 

 examination of the skeleton of the present animal betrayed a striking 

 difference in the shape of the occipital foramen. — Dr. J. E. Gray also 

 gave a notice of an apparently undescribed species of Porcupine 

 {Eretliizon rufescens), from South America. — Mr, Sclater pointed out 

 the characters of a new genus and species of Passerine Birds, from 

 Madagascar, allied to PacTiycepliala, which he proposed to call Hylo- 

 pliorha ruticilla. — Dr. Giinther read a paper on a new Pipe Eish from 

 the Australian seas, proposed to be called Phyllopteryx eques, of which 

 a specimen has been recently obtained for the British Museum from 

 Mr. G. E. Angas. — Dr. J. E. Gray communicated a notice of a new 

 genus and species of Tortoises of the family Trionycliidce, from West 

 Africa, for which he proposed the name Septatliyra marmorata^ and 

 also a notice of a new species of Tupaia, from Borneo, proposed to be 

 called T. splendidula. — Dr. Cobbold exhibited and made remarks on 

 some specimens of Entozoa and other parasitic animals collected by 

 Mr. Devis, of Manchester. 



