590 THE NATUEAL HISTORY EEVIEW. 



Observations on the Sphcerlcn of the Hookerian Herbarium," by Mr. 

 Trederick Curry, P.E.S. 5. " On the Asymmetry of the PleiLV- 

 onectidcB, as elucidated by an Examination of the Skeleton in the 

 Turbot, Halibut, and Plaice," by Eamsay H. Tranquaire, M.D., De- 

 monstrator of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. 



2. Zoological Society. (11, Hanover Square.) 



May Qth, 1865. 

 Eurther communications were read from Mr. E. L. Layard, of 

 Cape Town, Corr. Memb., on a supposed new species of Zebra 

 discovered by Mr. Chapman in South Africa. — A communication was 

 read from Dr. G-. Hartlaub, Eor. Memb., describing two new species 

 of African Birds, proposed to be called Tchitrea spe/di and Saxicola 

 spectdbilis. The former species had been discovered by the late 

 Captain Speke, during his last expedition, the latter by Captain 

 Bulger, Corr. Memb. of the Society, at Windvogelberg, in the Cape 

 Colony. — Mr. Sclater pointed out the characters of a new Accipitrine 

 bird from Costa Eica, proposed to be called Leucopternis princeps. — 

 A paper was read by Mr. J. Yate Johnson, Corr. Memb., describing 

 a new form of Trichiuroid Eishes obtained at Madeira, proposed to 

 be called Nealotus tripes, and giving remarks on the genus Dicrotus. 

 • — Dr. Gray read a paper on the development of the sternal callosi- 

 ties in Cyclanosteiis senegulensis, and on the synonyma of Cyclanosteus, 

 and the allied genera of Tortoises. — Dr. Corbold called the attention 

 of the meeting to a new and remarkable discovery in helminth ology 

 recently made by Professor Leuckart. — A paper was read by Mr. 

 A. Gr. Butler, describing six new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, in 

 the collection of the British Museum. 



3lay.2Srd, 1865. 



The Secretary called the attention of the meeting to a specimen 

 of a rare Parrot — Ghri/sotis aitgmta, Vigors — from the island of 

 Dominica, which had been presented to the Society's Menagerie by 

 P. N. Bernard, Esq. — The tenth of series of Memoirs, by Professor 

 Owen, on the extinct Dinornithine Birds of New Zealand, was read. 

 The present memoir contained the description of parts of the skeleton 

 of a flightless bird, indicative of a new genus and species of the 

 family, which Professor Owen proposed to call Cnemiornis calcitrans. 

 The materials upon which the present paper was based had been 

 gathered from the bottom of a fissure in a limestone rock at Timaru, 



