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and named Clarias Smiihi and Synodontis Smtihi, after their discoverer. — Mr. 

 Martin Jacoby oiFered some remarks on the system of coloration and punc- 

 tuation in the Beetles of the genus Calligrapha of the family Chrysomelidae. 

 He showed that in this genus the colour and punctuation of the elytra seemed 

 to be dependent on each other, so that the markings, no matter what their 

 shape might be, were always surrounded by a row of the punctures, — Mr. 

 F.E. Beddard, F.R.S., read apaper on the Oblique Septa in Passerine and 

 other Birds, in which he pointed out a new character of Passerine Birds. — 

 A second paper by Mr. Beddard contained a note upon the syrinx and the 

 ambiens muscle of an African Stork [Dissura episcopus), and comprised some 

 remarks upon the classification of the Herodiones. — A communication from 

 Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., contained a note on the mode of progression 

 of the Sea-Otter. — A communication from Dr. St. George Mi v art, F.R.S., 

 contained a description of the hyoid bones oï Nestor meridionalis and Nanodes 

 discolor. As the presence of a parahyal arch had as yet only been met with 

 in the Loriidae, it was interesting to find whether it was present in the other 

 brush-tongued forms, Nestor and Nanodes. In the specimen of Nestor exa- 

 mined such an arch did exist, and the location of the Nestoridae next to 

 Loriidae was so far justified. In two specimens of Nanodes, however, the 

 two processes did not form an arch, and thus its removal from the Loriidae 

 was also justified. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. American Morphological Society. 



At the Annual Meeting held at Philadelphia, Dec. 26, 27 and 28, 1895, 

 the following subjects were presented and discussed: Panplasm, by Prof. 

 C. S. Minot; The History of the Centrosome in Thallasema, by Mr. B. B. 

 Griffin; The Centrosome in its Relation to Fixing and Staining Agents, 

 by Prof. E. B. Wilson ; The Production of Artificial Archoplasmie Centers, 

 by Prof. T. H. Morgan ; Cell-Size and Body-Size, by Prof. E. G. Conklin; 

 The Development of Isolated Blastomeres of the Egg of Amphioxus, by Prof. 

 T. H. Morgan; On the smallest Part of Stentor capable of Regeneration, 

 by Dr. J. R. Lillie; Gastrulation of Teleosts, by Dr. Bashford Dean; Pig- 

 ment Changes in the Eye of Palaemonetes, by Dr. G. H. Parker; Reaction 

 of Metridium to food and other substances, by Dr. G. H. Parker; Some 

 Points in the Anatomy of Anoplocephaline Cestodes, by Dr. C. W. Stiles; 

 and Developement of Cassiopea from Buds, by Dr. R. P. Bigelow. The 

 officers elected for 1896 were: President, Prof. E. L. Mark ; Vice-president, 

 Prof. H. J. Osborn; Secretary -Treasurer Dr. G. H. Parker; additional 

 members of the Executive Committee, Prof. E. G. Conklin and Prof. W. 

 Patten. — G. H. Parker, Secretary. 



5. Notiz. 



Dans le No. 493 du »Zoologischer Anzeiger« a été publié ma note sous 

 le titre d. »Über die Bildung des Canalis neurentericus beim Strauße (Stru- 

 thio camelusi.)«. Il faut la compter comme note préliminaire et elle a été 

 écrite au mois d'Octobre 1895, mais attendant son tour d'après l'ordre stricte- 

 ment observé par la redaction du »Zoologischer Anzeiger« elle a été publiée au 

 mois de Janvier 1896, après l'apparition de ma monographie accomplie sur 

 l'histoire du développement de l'autruche ^ N. Nassonow. 



1 N. Nassonow, Sur l'embryologie de l'autruche d'Afrique [Struthio camelus 

 L.). Traveaux du Laboratoire Zoologique à l'Université de Varsovie. 1891 — 95 

 (en langue russe). 



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