501 



Wien 1883«, durchgesehen habe, muß ich allerdings zugestehen, daß 

 sich darin für meine, auf p. 600 meiner Arbeit (Zool. Jahrbücher 9. Bd.) 

 geäußerte Ansicht des Prioritätsverhältnisses zwischen Claus und 

 Chun, hinsichtlich der Deutung des Pneumatophors der Physopho- 

 ren etc. als umgebildete larvale Calycophorenglocke, keine genügenden 

 Unterlagen vorfinden. So unbegreiflich mir selbst erscheint, wie ein 

 derartiges Versehen mir unterlaufen konnte, so beeile ich mich doch, 

 dasselbe zuzugeben und die von mir bestrittene Priorität Chun's (aus 

 Zool. Anz. 1887 No. 261 u. 262) anzuerkennen. 

 Kovigno, 12. Nov. 1896. 



II. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



November 17th, 1896. — The Secretary read a repertori the additions 

 that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, 

 July, August, September, and October 1896. — Mr. Sclater gave an ac- 

 count of some of the more interesting animals observed by him during a 

 visit to the Gardens of Antwerp, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hanover, Amsterdam, 

 the Hague, and Rotterdam in June last. — Mr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, 

 F.Z.S., made remarks on a supposed case of Telegony exhibited by a Fox- 

 Terrier in showing peculiarities due to a previous fertilization of its mother 

 by a Dachshund. A discussion followed, in which Sir Everet Millais, Mr. 

 Tegetmeier, and others took part, and expressed opinions generally un- 

 favourable to the theory of telegony. — Dr. Leonard Hill made some re- 

 marks on supposed cases of the inheritance of acquired characters as shown 

 by breeding Guinea-pigs. — Mr. Sclater exhibited, on behalf of the Hon. 

 H. S. Littleton, a coloured life-sized model of the Australian Lung-fish 

 [Ceratodus Forsteri). — Mr. Blanford, F.R.S., exhibited, on behalf of 

 Major C. S. Cumberland, some heads of Ovis amnion shot by him on the 

 Altai Mountains in Central Asia. — Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., read a 

 paper "On Further Collections from Nyasa-land," being a continuation of 

 three previous papers on the Mammals of that country. The specimens now 

 referred to had been collected and sent home by Sir Harry Johnston, Consul 

 Alfred Sharpe, Dr. Percy Rendali, and Mr. Alexander Whyte. Two species 

 were described as new : a peculiar hoary-coloured Baboon from Fort John- 

 ston, proposed to be called Papio pruinosus, and a Steinbok with the white 

 streaks in its fur characteristic of the Grysbok. The latter had been obtai- 

 ned by Mr. Sharpe in Southern Angoni-land, and was proposed to be called 

 Raphiceros Sharpei. — Mr. W. E. de Winton read a paper on some Ro- 

 dents from Mashonaland and Matabeleland, British South Africa, collected 

 by Mr. J. Ffolliott Darling and Mr. F. C. Selous. This memoir contained 

 descriptions of six species and two subspecies of rodents new to science. 

 Amongst these were a Dormouse very much smaller than Graphiurus murinus^ 

 to which the name G. nanus was given; a Pouched Rat, which was called 

 Saccostomus mashonae\ and a Mole-rat, proposed to be called Georychus Nim- 

 rodi. — A communication was read from Mr. Alfred E. Pease containing 



