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dies vorstelle, damit halte ich lieber zurück ; man könnte sonst wieder 

 glauben, es handle sich nur darum, meine Ansicht zu widerlegen und 

 nicht die Natur zu interpretieren. 

 Kiel, den 23. November 1893. 



II. Mittheilimgen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



2 1st November, 1893. — The Secretary read a report on tbe addi- 

 tions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of 

 October 1893, and called special attention to an example of the Goliath 

 Beetle [GoUathtis Druryi) , the largest of known Coleoptera , obtained near 

 Accra, and presented October 5th by F. W. Marshal, Esq., and to an adult 

 female and a young of the Manatee [Manatus americaniis), captured in Manatee 

 Bay, Jamaica, and most kindly sent home for the Society's Collection by Sir 

 Henry A. Blake, K.C.M.G. Unfortunately the Manatees had reached the Gar- 

 dens in a very exhausted condition, and died soon after their arrival. — The 

 Secretary read an extract from a letter addressed to him by Mr. J. S. 

 Mack ay, of the Kangra District, Punjaub, relating to a young Snow-Leo- 

 pard which he had in captivity, and exhibited some photographs of this ani- 

 mal. — Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on a mounted specimen 

 of an African Monkey [Cercopilhecus albogularis) belonging to the Leyden 

 Museum. — Mr. "VV. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., exhibited and made re- 

 marks on two hybrid Pheasants, believed to be crosses between the Common 

 Pheasant and the Gold and Silver Pheasants. — A communication was read 

 from Messrs. G. W. and E. C. Peck h am on the Spiders of the family 

 Attidae of the Island of St. Vincent, based on specimens collected in that 

 island by the agency of the joint Committee of the Royal Society and the 

 British Association for the exploration of the Lesser Antilles. The series 

 had been collected by Mr. Herbert H. Smith and Mrs. Smith, who had been 

 specially sent to the island as skilled collectors by Mr. F. D, Godman, F.R.S. 

 — A communication was read from Mr. P. R. Uhler, containing a list of 

 the Hemiptera Heteroptera collected in the island of St. Vincent by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Herbert H. Smith, with descriptions of new genera and species. — 

 Dr. G. Lindsay Johnson, F.Z.S., made some observations on the refrac- 

 tion and vision of the eye of the Common Seal [Phocavitulina). — Mr. Scla- 

 ter read a paper on some specimens of Mammals from Lake Mweru, British 

 Central Africa, transmitted by Vice-Consul Alfred Sharpe , through Mr. H. 

 H. Johnston, CB., F.Z.S. The specimens were referred to 17 species, 

 amongst which was a new Monkey of the genus Cercopithecus , proposed to 

 be called C. cpisthisticltis, and a new Antelope allied to the Waterbuck, which 

 was named Cohus Crawsharji , after Mr. R. Crawshay, who had first disco- 

 Aered the species. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



September 27th, 1893. — 1) Descriptions of new Species oî Bostrychidae. 

 By Arthur M. Lea. — 2) Botanical. — 3) Preliminary Note on a species 

 of Balunoglossus from the Coast of New South Wales. By J. P. Hill, F.L.S. 

 Balan-yglossus ^ hitherto unrecorded from Australia, has recently been met 



