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II. Mittheilungen aus Miiseeii, Instituten etc. 

 1. Zoological Society of London. 



17th February, 1S91. — Mr. Edward G errar d , Jr., exhibited an 

 extraordinarily large head of a Koodoo Antelope [Strepsiceros kudu) , which 

 had been shot by Mr. F. C. Selous near the river Macloutsie, Khama's Coun- 

 try, South Africa, in May last. — Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell exhibited and 

 made remarks on a curious and rather noteworthy monstrosity of a Land- 

 shell [Claimlia rugosa) with two apertures. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger exhi- 

 bited and made remarks on the renewed left pectoral fin of an African Lepi- 

 dosiren [Protopterus annectens) from a living specimen in the Society's Gardens. 

 — Mr. Boulenger also exhibited young specimens and eggs of a South- 

 African Siluroid fish [Galeichthys feliceps) , sent to him by Mr. J. M. Leslie, 

 of Port Elizabeth. They had been taken from the mouth of the male parent, 

 which carries its eggs in this extraordinary manner. — Prof. G. B. Howes 

 read a paper on the probable existence of a Jacobson's organ among the 

 Crocodilia , and made observations upon the skeleton of that organ in the 

 Mammalia and upon the basimandibular elements in the Vertebrata. — Mr. 

 R. H. Burn e made some observations on the variation and development of 

 the Leporine sternum. — Mr. Scott B. "Wilson read a paper on Chasiem- 

 pis — a genus of Muscicapine birds peculiar to the Sandwich Islands. He 

 described one of the species inhabiting the island of Oahu as new, and named 

 it Chasiempis Gayi , after Mr. F. Gay, of Kauai. The author further gave a 

 key by which the five species of this genus inhabiting the various islands 

 may be distinguished. — Mr. Wilson also read the description of a new 

 bird of the genus Himatione — based on a single specimen obtained on the 

 island of Maui, — naming it Himatione Dolii, after Mr. S. B. Dole, of Hono- 

 lulu. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger read a paper on some British specimens of 

 the remains of Homœosaurus , and made remarks on the classification of the 

 Rhynchocephalia. — Mr. F. E. Bed dard read a preliminary account of an 

 Earthworm from West Africa , referable to a new genus and species, which 

 he proposed to call Libyodrilus violaceus. — Mr. Frank Finn gave an account 

 of a functional Ductus Botalli which he had observed in specimens of two 

 birds [Nycticorax violaceus and Dafila spinicauda) dissected in the Society's 

 Laboratory. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft. 



Die diesjährige Versammlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesell- 

 schaft findet 



vom 2. bis 4. April 

 im zoologischen Institut zu Leipzig unter dem Vorsitze des Herrn 

 Geheimrath Leuckart statt. 



Vorträge und Demonstrationen sind möglichst bald spätestens 

 bis zum lu. März) beim unterzeichneten Schriftführer anzumelden. 



Wünsche hinsichtlich der Zahl etc. der zu beabsichtigten Demon- 

 strationen erforderlichen Microscope, Lupen oder anderen Apparate 

 sind frühzeitig an das zoologische Institut zu Leipzig (betr. Deutsche 

 Zoolog. Gesellschaft] zu richten. 



