capsules adhered to their upper apex. These bodies were firm, of 

 small size, flat, and hollow. The length of Ihe kidneys was 1-į inch ; 

 their breadth three ąuarters. The tubuli converged to a single point, 

 not elevated into a distinct papilla. 



" The lungs consisted of three lobes on the right and two on the 

 left side. Daubenton, in his description of a species of Phalanger, 

 States that he found but one lobe on the left side, which was a little 

 notched in the middle, but in the present animal the lobes \vere 

 fairly separate. 



" The heart wa8 elongated and pointed, the right ventricle not 

 extending to the apex. Its length was 1-j- inch. 



"The anai, or rather common, opening, was surrounded by four 

 large glandular follicles, full of creamy fluid of a rank disagreeable 

 odour. The two on each side eommunicated together by means of 

 a very fine tube, hardly larger than a hair. The vagina was longi- 

 tudinally furrowed, its length to the orifices of the lateral tubes 2 

 inches. The cUtoris was small, and about 3 lines long ; above 

 it were two small orifices, analogous perhaps to Cowper's glands. 

 The body of the uterus was small, and its parietės thin and mem- 

 branous. It was covered by the bladder, which concealed both this 

 portion and its lateral canala and Fallopian tubes. These latter were 

 somewhat more than an inch in length. The ovaries were small 

 and compressed. 



" The tongue was smooth : its length from the epiglottis to the 

 tip, 2-i- inches ; its breadth three ąuarters : its apex was somewhat 

 acute. The epiglottis was broad and slightly bifid. The thyroid 

 glands were oval, and half an inch long. The thyroid cartilage was 

 remarkable for a rounded projection anteriorly, over which the os 

 hyoides formed an adapted arch, capable of moving up and down on 

 the projection, as drawn one Tvay or other by its museles. 



" The morbid appearances consisted of great inflammation at the 

 pyloms, with patches of an almost gangrenous appearance ; a knot 

 of enlarged mesenteric glands, ■which had begun to suppurate ; and 

 extensive adhesions to each other of the small intestines. 



A notice by Dr. Riippell, For. Memb. Z. S., of the existence of 

 canine teeth in an Abyssinian Antelope, Antilope montana, Rūpp., 

 was read. It was accompanied by drawings of the structure de- 

 scribed in it, which were exhibited. 



The following is a translation of Dr. Rūppell's communication. 



In Severai Mammalia of the order Ruminan f ia the adult malęs, and 

 even some females, possess canine teeth, -vvhich are more or less de- 

 veloped ; to these teeth no other use has been attributed than that 

 of a w'eapon of defence. The Camels (Camelvs), the Mušk Deer 

 {Moschus), and the Muntjak of India (Cervus Muntjak), possess these 

 canine teeth in both sexes. In the red Deer {Cervus Elaphus) and 

 in the rein Deer {Cerv. Tarandus), the adult malęs alone are provided 

 with them. 



I have just ascertained that there is a species of Antelope which 

 possesses these canine teeth ; but in which, by a singular anomaly. 



