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the midille. All the parts, external as well as internal, in which the 

 Cygnus Bewlck'u differs from the Hooper, are observed in this new 

 species to be equally distinct from both. The author acknowledges 

 his obligations to Dr. Richardson for the specimen, which is proba- 

 bly unique, and from which the description and drawings were taken. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Dec. 27. — Mr. Vigors reported that the Resolution agreed to at the 

 last Meeting of the Committee had been communicated to the Coun- 

 cil ; that the Council, fully concurring in the propriety of instituting 

 the experiments suggested therein, had directed that they should 

 be tried on two Leopards, two Ocelots, and two Hyaenas ; and that 

 instructions had been accordingly given to the Head-keeper to carry 

 them into effect. 



A collection of animals preserved in spirit, and recently presented 

 to the Society by Charles Barclay, Esq., was exhibited. It was col- 

 lected by Charles Telfair, Esq., of the Mauritius, Corr. Memb. Z. S., 

 and contained specimens of Mammalia, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects. 

 Among the former were individuals of two species of Tenrec, Centenes, 

 Illig., which were pointed out as the Cent, selosus and Cent, semispi- 

 nosus, and reference was made to the habits of the animals of this 

 genus as described by Mr. Telfair in a communication read to the 

 Committee on June 14 *. The apparently good state of preservation 

 of the specimens authorized the hope that their anatomical structure 

 might be properly investigated. 



The remaining portion of the collection of Fishes formed at the 

 Mauritius by Charles Telfair, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S., and presented 

 by him to the Society, was exhibited. The species contained in it 

 were brought in succession under the notice of the Committee by Mr. 

 Bennett, who pointed out more particularly those which he believed 

 to be new to science. As such he named and characterized the fol- 

 lowing : 



ScoLOPSiDES Pii-Eops. Scol.lobispinncecaiidalisjilamentosis: rostro 

 super ciliisque alepidotis, nigrescentibus, illo vittd argentea infra 

 oculum productd injerne marginato ; lined abliqud pallide argen- 

 ted tib oculo ad prceopercitli angulitm decurrenie ; operculo toto 

 sqiiamato ; vittd dursali ulrinque argentea supra lineam lateralem ; 

 Cauda supernc viaculd nigrescenti notatd. 

 D. V". A.f &c. 

 Scol.frccnato, Cuv. & Val., videtur maximfe affinis. DifFert vitta 

 dorsali argentea et operculo toto squamato. 



Amphiprion fusciventek. Amph. niger, ventre parum pallidiori; 

 fascia angustd operculari, alterd laterali media, tertidque obsoletd 

 caudali albis ; pinna caudali postice pinnarumque dorsalis anaUs~ 

 que parte molli alio Jimbriatis ; pinnis ventralibus interne dimi- 

 diutimjlavis. 

 D. ^. A. -rV &c. 



• See Phil. Mag. and Annals, N. S., vol. x. p. 229. 



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