188 Miscellaneous. 



Telanwnides belonged to the same brood ; the former consists of 

 earlier, the latter of later individuals from wintering chrysalids ; 

 the second brood of the species (the first from short-lived chrysalids) 

 is Marcellus, and made up of the mingled progeny of both Walshii 

 and Telamonides. — From an advance i^roof of the Proceedings of 

 the Boston Society of Natural History, October 22, 1873. 



The Habitat of Labaria hemisphaerica. 

 By Dr. J. E. Geay, F.R.S. &e. 



In reply to Dr. Meyer's communication at p. 66, I see I am 

 wrong in not giving Cebu as the habitat of these sponges ; but as I 

 received the box of sponges some time after I received the letter 

 containing their habitat, although he said I should receive the two 

 together, I had forgotten that the one referred to the other. I am 

 astonished to observe that Dr. Meyer says, " I obtained these sponges 

 from the reefs in the sea near the village Talisay,'' because the spe- 

 cimen of Lahana we received had, when dried, separated into two 

 parts — a hemispherical sponge and a long tuft of broken spicules of 

 Euphctella, tied at one end by a strip of a spotted silk handkerchief, 

 which had been affixed into the base of the hemisphere ! Dr. Meyer, 

 in a letter of November 6th, 1873, says, "I wondered to hear that 

 the largest one proved to be artificially made up ; if I am not 

 mistaken, I got stiU some specimens of the same kind, but they did 

 not yet arrive in Europe." In a note just received (Jan. 21st) Dr. 

 Meyer says : — " I looked through those bottles and dried several 

 sponges. My Malay boy from Temate was charged with this 

 business, and perhaps he may have tied something together or done 

 another mischief with them ; or this may have been made by those 

 fishermen at Talisay, I having overlooked it before I started, as I 

 said, in a hurry." 



On the Steppe-Cat of BoTchara (Chaus candatus). 

 By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. 



The Zoological Department of the British Museum has lately re- 

 ceived the skin and skull of a Chaus from the steppes of Bokhara. 

 It is very like the common jungle-cat (Felis chaus) from more 

 southern Asia in the thickness and softness of the fur, in the general 

 colouring, and in the tufts of the ears ; but it diflfers from it in 

 having a considerably longer tail, reaching nearly to the ground — 

 hence its name Chaus cmidatus in the description of it which has 

 been read at the Zoological Society, illustrated by a beautiful figure 

 by Mr. Wolf. 



