The Zoologist — March, 1871. 2529 



Weduesday, the 22nd of February : they were not molested. — Edward 

 Newman. 



More Specimens of the Silrery Hairtail at Penzance. — After writing to 

 you last month, a third specimen of the silvery hairtail, taken in Mount's 

 Bay, was brought to me, and to-day I have received another from St. Ives, 

 — Thomas Cornish; Penzance, January 18, 1871. 



Silvery Hairtail on tlie Coast of Devon. — In the 'Field,' a fortnight 

 since, mention was made of two specimens of that rare fish the silveiy hair- 

 tail {Triehiurus leptvrus) having been taken in Ireland ; and I beg to to say 

 that I have received notice from a friend of three of these fish having been 

 taken during the past autumn near Seaton, on the coast of Devon, and one 

 in Cornwall. — J. Gatcomhe ; February 17, 1871. 



Birth of a Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens. — On Tuesday, the 

 21st of February, 1871, the female hippopotamus was safely confined, and 

 was reported to have been " as well as could be expected ; " but it is my 

 painful duty to announce, on the authority of the ' Times ' newspaper, that 

 the little one died yesterday morning: no reason is assigned. — Edward 

 Newman; February 25, 1871. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



February 6, 1871. — A. R. Wallace, Esq., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 chair. 



The President nominated Prof. Westwood and Messrs. J. W. Dunning 

 and H. T. Stainton as Vice-Presidents. 



Donations to the Library. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 donors : — ' Eemarks on Synonyms of European Spiders,' No. 1 ; ' Araneae 

 nonnullse Novae Hollandise descriptae ; ' presented by the Author, T. 

 Thorell. 'Lepidoptera Exotica,' Part vii. ; by E. W. Janson. ' The Gall 

 Midge of the Ash' {Cecidomyia Botularia, Winnerz); by the Author, 

 Albert Miiller. ' Silk Supply Journal,' No. 9 ; by the Silk Supply 

 Association. ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' No. 12-1 ; by the Society. 

 'The Zoologist' for February; by the Editor. 'The Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine' for February; by the Editors. 



