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Dr. A. Giinther exhibited and made remarks on a drawing of a West 
Indian fish (Holacanthus tricolor), obtained on the coast of the island of 
Lewis, and believed to have been found for the first time in the British 
Seas. 
Mr. P. L. Sclater read some remarks on the species of the genus 
Tyrannus, in relation to a paper on this subject recently published by 
Mr. Ridgway, in America. 
A communication was read from Mr. Roland Trimen, containing an 
account of a new species of Roller (Coracias), from the Zambesi, which he 
proposed to name C. spatulata, from its long spatulated tail. 
A communication was read from Mr. Alexander Agassiz, of Cambridge, 
Mass., coutaining notes on some points in the history of the synonymy of 
Echini, in reference to some papers receuvtly published by Mr. Bell in the 
Society’s ‘ Proceedings.’ 
A paper was read by Mr. F. Moore on the genera and species of the 
Lepidopterous subfamily Ophidering, inhabiting the Indian Region. 
February 3.—Prof. Frower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
Capt. W. Vincent Legge, R.A., exhibited and made some remarks upon 
some specimens of the Little Ringed Plovers of India and Ceylon. 
A communication was read from Dr. G. Hartlaub, containiug the 
description of a new species of Heron, obtained in Mohambo, in Northern 
Madagascar, which he proposed to name Ardea Rutenbergi. 
Mr. Oldfield Thomas read a note on a specimen of Myoaus elegans, 
Temminck, which had been obtained by Mr. H. Pryer, near Yokohama, 
Japan. 
A communication was read from Mr. H. N. Moseley, containing the 
description of a new species of Simple Coral, which he proposed to call 
Desmophyllum lamprosteichus. 
Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell gave an account of Palgolampas, a new species of 
irregular H'chinoidea, which presented, among others, the following archaic 
points:—(1) the rows of pores were completely parallel, and extended 
regularly to the ambitus; (2) some of the pores exhibited an elongation 
indicating the appearance of the connecting grove; (8) the outer row of 
each pore-series was continued uninterruptedly to the actinostome; and 
(4) two of the ocular pores retained indications of their primitively double 
character. 
Messrs. C. J. Danford and EK. R. Alston read Part II. of a paper “ On 
the Mammals of Asia Minor,” in which they added certain species to their 
former list, and described a new species of Vole under the name of Arvicola 
Guentheri. 
Mr, Sclater exhibited and made remarks on a fifth collection of birds 
from Duke of York Island and its vicinity, which he had received from the 
