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generation pores in Amblypneustes formosus, and discussed the specific 
characters of Salmacis globator. 
A communication was read from Dr. A. Giinther, containing notes ona 
collection of Mammals from Japan. 
Mr. G. E. Dobson read a description of a new species of Bat, of the 
genus Natalus, from Jamaica, which he proposed to name N. micropus. 
Mr. A. W. E. O'Shaughnessy read the description of a new species of 
Lizard of the genus Uromastix, from Zanzibar, which he proposed to call 
U. princeps. 
June 15, 1880.—Professor W. H. Frower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, 
in the chair. 
The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to 
the Society's Menagerie during the month of May, 1810, and called special 
attention to several novelties, amongst which were;—Two Side-striped 
Jackals, Canis lateralis, acquired by purchase May 28th. Ouly one example 
of this rare species had been previously received by the Society. A young 
male Luhdorf’s Deer, Cerrus Luhdorfi, born in the Zoological Gardens of 
Hamburg, and new to the collection. Luhdorf’s Deer is a newly 
discovered species, allied to the Wapiti, from Amoorland. | 
The Secretary exhibited the skin of an Antelope received from the — 
Gaboon, and remarked that it appeared to belong to the female of an — 
undescribed species of T’ragelaphus, allied to Tragelaphus Spekii, which he 
proposed to name 7’. gratus. 
Dr. A. Giinther exhibited and made remarks on a series of horns of the 
Sambur Deer of Borneo. 
Mr. W. 'T. Blanford made some remarks on the proper name of the 
Himalayan Marmots, now living in the Society’s Gardens, which he believed 
to be Arctomys Hodgsoni. 
Professor Mivart called attention to the fresh-water Meduse, now 
living in the Victoria Lily House, in the Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park. 
Mr. Edward R. Alston read a paper “On Antechinomys and its Allies,” 
in which he described the anatomy of that little-known Marsupial. He — 
regarded the four genera Phascologale, Antechinus, Podabrus, and Ante- 
chinomys, as constituting a subfamily of the Dasyurid@, the first and the 
second, and the third and fourth, being most nearly related to one another. 
Mr. G. E. Dobson read a paper on some new or rare species of 
Chiroptera in the collection of the Gottingen Museum. Amongst these 
was a new species of Megaderma from Australia, which, on account of its 
large size, Mr. Dobson prososed to name Megaderma gigas. 
Mr. W. A. Forbes read a paper on the anatomy of Leptosoma discolor, — 
and adduced further evidence to show that this bird is related, not to 
the Cuckoos (Cuculid@), but to the Rollers (Coractide), 
