82 THE ZOOLOGIST. | 
December 5, 1876.—Dr. E. Hamiuron, Vice-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 November, and called particular 
attention to four Brazilian Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), pur- 
chased, and a Hooded Crane (Grus monachus), received on deposit. 
A letter was read from Count T. Salvadori, announcing that a new species 
of Paradise-bird of the genus Drepanornis, had been discovered near the 
most inland point of Geelvink Bay, New Guinea. 
A communication was read from Mr. Andrew Anderson, containing some 
corrections of and additions to previous papers on the “ Raptorial Birds of 
North-Western India.” . 
Mr. Francis Day read a paper on the fishes collected by the Yarkand 
Mission, in 1873, to which the late Dr. Stoliczka was attached as naturalist. 
The paper gave an outline sketch of the Fresh-water Fishes of Hindostan, 
Afghanistan, Western Turkestan, Yarkand, Tibet, and Cashmere. The 
author showed that the principal fishes of Yarkand belong to a local group 
of Carps, termed “ Hill Barbels, or Schizothoracine,” by M‘Clelland; that 
this group is almost restricted to cold and elevated regions, spreading to the 
most eastern portion of Western Turkestan, Afghanistan, and along the 
slopes of the Himalayas to China; and that these forms are entirely distinct 
from the Carps of the plains to the south of the Himalayas. 
A communication was read from Mr. Martin Jacoby, giving descriptions 
of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera. 
A communication was read from Dr. A. Giinther, containing the descrip- 
tion of a new species of Lizard from Asia Minor, which he proposed to name 
Zootoca Danfordi, after Mr. C. G. Danford, its discoverer. 
Dr. Giinther communicated a paper by Mr. W. Ferguson, of Colombo, 
containing the description of a new species of Snake of the genus Aspidura 
from Ceylon, for which the name of A. Guentheri was proposed.—P. L. 
Selater. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL Society oF Lonpon. 
November 1, 1876.—Professor Wrestrwoop, M.A., President, in the chair. 
Additions to the Library. 
The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 
donors :—‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,’ 1876, parts ii. and iii.; 
by the Society. ‘The Zoologist’ and ‘Newman’s Entomologist’ for 
November; by the Representatives of the late Edward Newman. ‘The 
Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine’ for November; by the Editors. ‘The 
Naturalist ; Journal of the West Riding Consolidated Naturalists’ Society,’ 
no. xvi.; by the Editor. ‘Nature,’ nos. 362—365; by the Publishers. 
