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the Gardens on April 24th; a Pigmy Marmozet (Hapale pygmea), pur- 
chased April 27th, and stated to have been obtained at Pebas on the Upper 
Amazons, and two Yellow-thighed Parrots (Caica wanthomera), new to the 
collection, received along with the Marmozet from the Upper Amazons. 
Mr. Sclater made some remarks on the progress and condition of the 
Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and 
Ghent, which he had just visited. 
A communication was read from Mr. G. 8. Brady, containing a mono- 
graph of the fossil Ostracoda of the Antwerp Crag. 
A communication was read from Dr. F. Day, containing a notice of 
the capture of a specimen of Coregonus oxyrhynchus on the coast of 
Lincolnshire. 
A communication was read from the Marquis of Tweeddale, containing 
a memoir on the birds of the genus Batrachostomus. The author came to 
the conclusion that there were seven recognizable species of this difficult 
group, inhabiting the Indian Region, one of which, yet undescribed, was 
from the Philippines. The rule appeared to be that the females were rufous 
from the nest, while the males are brown and sometimes spotted. 
Mr. Edward R. Alston read the description of a Shrew, from Guatemala, 
which had been indicated without being characterized by the late Dr. Gray, 
and for which the name of Sorex vere-pacis was now proposed. 
Prof. A. H. Garrod read the second portion of a series of papers on the 
anatomy of Passerine Birds. 
A communication was read from Mr. T. E. Buckley, containing additional 
remarks on the past and present Geographical Distribution of the larger 
Mammals of South Africa.—P. L. Sctarer, Secretary. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL Society oF Lonpon. 
April 4, 1877.—Prof. Westwoop, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the chair. 
Mr. George Harding, of Stapleton, Bristol; Mr.Charles Adolphus Briggs, 
of 55, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; and Mr. John T. Carrington, of the Royal 
Aquarium, Westminster, were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members. 
Mr. E. Howard Birchall, Mr. T. D. Gibson Carmichael, Dr. Edward 
Capron, and Mr. Valentine Cluse were balloted for and elected Subscribers. 
The Secretary exhibited a collection of fine species of Lepidoptera from 
Siam (about twenty miles from Bangkok), forwarded to him by Mr. R. 
Garner, of Stoke-upon-Trent. 
Mr. M‘Lachlan exhibited a specimen of Ophideres materna, a brightly- 
coloured exotic species of Noctuide, given to him by Mr. R. H. Scott, of 
the Meteorological Office, with a note to the effect that it was taken at sea 
in lat. 25° 24’ S., long. 62° 10’ E. (the nearest land being the island of 
