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the direction of the worms. Among these, one of the most significant is 
the presence of a pair of symmetrically placed gland-like organs, recently 
discovered in Lowosoma. These organs open on the surface of the body, 
and vividly suggest the well-known “segmental organs” of worms. It is in 
the Endoprocta, which now include the four genera, Pedicellina, Umatella, 
Lowosoma, and the curious Ascopodaria, discovered by Busk among the 
eollections of the ‘ Challenger,’ that the most decided vermal approximation 
can be demonstrated. 
The Report on the publications was read by the Secretary. 
The Treasurer’s Statement of Accounts for the past year showed a 
balance of £220 8s. 9d, on hand, being a slight reduction, as compared with 
that of the previous year, but readily accounted for by the general depression 
of trade, which indirectly had affected the whole of the learned Societies. 
Thirteen Fellows had died during the year, and three had withdrawn; and 
three Foreign Members and one Associate likewise were among the list of 
deceased. The demise of such well-known workers in science as Professor 
Grisebach of Gottingen, W. C. Hewitson, G. Dawson Rowley, and the 
Marquis of Tweeddale, may be regarded as a serious loss. During the 
session forty-one new Fellows had been elected. 
The gentlemen chosen to fill the vacancies in the Council were Mr. F. 
Crisp, the Rev. J. M. Crombie, W. 8. Dallas, A. Grote, and R. M‘Lachlan ; 
the President and officers were re-elected —J. Muniz. 
ZootoeicaL Society or Lonpox. 
May 20, 1879.—Professor W. H. Frower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, 
in the chair. 
Mr. Sclater called the attention of the meeting to several animals and 
other objects of interest observed by him during a recent visit to some of 
the Zoological Gardens on the Continent. : 
Prof. Owen read a paper in which he gave the description of a portion 
of the mandible of a large extinct Kangaroo, proposed to be called Palor- 
chestes crassus, from the ancient fluviatile drift of Queensland. 
A communication was read from Mr. M. Jacoby, containing descriptions 
of new species of Coleoptera of the family Halticide. 
Mr. Sclater read a paper (the fourth of the series) on birds collected by 
the Rev. George Brown on Duke of York Island, and on the neighbouring 
parts of New Britain and New Ireland. ‘The present collection contained 
fifty-nine specimens belonging to forty-two species, of which several were 
believed to be new to science. 
A communication was read from Prof. Garrod, containing a series of 
notes on the anatomy of the Gelada Baboon, Gelada Rueppelli, based on 
the examination of a specimen that bad died in the Society's Gardens 
