184 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
disproved by their general structure, the venation of their wings and their 
transformations. A synopsis of the species of all the genera was given, 
and a complete monograph with figures of the genus Coronidia. 
Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys read the first part of his work on the Mollusca, 
procured in the Expeditions of H.M.S. ‘ Lightning’ and ‘ Porcupine.’ 
It would be recollected that these Expeditions immediately preceded that of 
H.M.S. ‘ Challenger,’ but were restricted to portions of the North Atlantic, 
including the Mediterranean. The Brachiopods formed the subject of the 
present paper. A Table of all the Brachiopods known to inhabit the 
European seas was given, comprising ten genera and twenty-two species, of 
which latter four were for the first time described and six figured. The 
Table also particularised the geological and bathymetrical range of all the 
species. ‘Two plates accompanied the paper, and were furnished by Mr. 
Davidson. 
Mr. G. E. Loder exhibited and made remarks on a mounted head of the 
Rocky Mountain Bison, remarkable for its soft, dark and long hair on the 
forehead. This specimen had been obtained near Denver, Colorado. 
A communication was read from the Marquis of Tweeddale, containing 
the eighth of his contributions to the ornithology of the Philippines. The 
present paper gave an account of some Luzon birds in the Museum at 
Darmstadt, which had been sent to him for examination by Prof. Koch of 
that place. 
A communication was read from Dr. O. Finsch, containing description 
of a new species of Finch from the Feejee Islands which he proposed 
to name Amblynura Kleinschmidti after Mr. Kleinschmidt, by whom it had 
been found in the interior of Viti-Levu. 
Dr. M. Watson read a paper containing a description of the generative 
organs of the male spotted Hyena (Hyena crocuta), and a detailed com- 
parison of them with those of the female of the same animal. 
Messrs. Sclater and Salvin read a report on the collection of Birds 
made during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ at the Island of Juan 
Fernandez, at various points along the coast of Patagonia and at the 
Falkland Islands. 
A second paper by Messrs. Sclater and Salvin gave descriptions of three 
new species of birds from Ecuador, proposed to be called Buarremon 
leucopis, Neomorphus radiolosus, and Aramides calopterus.—P. L. Scuater, 
Secretary. 
EnromotoeicaL Socizty or Lonpon. 
April 8, 1878.—H. W. Bares, F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 
donors. 
