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identical with Iora Lafresnayei of Malacca, while Abrornis atricapilla, said 
to be from China, is in fact a Myiodioctes pusillus, Wilson, a well-known 
North-American bird. A second communication from Dr. Finsch contained 
the description of a bird from the Arfak Mountains, New Guinea, which 
appeared to form a new genus and species: this Dr. Finsch proposed to call 
Pristorhamphus Versteri. A third communication from Dr. Finsch gave 
the characters of six new Polynesian birds in the Museum Godeffroy at 
Hamburg. 
A communication from Mr. J. Caldwell contained some notes on the 
Zoology of the Island of Rodriguez. , 
Dr. E. Yon Martens communicated a list of the land and freshwater 
shells collected by Mr. Osbert Salvin in Guatemala in 1873-74.—P. L. 
Selater. 
ENntomoLogicaL Society or Lonpon. 
December 1, 1875.—Sir Srpney SurtH Saunpers, C.M.G., President, in 
the chair. 
Donations to the Library. 
The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 
donors :—‘ Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelles de 
Genéve,’ tome xxiv., premiére partie; presented by the Society. ‘ Bulletin 
de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1875,’ No.1; by the 
Society. ‘Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana,’ vol. vii., trimes. 3; 
by the Society. ‘ Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse,’ 
vol. ix., fase. 2; by the Society. ‘Verhandlungen des Vereins fiir Natur- 
wissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg, 1871—74;’ by the Society. 
‘Proceedings of the Linnean Society,’ Session 1874-75 ; ‘ Additions to the 
Library of the Linnean Society, 1874-75 ;’ by the Society. ‘Journal of 
the Royal Agricultural Society of England,’ vol. xi., pt. 2, no. 12; by the 
Society. ‘A Collection of the Arachnological Writings of Nicholas Mar- 
cellus Hentz,’ edited by Edward Burgess; by the Boston Society of Natural 
History. ‘Mémoire sur les premiers états de l’Hepiale Louvetie (Hepialus 
lupulinus),’ par Xavier Raspail; by the Author. ‘Nouvelles Recherches 
tendant 4 établir que le prétendu Crustaceé décrit par Latreille sous le nom 
de Prosopistoma est un veritable insecte de la tribu des Ephémérines par le 
Professeur N. Joly ;’ by the Author. ‘Catalogo de los Insectos Chilenos 
por Don EK. C. Reed;’ by the Author. ‘ L’Abeille,’ tome xii., livraison 16; 
_by the Editor. ‘Newman’s Entomologist’ for December; by the Editor. 
‘ Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine’ for December; by the Editors. ‘The 
Zoologist’ for December; by the Editor. ‘The Canadian Entomologist,’ 
no. 10; by the Editor. ‘Transactions of the Watford Natural History 
