5010 THE ZooLocist—JULY, 1876. 
A communication was read from Dr. G. EK. Dobson, containing a descrip- 
tion of certain peculiarities in the structure of Mystacina tuberculata, which 
induced him to believe that this bat used its feet for purposes of locomotion 
on branches and leaves of trees. 
Mr. A. H. Garrod read the first part of a memoir on certain anatomical 
characters which bear upon the major divisions of the Passerine birds. 
A communication was read from Mr. E. L. Layard, containing notes on 
the birds of the Navigators and Friendly Islands, with some additions to 
the Ornithology of Fiji. 
Mr. H. Adams and Mr. G. French Angas communicated descriptions of 
five new species of land shells from Madagascar, New Guinea, Central 
Australia, and the Solomon Islands.—P. L. Sclater. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL Society oF Lonpon. 
June 7, 876.—Prof. J. O. Westwoop, M.A., F.L.S., &., President, in 
the chair. 
Additions to the Library. 
The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 
donors :—‘ Proceedings of the Royal Society,’ nos. 168 and 169; by the 
Society. ‘Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology),’ no. 63; by the 
Society. ‘The Naturalist: Journal of the West Riding Consolidated 
Naturalists’ Society,’ no. xi.; by the Society. ‘The Zoologist’ for June; 
by the Editor. ‘Newman's Entomologist’ for June; by the Editor. ‘The 
Entomologists’ Monthly Magazine’ for June; by the Editors. ‘ Nature,’ 
nos. 340 to 8344; by the Editor. ‘Conspectus of the Species of Paratel- 
phusa, an Indo-Malayan Genus of Fresh-water Crabs;’ by the Author, 
J. Wood-Mason, Esq. ‘ The Geographical Distribution of Animals,’ 2 vols. ; 
by the Author, A. R. Wallace, Esq. ‘The Canadian Entomologist,’ vol. 
yiii., nos. 2, 3 and 4; by the Editor. ‘The American Naturalist,’ vol. x., 
no. 5; by the Editor. ‘ New and Interesting Insects from the Carboniferous 
of Cape Breton ;’ by the Author, Samuel H. Scudder, Esq., of Cambridge, 
Mass. ‘L’Abeille,’ nos. 172 and 173; by the Editor, M. de Marseul. 
‘Von der Challenger-Expedition,’ Briefe von R. v. Willemoes-Suhm an 
C. Th. v. Siebold (vii.); by Prof. v. Siebold. ‘Bulletino della Societa 
Entomologica Italiana,’ 1876, trimestre 1; by the Society. ‘ Bulletin de 
la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou,’ 1875, no. 4; by the 
Society. ‘Note sur une Sécrétion propre aux Coléoptéres Dytiscides,’ par 
Felix Plateau; by the Author. ‘Notes pour servir a l‘histoire des Insectes 
du Genre Phylloxera, par J. Lichtenstein (de Montpellier), Extrait des - 
Annales Agronomiques, tom. ii., no.1; presented by the Author. Mémoires 
de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de 
