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A short record of " Observations on the White Ants (Termites) of Ran- 

 goon," by Dr. Robert Romanes, was read by the Secretary. In this the 

 details are given of what he saw in the swarming of a nest. — J. Murie. 



Zoological Society of London. 



June 5, 1883. — Osbert Salvin, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the 

 chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of April, and called special 

 attention to a female Mule Deer, Cervus macrotis, presented by Dr. J. D. 

 Caton ; and to a Great Black Cockatoo, Microglossa aterrima, and a Bluish 

 Shrew, Crocidura carulescens, obtained by purchase. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on two birds obtained near 

 Lima by Prof. W. Nation, and on a collection of birds made in New Britain, 

 New Ireland, and the Solomou Islands, that had been sent to him lor 

 examination by the Rev. George Brown. 



Mr. Sclater also called the attention of the meeting to a Condor from 

 Peru, living in the Society's Gardens since 1877, which he was induced to 

 believe was a specimen of the " Condor pardo," or Sarcorhamphus aqua- 

 torialis, Sharpe. 



Mr. G. French Angas exhibited a collection of Butterflies made during 

 a recent visit to the island of Dominica, West Indies. 



A communication was read from Prof. Owen, entitled " Embryological 

 Testimony to General Homology." 



A communication was read from the Rev. 0. P. Cambridge on some new 

 genera and species of spiders. Eight spiders, representing as many new 

 genera, were described ; two of them belonged to the family Theraphoridce, 

 one to the Drassidie, and the others to the Thomisida. Three of these 

 species were from Ceylon, three from Caffraria, one from New Zealand, and 

 one from California. 



A communication was read from Mr. A. G. Butler, containing an account 

 of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H. 0. Forbes in the islands of the Timor- 

 Laut group. Examples of twenty-three species were obtained. 



A communication was read from Mr. Herbert Druce, containing descrip- 

 tions of some new species of moths of the families Zyganidce and Arctiidce, 

 mostly collected in Ecuador by Mr. C. Buckley. The number of new species 

 described was fifty, belonging to twenty-four genera. 



A paper was read by Messrs. Godman and Salvin, containing remarks on 

 the variations of certain species of butterflies of the genus Agrias. 



Mr. G. A. Boulenger read a report on a collection of Reptiles and 

 Batrachians from the Timor-Laut group of islands, formed by Mr. H. 0. 

 Forbes. Two new species were described — the one a lizard of the Australian 



