LIST OF CONTENTS. 

 PART III.— 1879. 



May 6, 1879. 



Page 

 The Secretary. Eeport on the dimensions and weights of the Indian Elephants 385 



Mr. E. L. Layard, F.Z.S. Letter from, containing remarks upon Mr. D. G. Elliot's paper 



on the genus Ptilopus 385 



Prof. Flower. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a drawing of Dclphinua tursio 386 



Mr. Gerrard Krefft, C.M.Z.S. Notice of a supposed new species of Bat from Queensland 386 



1. Description of a new Species of Wooodpecker from the Island of Tzus Sima, near 



Japan. By Eev. H. B. Tristram, F.E.S. (Plate XXXI.) 386 



2. Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera. By F. 



Moore, F.Z.S. &c. (Plates XXXII.-XXXIV.) 387 



3. Descriptions of ten new Species of Axhuea and Pcctunculns in the Collections of Mr. 



Sylvanus Hanley and the late Mr. T. L. Taylor. By George French Angas, 

 C.M.Z.S., F.L.S., &c. (Plate XXXV.) 417 



4. On the Anatomy of the African Elephant (Elephas afrkanus, Blum.). By W. A. 



Forbes, F.Z.S., F.L.S 420 



5. Note on the Number of Anal Plates in Echinotidaris. By F. Jeffrey Bell, B.A., 



Magdalen College, Oxford, Zoological Department, British Museum, F.Z.S 436 



May 20, 1879. 



Mr. Sclater. Eemarks on the Zoological Gardens of Botterdam, Amsterdam, Cologne, 



Frankfort, and Antwerp 438 



Prof. Owen, C.B., F.E.S. Notice of a memoir on a large extinct Kangaroo of the genus 



Palorchestes 438 



1. Descriptions of new Specie9 of Coleoptera of the Family Halticidee. By Martin Jacob y 439 



2. On a Fourth Collection of Birds made by the Eev. G. Brown, C.M.Z.S., on Duke-of- 



York Island and in its vicinity. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.E.S., Secretary 



to the Society. (Plates XXXVL, XXXVII.) 446 



3. Notes on the Anatomy of Gelada rucppelli. By A. H. Garrod, F.E.S., Prosector to the 



Society. (Plate XXXVIII.) 451 



4. Notes on and Description of the Female of Ceriornis blythii, Jerdon. By Lieut.-C6l. 



II. H. Godwin-Austen, F.Z.S. (Plate XXXIX.) 457 



June 3, 1879. 



The Secretary. Eemarks on two volumes of original drawings of the birds of India by 



Brigadier-General A. C. M'Master 460 



Contents continued on page 3 of wrapper. 



