288 DR. WATSON ON THE ORGANS OF PROBOSCIDEA. [Apr. 20, 



LIST OP WOODCUTS. 



Kg. 1. Dorsal views of the skulls of C. azarcB and C. vulpes, p. 241. 



2. Lateral views of the same, p. 242. 



3. Cheek-teeth of the same, p. 243. 



4. Longitudinal seL-tions of the skulls of the same, p. 246. 



5. Casts of the interior of the cranial cavities of the same, p. 247. 

 (^ .Cheek-teeth of C. argcntatus and C littoralis, p. 249. 



7. Cheek-teeth of C lupus and G. azarce, p. 250. 



8. Dorsal views of the skull of C. azarm and C. littoralis, p. 251. 



9. Left ramus of the mandible of C. azarce, C. littoralis, and C. fulvipes, 



p. 252. 



10. Dorsal view of the skull of C.fulvipcs, p. 254. 



11. Dorsal view of the skull of Otocyon lalandii, p. 257. 



12. Lateral view of the same, p. 258. 



13. Upper and lower cheek-teeth of Otocyon lalandii; lower sectorial 



teeth of the same, of C. zcrda, and C. lupus,- p. 260. 



14. Mandibles of Pcramcles, Procyon. and Otocyon, viewed from beliind, 



p. 263. 



15. Side view of the skull o? let icy on vcnaiicus, p. 268. 



16. Cheek-teeth of the same, p. 269. 



April 20, 1880. 

 Professor W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary made the following- report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during March 1880 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's INIena- 

 gerie during the month of March was 97, of ^vhich 10 were by birth, 

 30 by presentation, 34 by purchase, 16 received in exchange, and 7 

 received on deposit. The total number of departures during the 

 sanic period, by death and removals, was 97. 



• The most noticeable addition during the month was : — ■ 



A pair of Spanish Ichneumons {Herpestes loiddrinc/toni) from 

 Andalusia, presented by J. C. Forster, Esq., F.Z.S., March 19. 



Prof. Owen, C.B., F.R.S., read descriptions of various new and 

 little-known species of Cephalopoda, amongst which was a new 

 generic form proposed to be called Tritaxeojjus. 



This paper will be published in the Society's ' Transactions." 



Dr. M, Watson read an account of the female organs of the Pro- 

 boscidea, as observed in a specimen of the Indian Elephant which he 

 had lately dissected. 



This paper will be published in the Society's 'Transactions.' 



The following papers were read : — 



