316 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
SCIENTIFIC ‘SOCIETIES. 
Linnean Soctety or Lonpon. 
June 20, 1889.—Mr. CarrutTuers, F'.R.S., President, in the chair. 
Messrs. A. Denny, R. Miller Christy, and John Fraser were elected 
Fellows. 
Dr. H. Trimen exhibited specimens and drawings of the Tuberculated 
Lime of Ceylon, and made some interesting remarks thereon. 
Governor Moloney, C.M.G., of the colony of Lagos, West Africa, 
exhibited an extensive collection of butterflies and moths, the result of 
twelve months’ collecting during the rainy season; the former comprising 
representatives of 65 genera and 158 species; the latter, 78 genera and 
112 species, had been named and arranged by Mr. Herbert Druce. A few 
Chelonians belonging to the genera Trinonyaw, Sternotherus, and Cinixys, 
were also exhibited, and a remarkably large block of resinous gum, which, 
in the opinion of Prof. Oliver, was referable to some species of Daniellia, 
and which had been found in Ijo country. As an article of commerce, 
it possessed the advantage of requiring a heat of 600° F. to “run” it, so 
as to unite with linseed oil in the manufacture of varnish. In addition to 
these specimens, Governor Moloney exhibited some long-bows and cross- 
bows obtained from chiefs of Ibadan from some battle-field in that neigh- 
bourhood, and used by natives 800 miles from the coast-line. A discussion 
followed, in which Dr. Anderson, Mr. D. Morris, and Mr. Harting 
took part. 
Prof. Stewart next exhibited some skulls, adult and immature, of 
Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, and explained the very curious dentition of 
this animal, upon which Dr. Mivart and Prof. Howes made some critical 
remarks. 
A paper was then read by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., on the Mammals, 
Reptiles, and Batrachians which he had collected in the Mergui Archipelago, 
and concerning which he had been enabled to make some interesting field- 
notes. Attention was particularly directed to a new Bat (Hmballonura), 
and to the occurrence on some of the islands of Pteropus edulis, besides a 
Wild Pig, Musk-deer, Grey Squirrel, and a Crab-eating Monkey (Semno- 
pithecus) which hunts along the shore in search of crustacea and mollusca, 
Some remarks were made on Rhinoceros going out to sea, and on a 
Crocodile being found twenty miles off the coast. 
A communication was read from Mr. Charles Packe on a remarkable 
case of prolonged vitality in a Fritillary bulb. 
The meeting (the last of the session) was brought to a close by a most 
interesting demonstration on “ animal locomotion” by Mr. E. Muybridge, 
