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comments thereou. He also read a paper ou the singular arm-glands met 

 with in various species of the family Lemuridie. 



Mr. F. E. Meddard read a paper on the anatomy of Earthworms, being 

 a further contribution to his researches on that subject. The present paper 

 treated of the structure of Emlrilus sylvicola, the reproductive organs of 

 Acanthodr'dus, and the genital setae of Pevichmtu hoidleti. 



A communication was read from Mr. A. D. Bartlett, Superintendent of 

 the Society's Gardens, containing remarks upon the mode of moulting 

 of the Great Bird of Paradise, Paradisea apoda, as observed in a captive 

 specimen. 



A communication was read from Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby, of the Austra- 

 lian Museum, Sydney, containing the description of a rare Australian fish, 

 Olrella cyanea. A second paper by Mr. Ogilby contained the description 

 of an undescribed fish of the genus Prionurus, obtained in Port Jackson, 

 which was proposed to be called P. maculatus.—P. L. Sci.ater, Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London. 



Apnl 6, 1887.— Dr. David Sharp, M.B., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 chair. 



Mr. Francis Galton, M.A., F.E.S., of 42, Rutland Gate, S.W. ; 

 Mr. John Henry Leech, B.A., F.L.S., of 10, Hyde Park Terrace, W. ; 

 and Mr. George S. Parkinson, of Percy Cross, Fulham, S.W., were elected 

 Fellows. 



Mr. Samuel Stevens exhibited specimens of Arctia mendica, collected in 

 the county of Cork, in Ireland, by Mr. M'Dowall, of Manchester. The 

 peculiarity of the Cork form of the species is that the majority of the males 

 are as white as the female of tlie Englisli form ; and although smoky- 

 coloured specimens occur intermediate between the Irish and English 

 forms, the typical black or English form appears to be unknown in Cork. 



Mr. M'Lachlan exhibited a zinc box used by anglers for the purpose of 

 keeping living flies in, which he thought might be adapted to practical 

 entomological use in the field. 



Mr. George T. Porritt exhibited a large number of specimens of 

 Hyhernia progemmaria, bred from moths collected at Huddersfield last 

 spring. All the females and a large proportion of the males were of the 

 dark variety /i«scrt/rt, which formerly was almost unknown in Yorlishire, 

 but which now seemed likely to replace the paler and original type. 



Mr. Jenner Weir and Lord Walsingham both remarked that the 

 number of melanic forms appeared to be on the increase in the north, and 

 suggested explanations of the probable causes of such increase. 



Mr. Gervase F. Mathew, R.N., exhibited several new species of Rhopa- 

 locera taken by him in the Solomon Islands during the visits to those 



