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PLATE XI. 



Fig. 1. A dissection, showing the coarse of the oesophagus through the splanchnic 

 skeleton of Echinus s})hcpra. 



a. The oesophagus (cut end), h. The ligaments of the oesophagus. 

 Fig. 2. The antambulacral, or anal ring of plates of E. sphcera. 



a. The getiital plates, a'. The madreporic genital plate, a". The genital 

 orifice, b. The inter-genital plates, b'. The ambulatory orifice, c. 

 The plates of the peripygial membrane, d. The position of the anus. 



The following list of additions made to the IV^nagerie, by gift, 

 purchase, and exchange, during the month of December, 1860, was 

 read : — 



Of these. Bubo lacteus was stated to be exhibited for the first time. 



February 26th, 1861. 



John Gould, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Dr. P. L. Sclater exhibited a living specimen of a Water Tortoise 

 {Chelodina lon(/icollis) from South Australia. In answer to inquiries 

 as to the exact locality of this animal, Mr. Paul Joske, by whom it 

 was presented to the Society's Menagerie, had replied as follows : — 



" The Tortoise you refer to was found at a Tillage called Haw- 

 thorne, on the River Yarra. The same animal is also to be met 

 with in the Ovens district, in the immediate neighbourhood of the 

 creeks. It feeds on the young and tender leaves of grasses and 

 other succulent vegetation, and is popularly known as the Snake- 

 Tortoise." 



