Contents (continued). 



February 7, 1882. 



Page 

 '. Mr. H. Seebohm. Exhibition of, and renaarks upon, a series of intermediate forms between 



Cardicdis caniceps and C. major 1S4 



Mr. Sdater. Exhibition of (on behalf of Mr. Peter Inchbald, F.Z.S.), and remarks upon, 



two curious Ducks shot near Darlington 134 



1. On the Classification and Distribution of the iEluroidea. By Sl-Geokge Mivaet 135 



"2. On some Points in the Anatomy of the Indian Darter {Ploius melanogaster), and on the 

 Mechanism of the Neck in the Darters (Plofus), in connexion with their Habits. By 

 W. A. Forbes, B.A., Prosector to the Society 208 



• 3. On some Eecent Corals from Madeira. Bv Prof. P. Mietin Duncan, M.B. (Lond.), 



F.R.S., Pres. Eoyal Micros. Soc. &c. (Plate VIII.) 213 



4. On the Arrangement of the Caralliidm, with Descriptions of new or rare Species. By 

 Stuart O. Ridlet, M.A., F.L.S., &c., Assistant in the Zoological Department, 

 British Museum. (Communicated by Dr. GtJNTHEE.) (Plate IX.) 221 



February 21, 1882. 



The Secretary. Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie in January 1882. 



(Plate X.) 233 



1. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in tlie Kangra 



District, N.W. Himalaya, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. — Part I. 

 By F. MooEE, F.Z.S. (Plates XI., XII.) 234 



2. Notes on a South-American Prog lately living in the Society's Gardens. By G. A. 



BouLENGEE, C.M.Z.S. (Plate Xin.) 264 



3. On a small Collection of Rodents from South- Western Africa. By Oldfield Thomas, 



F.Z.S., British Museum. (Plate XIV.) 265 



4. Description of the Pterylosis of Mesites, with Remarks on the Position of that Genus. 



By W. A. Forbes, B. A., Prosector to the Society 267 



5. Notes on the Anatomy of Erethizon dorsatus. By St.-Geoege Mjvaet 271 



March 1, 1882. 

 The Secretary. Exhibition of liTing examples of Helix luBmastoma 286 



