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lines. It is the only species as yet recorded from the Solomon 

 Islands. 



EXPLANATION OP THE PLATES. 

 Plate XXXVI. 



Fig. 1, 1 a, 1 b. Helix (Nanina) nitidissima, p. 589. 



2, 2 a, 2 h. ( ) solidiuscula, p. 589. 



3, 3 a, 3 b. (Corasia) tricolor, var., p. 589. 



4, {Geoirochiis) ffup2}2/i, ]?• 591. 



6. ( ) damjjieri, var., p. 592. 



6. ( ) clcryi, var. septentrionalis, p. 592. 



6 a. ( ) , var. simboana, p. 592. 



6 b. ( ) , var. meridionalis, p. 592. 



7,7 a, 7 b. {Videna) sancta anna, p. 594. 



8. Omphalofrapis nebulosa, p. 597. 



9, 9a. Piipina solomonensis, p. 597. 

 10, 10 a. Helicina egregia, p. 598. 

 11,11a, Hi. solomonensis, p. 599. 



Plate XXXVII. 



Fig. 1. Melania fastigiella, p. 601. 



2, , sp., p. 601. 



3, 3 a. subgradafa, p. 601. 



4, ujiensis, p. 602. 



5, 5 a. sanctcB mines, p. 602. 



6, 6 a. guppyi, p. 603. 



7, 7 a. Ncritina cornea, var., p. 603. 



8, Unio guppyi, exterior of left valve, p. 608. 

 8 a. , exterior of right valve, p. 608. 



8 b. , hinge-margin of left valve, p. 608. 



June 16, 1885. 

 Prof. Flower, LL.D., V.P.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of May 188.5 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of May was 164, of which 67 were by 

 presentation, 52 by purchase, 19 by birth, 7 by exchange, and 19 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 117. 



The most noticeable additions during the month or' May were as 

 follows : — 



Four Pucherau's Guinea-fowls {Numida pucherani) from Eastern 

 Africa, presented by Commander C. E. Gissiug, R.N., H.B.M. 

 Vice-Consul at Zanzibar. This fine species has not lately been 

 represented in the Society's series. 



Examples of two species of Wild Cats of the genus Felis, pre- 

 sented by Frank Swettenham, Esq., acting British Resident of Perak, 

 Malay Peninsula. Two of the Oats appear to be young examples of 

 Felis javanensis ; the third is a fine example of the rare Felis mar- 

 morata, remarkable for its long tail. 



