LIST OF CONTENTS. 

 PART IL— 1887. 



March 1, 1887. 



Page 

 Prof. Jeffrej' Bell. Extracts from a communication sent to him by Mr. Edgar Thurston, 



containing Observations on two species of Batracbians of the genus Cacopus 189 



Mr. O. Salvin. Exhibition, on behalf of Mr. F. D. Godman, and remarks upon, a pair of 



Ornithoptcra victoria 190 



1. The Experimental Proof of the Protective Value of Colour and Markings in Insects in 



reference to their Vertebrate Enemies. By E. B. Povlton, M.A., F.Z.S., F.L.S., of 

 Jesus and Keble Colleges, Oxford, Lecturer on Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, 

 St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington '. 191 



2. An Account of the Fishes collected by Mr. C. Buckley in Eastern Ecuador. By G. A. 



BouLENGER, F.Z.S. (Plates XX.-XXIV.) 274 



^. Note on a Vestigial Structure in the Adult Ostrich representing the Distal Phalanges of 



Digit III. By Ricii.iRD S. Wray, B.Sc. (Communicated by Professor Flower.) .... 283 



4. On the Terrestrial Mollusks of the Viti Islands. — Part II. By Andrew Garrett, of 



Huahine, Society Islands. (Communicated by Mr. John H. Poxsonbt, F.Z.S.) .... 284 



.5. Notes on a small Collection of Shells from the Loo Choo Islands. By Edgar A. Smith . . 316 



March 15, 1887. 

 The Secretary. Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in February 1887 .... 319 



Mr. Howard Saunders, F.Z.S. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a Harlequin Duck {Cosmo- 



netta histrionica) shot near the Fame Islands 319 



1. On the Bats collected bv Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands. By Oldpield 



Thomas. (Plates XXV. & XXVI.) 320 



2. A List of the Birds collected by Mr. Charles Morris Woodford in the Solomon Archipelago. 



By W. R. Ogilvie-Guant". (Plate XXVII.) 328 



3. Second Contribution to the Herpetology of the Solomon Islands. By G. A. Bovlengeb, 



F.Z.S. (Plate XXVIII.) 333 



4. On the Milk-dentition of the Koala. By Oldfibld Thomas 338 



5. On a new Gecko, of the Genus Chondrodactyhts, from the Kalahari Desert. By G. A. 



Boulenger, F.Z.S 339 



April 5, 1887. 



The Secretary. Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in March 1887 340 



The Secretary. Extracts from a Letter addressed to him by the Rev. Geo. H. R. Fisk, 



C.M.Z.S., respecting the killing and eating, by a Mouse, of a young venomous Snake. . 340 



Mr. J. H. Leech, F.Z.S. Exhibition of specimens of some new Butterflies from Japan and 



Corea 342 



Prof. J. H. Scott and Prof. T. J. Parker. Notice of a memoir on a Whale of the Genus 



Ziphius, recently obtained near Dunedin, New Zealand 342 



1 . On the Occurrence of Scorpiena scrofa off the South Coast of England. By Francis 



Day, CLE., F.Z.S 342 



2. On some Points in the Morphology of the Wings of Birds. By Richard S. Wray, 



B.Sc. Lond. (Communicated^ by Professor Flower, P.Z.S.) (Plates XXIX.- 

 XXXII.) : 343 



. On the Classification of the Coleoptera of the Subfamily Languriides. By the Rev. H. 



S. GoEHAM, F.Z.S, &c 358 



Contents contintied on, page 3 of ivrapper. 



