CONTENTS. 



XII. Observations on some rare Heptiles and a BatracMan now or lately living in the 



Society's Menagerie. By Dr. Albert Gunthee, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. (Plates 

 XLII. to XL VI.) page 215 



XIII. Description of a Specimen of Schedophilus medusophagus, a Fish new to 



the British Fauna. By Dr. Albert Gunthee, F.B.S. V.F.Z.S., (Plate 

 XLVII.) 223 



XIV. Wotes on the External Characters and Anatomy of the Californian Sea-lion 



(Otaria gillespii). By W. A. Forbes, B.A., Fellow of St. John's College, 

 Cambridge, Prosector to the Society. (Plates XLVIII., XLIX., L.) . . 225 



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Ut Oct. 188.0. P.L^SCLATER, 



Secretary 



