LIST OF CONTENTS. 

 PART III.— 1886. 



May 4, 1886. 



Page 



The Secretary. Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in April 1886 266 



Mr. E. L. Layard. Exhibition of a rare Beetle, and of a series of Shells of the genus Bulimus 267 

 Mr. F. W. Styan, F.Z.S. Letter from, respecting some Chinese animals 267 



1. Eemarks on four rare Species of Moths of the Family Sphingida. By W. F. Kirbv, Assis- 



tant in Zoological Department, British Museum (S. Kensington). (Plate XXVEE.) . . 2G9 



2. Observations on the Ovarian Ovum of Lepidosiren {Profopterus). By Frank E. Beddaed, 



M.A., F.R.S.E., Prosector to the Society. (Plates XXVIII. k XXIX.) 272 



3. Ou the Mode of Attachment of the Ovum of Osments eperlanus. By J. T. CcxsixGiLiM, 



B.A., F.E.S.E., FeUow of University College, Oxford, and Superintendent of the Scot- 

 tish Marine Station. (Communicated by Mr. F. E. Beddard.) (Plate XXX.) 292 



May 18, 1886, 



Mr. C. W. Eosset. Exhibition of Photographs taken in the Maldive Islands, and remarks on 



his Zoological Collections 295 



ilr. Philip Crowley, F.Z.S. Exhibition of some Pupae of Nocturnal Lepidoptera from 



Natal 296 



Mr. Joseph Whitakei-, F.Z.S. Exhibition of a specimen of Wilson's Phalarope shot in 



England 297 



1 . On a fourth Male Specimen of King William the Third's Paradise-bird. By A. B. Meyek, 



M.D., Director Koyal Zoological Museum of Dresden, C.M.Z.S., &c 297 



2. Descriptions of some new or little-known Earthworms, together with an Account of the 



Variations in Structiu-e exhibited by Perionyx excavahis, E. P. By Feaxk E. 

 Beddard, M.A., F.B.S.E., Prosector to the Society 298 



3. Remarks on the various Species of Wild Goats. Bv P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.E.S., 



Secretory to the Society. (PLites XXXI. & XXXII.) 314 



June 1, 1886. 



Tlie Secretary. Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in May 1886 318 



Dr. Gunther, F.E.S. Exhibition of a specimen of a small Fish of the genus Fierasfer im- 

 bedded in a Pearl-Oyster 318 



Contents continued on page 3 oftorapper. 



