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Secretary by Dr. A. B. Meyer, C. M. Z. tì., respecting a supposed new 

 Bird of Paradise, obtained on the West Coast of New Guinea. — Ex- 

 tract from a letter to the Marquis of Tweeddale by Mr. A. H. Everett 

 on the Anoa of Celebes [Anoa depressicornis) , or an allied species, 

 found in the Island of Mindoro, Philippines. — Prof. Newton, F.R. S.. 

 on a supposed hybrid between the Red Grouse and Ptarmigan, lately 

 shot in Sutherland by Capt. Houston. — E.. Bo Avdler Sharp e, F. Z. S., 

 description of a new species of Indicator, with remarks on other species 

 of the genus. — The same, on Poeoptera luguhris. — G. B. So wer by, 

 Jun., descriptions of ten n. sp. of Shells from various localities. — 

 A. G. Butler, F. Z S., description of a remarkable new Spider, ob- 

 tained in Madagascar by the Rev. W. D. Cowan, for wich the name of 

 Coerostris avernalis was proposed. — Lt. Col. R. H. Beddome, C. 

 M.Z. S., description of six supposed n. sp. of Snakes of the genus 

 Silyhura, family Uropeltidae, from the Peninsula of India. — Edgar 

 A. Smith, F. Z. S., description of a collection of Marine Shells, 

 made by Capt. L. W. Wilmer, in the Andaman Islands. — F. Moore, 

 F. Z. S., list of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. Ossian Lim- 

 borg in Upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of n. sp. — Geo. Fr. 

 An gas, C. M. Z. S., descriptions of six species of Bivalve Shells in the 

 collection of Mr. Sylvanus Hanley, F. L. S,, and of a Helix from the 

 Solomon Islands. — The same, descriptions of 10 sp. of Marine Shells 

 from the Province of South Australia ; and list of additional species of 

 Marine Mollusca of the Province of South Australia, with notes on 

 their habitats and local distribution. — Dr. G. E. Dob s on, note on 

 Myxopoda aurita, a new form of Chiroptera from Madagascar, remark- 

 able for possessing suctorial disks, as in Thryroptera ; and descriptions 

 of some new or rare species of Bats based on specimens in the Museum 

 of Natural History of Paris. — P. L. Relater, Secretary. 



5. Bitte. 



Mit der Bearbeitung zweier grossen Sammlungen von Céphalo- 

 pode n beschäftigt wünsche ich sehr, möglichst zahlreiche Formen 

 vergleichen zu können. Namentlich liegt mir viel daran, die euro- 

 päisch-atlantischen und nordischen Arten zunächst von Loligo, 

 Sepia, Sepiola und Rossia in einem reichlichen Materiale übersehen zu 

 können, während andrerseits die Frage nach der geographischen Ver- 

 breitung gewisser Arten es mir äusserst wünschenswerth macht, noch 

 weitere Thatsachen in Bezug auf die genannten Gattungen sowie auf 

 Sepioteuthis und OnycJioteuthis kennen zu lernen. 



Ich erlaube mir daher die Bitte an die Vorstände grösserer Samm- 

 lungen, an die Besitzer solcher und an Händler zu richten, mir gütigst 



