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7) Rectificirter Holzessig. Verdünnt wird derselbe auch als Ein- 
schlußflüssigkeit empfohlen. 
cf. »Praeparation und Conservirung microscop. Wasserbewohner« 
in: Zeitschr. f. Microscopie Jahrg. 1. p. 273. Die daselbst empfohlene 
Anilinfärbung bewährt sich nicht. 
Das Studium des Skelets wird durch eine vorausgegangene Ma- 
ceration mit kaust. Kali wesentlich erleichtert. 
Alle die genannten Methoden haben mit ihren Vortheilen auch 
Schattenseiten, und man muß eben ausprobiren, welche jeweils die 
zweckmäßigste ist. 
III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 
1. Zoological Society of London. 
6th May, 1884. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 
that had been made to the Society’s Menagerie during the month of April, 
and called special attention to two Nepalese Hornbills (Aceros nipalensis); a 
Gigantic Salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus); three examples of the 
Lesser Bird of Paradise; a fine Mediterranean Seal; and other rare acqui- 
sitions. — Professor Bell exhibited some specimens of Estheria melitensis 
sent from Malta by Capt. Becher, R.A., and stated that, in answer to his 
inquiries, that gentleman had confirmed the fact of the males appearing to 
equal in number the females, as had been stated by previous observers of 
the members of the genus. — Mr. G.A. Boulenger read a paper on the 
Reptiles and Batrachians of the Solomon Islands, principally based upon two 
collections forwarded to the British Museum from that locality by Mr. 
H. B.Guppy, R. N. — Lieut.-Col. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., exhibited 
an old Indian drawing representing a Tiger-hunt; and called attention to the 
colour of one of the Elephants engaged, which was of a creamy white. — 
Prof. Flower, F.R.S., described the state of dentition of a young Capy- 
bara (Hydrochoerus capybara) born in the Society s Gardens, which had died 
when eight days old. All the teeth of the permanent series were present and 
in use. — Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell read a paper on Amphicyclus, a new 
genus of Dendrochirotous Holothurians, and on its bearing on the classifi- 
cation of the suborder. — A communication was read from Mr. Edgar 
A. Smith, containing a report on the Land and Freshwater Mollusca which 
had been collected during the voyage of H.M.S. ‚Challenger‘ from December 
1872 to May 1876. The collection contained exampies of 152 species, 
some of which were of interest and several new to science. — A communi- 
cation was read from Count Berlepsch and M. Taczanowski, con- 
taining an account of a second collection of Birds made in Western Ecuador 
by Messrs. Stolzmann and Siemiradzki. There were stated to be examples 
of 177 species in this collection, which had been made at various localities 
on the western slope of the Cordilleras above Guayaquil. The following 
species were described as new: — Henicorhina hilaris, Chlorospingus ochra- 
ceus, and Spermophila pauper. A new genus Poecilotriccus was proposed for 
Todirostrum ruficeps of Kaup. — A paper by Messrs. Godman and Sal- 
vin was read, which contained a list of the Rhopalocera obtained by Mr. 
