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aterrima), and a Bluish Shrew (Crocidura coerulescens), obtained by pur- 
chase. — Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on two birds ob- 
tained near Lima by Prof. W. Nation, C.M.Z.S., and ona collection of 
birds made in New Britain, New Ireland, and the Solomon Islands, that had 
been sent to him for examination by the Rev. George Brown, C.M.Z.S. — 
Mr. Sclater also called the attention of the Meeting to a Condor from Peru, 
living in the Society’s Gardens since 1877, which he was induced to believe 
was a specimen of the »Condor pardo«, or Sarcorhamphus aequatorialis, 
Sharpe. — Mr. G. French Angas exhibited a collection of Butterflies 
made during a recent visit to the island of Dominica, W. I. — A communi- 
cation was read from Prof. Owen, C.B., entitled »Embryological Testi- 
mony to General Homology«. — A communication was read from the Rev. 
O. P. Cambridge on some new genera and species of Spiders. Eight 
Spiders, representing as many new genera, were described; two of them be- 
longed to the family Theraphosidae, one to the Drassidae, and the others to 
the Thomisidae. Three of these species were from Ceylon, three from Caff- 
raria, one from New Zealand, and one from California. — A communication 
was read from Mr. A. G. Butler containing an account of the Lepidoptera 
collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in the islands of the Timor-Laut group. 
Examples of twenty-three species were obtained. — A communication was 
read from Mr. Herbert Druce, containing descriptions of some new species 
of Moths of the families Zygaenidae and Arctiidae, mostly collected in Ecua- 
dor by Mr. C. Buckley. The number of new species described was fifty, 
belonging to twenty-four genera. — A paper was read by Messrs. Godman 
and Salvin, containing remarks on the variations of certain species of 
Butterflies of the genus Agrias. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger read a report on 
a collection of Reptiles and Batrachians from the Timor-Laut group of is- 
lands formed by Mr. H. O. Forbes. Two new species were described — the 
one a lizard of the Australian genus Lophognathus, and the other a snake of 
the Indian genus Simotes, proposed to be named respectively L. maculilabris 
and S. Forbesü. ‘The snake was of special interest, as no species of the 
genus Simotes had hitherto been previously known to occur eastward of Java. 
— P.L.Sclater, Secretary. 
3. Linnean Society of London. 
7th June, 1883. — Mr. George Murray exhibited specimens of Dace 
killed by the fungus disease (Saprolegnia ferox) the result of inoculation and 
said to be the first recorded experimental proof of the communicability of the 
disease to those fish. — Prof. T. Sp. Cobbold drew attention to a number of 
chinese shrimps infested by larval flukes. These were sent him by Dr. Barge 
of Shanghai, numerous blackish spots between the segments of the carapace 
indicated the presence of the ova of the Flukes. — A communication was 
read from Mr. George Lewis »On Japan Brenthidae and notes of their ha- 
bits.« These beetles form part of the collection made by the author in his 
visit to Japan during the summers of 1880—81. The author observes: 
there is no geographical barrier sufficient to exclude tropical forms from 
Japan, but their environment when they reach it prevents them from esta- 
blishing themselves to any great extent at least in the northern parts. In the 
southern islands of the Japanese Archipelago the warmer climate enables a 
fair number of beetles of a truly tropical type to exist. The fact that each 
