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. Remarks on foiu- rare Species of Moths of the Family Sphingida. By W. F. Kirby, Assis- 



tant in Zoological Department, British Museum (S. Kensington). (Plate XXVII.) . . 269 



2. Observations on the Ovarian Ovum of Lepidosireii (Protopterus). By Frank E. Beddard, 



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



3. On the Mode of Attachment of the Ovum of Osmerus eperlanus. By J. T. Cunningham, 



B.A., F.R.S.E., Fellow 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. Rosset. Exhibition of Photographs taken in the Maldive Islands, and remarks on 



his Zoological Collections 295 



Mr. Philip Crowley, F.Z.S. Exhibition of some Pup« of Nocturnal Lepidoptera from 



Natal , 296 



Mr. Joseph Whitaker, 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. Meyer, 



M.D., Director Royal 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 Structure exhibited by Perionyx excavatus, E. P. By Frank E. 

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



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



Secretary to the Society. (Plates XXXI. & XXXII.) 314 



June 1, 1886. 

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



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

 bedded in a Pearl-Oyster 318 



Contents continued mi page 3 of wrapper. 



