694 MR. T. MA^TKEES-SMITH OK THE [DeC. 4, 



another. They seem to feed on bird's-nest ferns, leaves of certain 

 trees, creepers, and probabl_v on mid fi-uits." 



Our specimens may be shortly described as follows : — 



Dexdkolagtts BEio'ETTiAJsrs. (Plate XL VI.) 



Dendrolagus hennettianns, De Yis, Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. "W. 

 p. V (Oct. 27, 1886) ? 



Dark mouse-brown above and beneath, head and sides of neck 

 rufescent ; muzzle and ears blackish ; patch on back above the 

 tail black ; hands and feet blackish ; lower surface of tail and tip 

 of tail blackish. Length of body about 24 inches, of tail about 

 30 inches. 



Hob. Queensland. 



Prof. r. Jeffrey Bell, F.Z.S., called attention to the acquisition 

 by the Xatural History Museum of some specimens of remarkable 

 Corals of great size from Xorth-west Australia, of which he 

 showed some admirable photographs taken by Mr. Percy Highley. 

 Prof. Bell urged the necessity of the acquisition of large specimens 

 of Corals, before coming to any conclusion as to their specific 

 distinctions. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On some Points in the Anatomy of Ornithorhynchus 

 paradoxus. By T. Maxxers-SmitHj B.A. (Cantab.), 

 M.R.C.S., Chief Demonstrator of Anatomy, Mason 

 College, Birmingham. 



[Eeceived October 30, 1894.] 



The following is a series of notes upon certain points in the 

 anatomy of Ornithorhynchus paradoxus. Though the muscular 

 system of this animal has been frequently described, e. g., by 

 Meckel \ Owen ■, and more recently by Coues ', it has occurred to 

 me that there is room for a description of the muscles of the 

 limbs, together mth the nerve-supply in those cases where such 

 supply is peculiar, wholly or partially, to the animal under 

 examination. 



The work of Coues was undertaken without reference to Meckel's 

 memoir, and Coues differs, in some particulars, from the description 

 of the muscles as given by Owen. 



In view of these circumstances, and considering the development 



* ' Ornithorhynchi paradori Descriptio Anatomica,' 1826 ; and ' Trait6 

 general d'Anatomie Comparee,' vi. 



* Article on Monotremes in Todd's ' Cyclopedia of Anatomy and Physiology,' 

 vol. iii. 



' Proceedings Essex Institute F.S. 1868, vol. vi. 



