1895.] ON THE ANATOMY OF PIPA AMBBICANA. 82? 



December 3, 1895. 



Sir W. H. Plowee, K.C.B., LL.D., F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the months of October and November 

 1895 :'— 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month ot October was 112, of which 63 were by 

 presentation, 24 by purchase, 1 by exchange, 2 were born in the 

 Gardens, and 22 were received on deposit. The total number of 

 departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 146. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of November were 80 in number. Of these 41 were acquired 

 by presentation, 30 by purchase, 2 were born in the Gardens, and 

 7 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, wsls 83. 



Amongst the additions, attention was called to the acquisition 

 of a male specimen of the supposed new Wild Goat of the island 

 of Giura, one of the Sporades, which had lately been described by 

 Dr. Reichenow of Berlin (Zool. Jahrb. vol. iii. p. 598, 1888) as 

 a distinct species, under the name Capra dorcas. 



A communication was read from Dr. G. Stewardson Brady, 

 F.E..S., containing a Supplementary Report on the Crustaceans of 

 the group Myodocopa obtained during the ' Challenger ' Expedition. 

 To this were added notes on other new or imperfectly known species 

 of the same group. 



This paper will be published entire in the Society's ' Transac- 

 tions.' 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On some Points in the Anatomy oi Pipa americana. By 

 Prank E. Beddard^ M.A., F.E..S., Prosector to the 

 Society^ Examiner in Zoology to the University of 

 Loudon. 



[Eeceived October 1, 1895.] 



Through the kindness of Mr. Clarence Bartlett, I have been able 

 to dissect two specimens of the Surinam Toad (Pipa americana) 

 which had been forwarded to him in spirit from British Guiana. 

 They proved to be in an excellent condition for dissection. So far 

 as I am acquainted with the literature relating to this Amphibian, 



