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6. Eine Prioritätsfrage. 



Von Dr. von Linstow, Göttingen. 



eingeg. 19. December 1899. 



Hofmann beschrieb in den Zoolog. Jahrbb. , Abth. System., 

 Bd. XII. 1899. p. 174 — 204 den Cercarien-Zustand von Distomum lep- 

 tostomum Olsson und sagt, Distomum caudatum v. Linstow sei identisch 

 mit dieser Art. Da ich Distomum caudatum aus Erinaceus im Jahre 

 1873 beschrieben habe und Olsson derselben Art im Jahre 1876 den 

 Namen Distomum leptostomum gab, so wird Distomum leptostomum 

 Olsson ein Synonym meiner Art D. caudatum sein und nicht umge- 

 kehrt; ich beschrieb hier den auch beim Cercariaeum vorkommenden 

 Schwanzanhang. Schon Blochmann berichtete 1892 über dieses in 

 Helix gefundene Cercariaeum, das er auf Distomum caudatum v. Lin- 

 stow zurückführt. 



II. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



December 19 th, 1899. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

 that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of Novem- 

 ber 1899, and called special attention to two Snake-Fishes [Polypterus sene- 

 galus) from the River Gambia, obtained by Mr. J. S. Budgett, F.Z.S., 

 during his recent expedition to the Gambia , and presented by him on 

 Nov. 22nd. These were believed to be the first examples of this fish ever 

 brought alive to Europe. — On behalf of Mr. G. S. Mackenzie, F.Z.S., a 

 photograph was exhibited of two remarkably large tusks of the African Ele- 

 phant. They each measured, on the outside curve, 10 feet 4 inches in length, 

 and weighed respectively 235 lbs. and 225 lbs. — Mr. Sclater exhibited, on 

 behalf of Mr. Alfred Sharpe, C.B., a portion of the skin of a Giraffe which 

 had been shot on the east bank of the Great Loangwa River, British Central 

 Africa, in latitude 13° South, and which, according to Mr. de Win ton, 

 who had examined it, was undoubtedly referable to the southern form of 

 this Mammal. — Mr. Sclater also exhibited photographs of two young male 

 Musk-Oxen [Ovibos moschatus), now living in the Duke of Bedford's Park at 

 Woburn. The animals were stated to have been obtained in Eastern Green- 

 land. They were believed to be the first examples of this species that had 

 reached Europe alive. — Mr.W.E. de Winton, F.Z.S., exhibited and made 

 remarks upon a specimen of a new Mouse of the genus Dendromys, obtained 

 by Lord Lovat at Managasha in Southern Abyssinia, for which he proposed 

 the name Dendromys Lovati. This species was of about the same size as 

 D. typicus, but was striped to almost the same extent as the Barbary Mouse 

 [Arvicanthis barbarus). The tail was barely as long as the head and body, 

 and was thickly covered with short hairs. — Mr. R. E. Holding exhibited 

 a series of the horns of the Siberian Roebuck [Capreolus pygargus) from the 



