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the Society's Collection. He also called attention to the desirability of the 

 establishment of a Zoological Garden at Capetown. — Mr. A. Smith Wood- 

 ward, F.Z.S., read a communication from Sen. F. Ameghino, C.M.Z.S., con- 

 taining some further notes on Neomylodon Listai [Grypotherium). Mr. A. 

 Smith Woodward also exhibited, on behalf of Dr. Moreno , the skull and 

 other specimens of this animal lately discovered in the cave in Southern Pa- 

 tagonia where the original pieces of skin had been obtained, and made re- 

 marks on them. — Mr. Lydekker exhibited and made remarks on a remar- 

 kably fine head of the Swamp-Deer [Cervus Duvauceii], obtained by Major C. 

 B. Wood in the Central Provinces of India. — The Secretary exhibited, on 

 behalf of Mr. C. E. Pole Carew, F.Z.S., some malformed horns of the 

 Sambur Deer {Cervus aristoielis), obtained by him in the southern province 

 of Ceylon, and read some notes on them sent by Mrs. Carew. — A commu- 

 nication was read from Mr. F. Vaughan Kirby , F.Z.S., containing field- 

 notes on the Blue-buck of the Cape Colony [Cephalophus monticola). — A 

 communication was read from Mr. R. I. Po cock, containing an account 

 of the collections of Arachnids made by M. G. L. Bates in French Congo. 

 To this was added a complete list of the species of the same group represen- 

 ted in the British Museum, and descriptions of the new genera and species. 

 — A communication was read from Mr. Stanley S. Flower, F.Z.S., con- 

 taining notes on a second collection of Batrachians made in the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Siam from Nov. 1896 to Sept. 1898. Fortynine species, of which 

 1 5 had not been previously recorded from these countries, were enumerated, 

 and the tadpoles of several of them were described for the first time. — Mr. 

 R. Lydekker read a paper containing a description of the specific charac- 

 ters of the Chilian Guemal [Cariacus chilensis), which previously, from the 

 absence of good specimens of the animal, had been inaccurately given. — 

 Mr, Lydekker also read a paper on the skull of a Sharktoothed Dolphin 

 [Prosqualodon anstralis) from Patagonia, in which he pointed out the charac- 

 ters of distinction between that species and the genus Squalodon. — Mr. Ly- 

 dekker read a third paper which contained the results of recent investigations 

 on the dentition of the Marsupial and Placental Carnivores. — A communi- 

 cation was read from Mr. Ernest Gibson, F.Z.S., containing field-notes on 

 the Wood-Cat of Argentina [Felis Geoffroyt) , two specimens of which animal 

 had recently been presented to the Society by Mr. William Brown, of Buenos 

 Aires. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



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 und 477 Phylloxera quercus Signoret (nicht Boyer) heißen. 



In den Aufsätzen von M. Braun (No. 602) ist zu lesen: 

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Z. 15 V. u. mediane statt niederen, 

 Z. 12 V. u. vorschieben statt verschieben, 

 p. 484 Z. 9 (des Aufsatzes) Genf statt Graf. 



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