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;Mi-. R. I. PococK, F.Il.S., F.Z.S., gave a resume of his paper 

 on " The External Cliaiacters of the Pigmy llippopotauius 

 {Chceropsis liberiensis) and of the Siiidie and Canielidic." 



Major E. E. Auste:^, D.S.O., F.Z.S.,gave a resume of liis paper 

 " A Reviyion of the Family Pantophtlialmidje (Diptera), with 

 Descriptions of new Species and a new Genus." 



Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S., F.Z.S., gave a resume of tlie 

 paper by Mr. Raymond Dart, M.Sc., M.B., and Df. C. W. 

 Andrews, F.R.S., F.Z.S., on " The Brain of the Zenglodontidaj 

 (Cetacea), with a Note on the Skulls from Avhich the Endocxunial 

 Casts were taken." 



Communications by Dr. R. Broom, F.R.S., C.M.Z.S,, "On the 

 Structure of the Skull in the Carnivorous Dinocephalian Rep- 

 tiles," and by Mr. Oldfield Tuomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., and Mr. 

 ]M. A. 0. HiNTON, F.Z.S., " On jMammals collected by Capt. 

 Shortridge during the Percy Sladen and KafiVarian Expedition 

 to Orange River," were taken as read. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will be 

 held on Tuesday, October 23rd, 1923, at 5.30 p.m. 



A notice stating the Agenda for the Meeting will be circulated 

 early in Octobei". 



The following Papers have been received : — 



II. 0. Abraham, F.Z.S. 



A new Spider of the Genus Liphisthis from the Malay 

 Peninsula, and some Observations on its iJabits. 



A. Subba Rau, B.A., M.Sc, F.R.M.S., and P. H. Johnson, 



JJ.Sc, F.Z.S . 



Observations on the Development of the Sympathetic 

 Nervous System and Suprarenal liodies in the Sparrow. 



