LIST OF CONTENTS. 

 PART I.— 1896. 



January 14, 1896. ; 



Page 



The Secretary. Ou the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in December 1895 1 



Mr. W. B. Tegetineicr. Exhibition of some drawings of two young King-Penguins (Apfeno- 



dytesfurderi) , , , 1 



1. A Preliminary Bovisiou and Synonymic Ciilalogue of the Heaperiklce of Africa and the 



adjacent Lslanda, with Descriptions of some apparently new Species. By W. J. Holland, 

 Ph.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S., &o., Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania. 

 (Plates I.- V.) ,; , 2 



2. On a Collection of Butterflies obtained bv Mr. Richard Craweliay in Nyasa-land, between 



the Months of January and April 1895. By AiiTni;B G. Butljsu, Ph.D., F.L.S., &c. 

 (Plate VI.) ,.. .,......:........ , lOS 



3. On the Intestinal Tract of Birds. By P. Chalmeus Mitchell, M'.A., F.Z.S 136 



4. Myology of Eodents.— P^rt II. An Account of th6 Myology of the Myomorpha, together 



with a Comparison of tlie Muscles of the various Suborders of llodents. . By F. G. 



Parsons, F.E.C.S., F.Z S., F.L.S., Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy at St. Thomas's 



" Hospital , ...' 159 



5. De.scription of a new Species of Antelope froiu East Africa. By Oscar Neumann ...... 192 



6. On some Earthworms from the Sandwich Islands collected by Mr. R. L. Perkins; with 



an Appendix ou some new Species of Fcrichieta, &c. By Fkank E. BEDUAun, I'Ml.S., &c. 194 



; ■ February 4, 1896. 



• The Secretary. On the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in January 189G 1 212 



1. Second Report on the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. A, Donaldson Smith 

 , during his ICxpcdition to Lake Rudolf By G. A. Jioui.nNOKJi, F.R.S. (I'laics VII. & 



VUI.) , 212 



2. Report on a Collection of Fishes made by Dr. A. Donaldson Sniith during his Expedition 



to Lake Rudolf. By Dr. Albert QiJNTnER, F.R.S. (Plate IX.) 217 



3. Reraiirks on the System of Coloration and Punctuation in the Beetles of the Genus 



• CaUigrapha. By Martin Jacoby, F.E.S. 224 



4. On the OhUqne Septa (" Diaphragm " of Owen) in the Passerines and in some other 



Birds. By Fuank E. Bkjidakd, M.A., P.R.S., Prosector to the Society, Examiner in 

 Zoology and Conjpurative Anatomy in the University of London 225, 



.f). A Note njicju Diasura episrpjnip, with Remarks upon the OUissificatiou of the Ilcrodioucs. 

 By Frank E. BEmjAnu, M.A., F'.R.S., Prosector to the Society 231 



(i. Additional Note on the Sea-Otter. By R'. Lydekker, F.R.S. 235 



• 7. On the Ilyoid Bones of Nestor meridionalis and Nanodes discolor. By St. George 



MrvART, M.A., F.R.S, ... . ,....;. .- ..,:... 236 



February 18, ISiJG. . 

 Mr. A. Thomson. Report on the Insect-house for 1895 '. 240 



1. On the Butterflies obtained in Arabia and Somaliland by Capt. Chas. G. Nurse and 



Col. J. W. Yerbury in 1894 and 1895. By Artuur G. Butj.eii, I'li.D., Senior Assistant- 

 Keeper of Zoology, Natural History Museum. (Plate X.) 242 



2. On Moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. By Lord VS'^alsinguam, M.A., LL.D., 



■ F.R.S., and G. F". Hampson, B.A., &c, (Plate X.) 257 



3. Observations on the Metallic Colours of the Trochilidte and the lfectariniid(£. By Miss 



Marion I. Newuioin, B.Se. (Plates XI. & XIL) 283 



4. On a Skull of Ori/cfcropvs i/audryi, Forsyth Major, from Samos. By C. W. Anuukws, 



F.G.S., Assistant'in the British Museum (Natural History) 290 



5. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Anatomy of Hhynchojis. By F'rank E. 



Bbudaru, M.A., F.R.S., Prosector to the Society 299 



Marcli 3, ISOO. 



Ilia Secretary. On the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in February 1896 303 



Mr. G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, F.Z.S. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, remains of the 



Norway Lemming {Myodes lemmns) from Portugal 304 ■ 



