described Land -Tortoises in the carapace being quite flat, in the 

 so-called " shell " being perfectly soft, and in the complete 

 absence of ribs, costal, and neural bony plates, Mr. Boulenger 

 stated that quite young examples differed from the specimens 

 exhibited, their carapace being dome-shaped and possessing ribs 

 and all other bones present in previously described Tortoises. 

 In referring to its habits, it was stated that the animal, having 

 been deprived of the protection of a bony " shell," had taken to 

 living much after the manner of a Lizard, inhabiting holes in 

 the rocks, and that, according to Mr. Loveridge, great difficulty 

 is experienced in extracting the Tortoise from these holes, owing 

 to its habit of distending itself, and thereby wedging itself firmly 

 in the rock-cavity. 



Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks 

 on a series of photomicrographs of Acari from the lungs of 

 Macacus rhesus, illustrating the lai'val, nymph, and adult stage 

 of the Acarid. He stated that both young and adult Rhesus 

 Monkeys appeared to be infected, but so far as his observations 

 had gone, the presence of the Mites in the lungs had in no case 

 been the cause of deatli. So far eggs had not been observed in 

 the vesicles formed by the presence of the Mites, though serial 

 sections of adult Acarids had shown the Qgg in an advanced state 

 of development, pointing to the probability of this stage being- 

 completed within the body of the female. 



Mr. R. H. BuRNB, F.Z.S., exhibited some skeletons of fo8tal 

 Mammals prepared by Tadpoles, and drew attention to the 

 possible advantage of such a method over the more laborious 

 process by hand. 



Dr. C. F. SoNNTAG, Gh.B., F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks 

 on a series of black-board drawings and lantern-slides illustrating 

 several unusual features in the peritoneum of a Raccoon. 



Mr. H. R. Hogg, F.Z.S., read a paper entitled "On some 

 Australian Opiliones," and pointed out that the genera and 

 species described belonged to the suborders Palpatores and 

 Laniatores — the Palpatores being represented by the genera 

 Pantopsalis and Macropsalis of the family Phalangiirlpe and the 

 Laniatores by genera of Tricenolnmidce and Trimnonychidce. In 

 the case of the Phalangiidae he had been able to establish that 

 long mandibles were a male and short mandibles a female 

 character. 



Dr. C. F. SoNNTAG, Ch.B., F.Z.S., communicated a paper on 

 Che " Larynx and CEsophagvis of a Common Macaque, exhibiting 

 several unusual Features." 



