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The fifth of a series of papers by Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M.G., 

 on Nudibranchs from Zanzibar and East Africa, was read. 

 Twenty species of the genera liotodoris, Trevelyana, Nemhrotha, 

 Marionia, Bornella, and Pleuroleura wei'e treated of in the paper, 

 of which eleven were described as new. 



Mr. G. A. BouLEN'GER, F.E..S., described a new species of Tree- 

 Frog of the genus Hyla, from British Guiana, carrying eggs on 

 the back. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., read a paper containing notes on the 

 anatomy of certain species of Snakes of the family Boidce. 



A communication from Dr. G. Stewardson Brady, F.B.S., 

 C.M.Z.S., contained an account of a collection of Entomostraca made 

 in Natal by Mr. James Gibson. Eleven species were enumerated 

 in the paper, of which nine wei'e described as new, one being made 

 the type of a new genus. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business (closing 

 the Session 1903-04) will be held on Tuesday, the 7th June, 1904, 

 at half-past Eight o'clock p.m., when the following communications 

 will be made : — 



1. Lt.-Col. J. Malcolm Fawcett. — On some new or little- 

 known Butterflies, mainly from high elevations in the N.E. 

 Himalayas. 



2. Dr. A. G. Butler, F.Z.S. — On Seasonal Phases in Butterflies. 



3. Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S. — Note on an apparently 

 Abnormal Position of the " Brephos " within the body of a Skink 

 {Ghcdcides lineatus). 



4. Dr. E. A. Goeldi, C.M.Z.S. — On the rare Rodent Dinomys 

 branickii Petei's. 



5. Mr. C. Satumn, C.M.Z.S.— On the Black Wild Cat of 

 Transcaucasia. 



6. Mr. R. Lydekker. — On a Buffalo Skull from East Central 

 Africa. 



7. Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.B.S. — On Two new Labyrintho- 

 dont Skulls. 



Communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the 

 Zoological Society of London should be addressed to 



P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, ^Secretary. 



3 Hanovee Square, London, W. 

 24:th May, 1904. 



