Mr. Balston had been good enough to defray the expenses of a 

 collector, Mr. G. 0. Shortridge, for the exploration of South- 

 west Australia, in the interests of the National Museum, and 

 the present paper gave an account of the Mammals thus obtained. 



Tlairty-two species and subspecies were enumerated, of which 

 the following were described as new :— 



SCOTEINUS BALSTONI, Sp. n. 



Allied to ^S'. greyi ; but the fur bicolor, smoky brown basally, 

 pale brown terminally. 

 Forearm 36 mm. 

 Hah. Laverton, West Australia. 

 Type. Female. Original number 170. 



Tachyglossus aculeatus ineptus, subsp. n. 



Yery spinous, the spines with dark tips. Snout unusually 

 short, the rostral index 77-80. 



Greatest length of typical skull 104 mm. ; greatest breadth 

 47-8 ; rostrum 43-5. 



Hah. Parker's Range, Southern Cross. 



Type. Male. Original number 123. 



A series of papers was read on the Lepidoptera collected in 

 South Tibet by the olhcers during the recent expedition to that 

 country under Col. Sir Frank Younghusband. Mr. H. J. Elwes, 

 F.E..S., gave an account of the Butterflies contained in the 

 collection, which comprised 33 species and varieties, four of which 

 were described as new. The Moths, exclusiA^e of the 2'ineidce, 

 liad been wTorked out by Sir George Hampsox, Bt., who 

 e \umerated the 63 species of which specimens were obtained. 

 O: these, examples of 36 species were taken at moderate 

 elavations in Sikhim, and belonged to the Indian fauna, two 

 being described as new ; 27 species belonged to the Palteaictic 

 fauna, of which 9 were widespread and 18 Tibetan; 10 of these 

 were described as new. An account of the Tineidce was supplied 

 by Mr. J. Hartley Durrant : they were referred to 4 species, 

 two of which were new. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., read a paper entitled " Contri- 

 butions to the Knowledge of the Yascular and Respiratory 

 Systems in the Ophidia and to the Anatomy of the Genei-a Boa 

 and Goralhhsr 



