No. 53. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



February 4th, 1908. 

 H.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G., President, in the Ch.M,ir. 



Mr. F. Martik Duncan gave a lantern exhibition of the 

 Lumi^re Atitochrome Natural Colour Process as applied to 

 zoological subjects. 



Mr. Oldpield Thomas, F.R.S., read a paper, the seventh of 

 the series, on Mammals from the Islands of Tsu-shima, between 

 Korea and Japan, collected by Mr. Malcolm P. Anderson in 

 carrying out the Duke of Bedford's Exploration of Eastern Asia, 

 So far as its mammals were concerned, the Tsu-shima group was 

 shown to be pi'edominantly Japanese in character, though three 

 of its species were distinctly Korean, but these, Mr. Thomas 

 thought, might possibly have been accidentally introduced from 

 the mainland. Twelve species were I'ecorded from the Islands, 

 and, including a few which came from other sources, 151 specimens 

 were dealt with. 



Mr. T. GooDEY read a paper " On the Presence of Gonadial 

 Grooves in Aurelia aurita" of which the following is an abstract: — 

 " The ' gonadial grooves ' are seen in a view of the sub-umbrella 

 surface, and lie in the four interradial axes. Each has about the 

 same diameter as the origin of an ordinary per-radial or ad- radial 

 canal, and extends from the centi'al gastric cavity into a gastric 

 pouch, ending there in a slight expansion. The groove is confined 

 to the ventral wall or floor, and is formed by a folding of the 

 endodermal epithelium. It is suggested that the grooves function 



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