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Mr. R. Lyjdbkker described a female Deer skin obtained by 

 Captain Malcolm McNeil from Sze-chuen, which he regarded as 

 representing a race of the Hangul distinguished by its very pale 

 colouring ; for this the name Cervus cashmirianus macneili was 

 suggested. 



Mr. E. C. Chubb, F.Z.S., presented a paper on " The Batra- 

 chians and Reptiles of Matabeleland," based upon specimens in 

 the Rhodesia Museum, Bulawayo. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, the 25th May, 1909, at half-past Eight 

 o'clock P.M., when the following communications Avill be 

 made : — 



1. Dr. J. G. De Man. — Description of a new Species of the 

 Genus A^jheus Fabr. from the Bay of Batavia. 



2. R. Lydekker. — On the Skull of a Black Bear from Eastern 

 Tibet, with a Note on the Formosan Bear. 



3. R. H. BuRNE, M.A., F.Z.S.— The Anatomy of the Ol- 

 factory Organ of Teleostean Fishes. 



The following communication has been received : — 



G. 0. Shortridge. — An Account of the Geographical Dis- 

 tribution of the Marsupials and Monotremes of South-west 

 Australia, having special reference to the specimens collected 

 during the Balston Expedition of 1904-1907. 



Communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the 

 Zoological Society of London should be addressed to 



P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, 



Sec7'etary. 



3 Hanover Square, London, W. 

 May l^th, 1909. 



