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Mr. E. G. BouLENGER read a paper, communicated by Mr. G. A. 

 JBouLENGER, F.K.S., V.P.Z.S., on the varieties of the Spotted 

 Salamander {Salamandra maculosa), illustrated by lantei-n-slides 

 and specimens. One of the principal results of the author's 

 study was to lay greater stress on the disposition of the spots 

 than on their actual form, size, or colour, and to define two 

 principal forms in Central Europe, which had not previou&ly 

 been separated with sufficient precision, notwithstanding their 

 well-marked geographical distribution. 



The author further dealt with some of the experiments of 

 Ur. Kammerer, of Vienna, and the conclusions arrived at by him 

 with regard to coloration in relation to environment. 



Mr, G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., contributed a paper 

 based on a collection of Fishes from the Ijake ISTgami Basin, 

 Bechuanaland, made by Mr. R. B. Woosnam, F.Z.S. 



This paper will appear in the ' Transactions ' in due course. 



Dr. F. D. Welch, F.Z.S. , communicated a paper on Gibbons of 

 the Genus Hylohates, and on a Siamang Gibbon, recently living 

 in the Society's Gardens, with notes on skins in the British 

 Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



T\\Q next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, March 7th, 1911, at half-past Eight 

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

 made : — ■ 



Laktern Exhibitioxs :— 



a. Habits of Moose. 



h. Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark, 



1. The Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, M.A.. F.Z.S. 



Some new Siphonaptera from China. 



2. F. E. Beddard, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S . 



{a) Contributions to the Anatomy of the Antu'a. — I. Some 

 Anatomical Notes upon the Frog Megaloflirys {Leptobraclimm) 

 fea\ 



(6) On the Spermatophores in Earthworms of the Genus 

 Pheretiona ( = Ferichceia), 



