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Professor S. J. HiCKSOX, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., contributed a 

 paper on some Alcyonaria and a Stylaster from the west coast of 

 North America. Three new species of Alcyonaria were described 

 therein. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will be 

 held on Tuesday, November 9th, 1915, at half-past Five o'clock 

 P.M., when the foIloAving communications will be made : — 



Exhibitions and Notices. 



G. E. NicHOLLS, D.Sc. 



Some Notes vipoii the Anatomy of Rana tigrina. 



J. C. MoTTBAM, M.B. (Lond.). 



(1) The Distiibution of Secondary Sexual Characters 

 amongst Birds, with relation to their liability to the Attack 

 of Enemies. 



(2) Some Observations on Pattern- Blending with Referenca 

 to Obliterative Shading and Concealment of Outline. 



C. BoDEN Kloss, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. 



On a Collection of Mammals from the Coast and Islands of 

 S.E, Siam, with an account of the Fruit-Bats by Dr. Knud 

 Andersen. 



Prof. W. J. Dakin, D.Sc, F.Z.S. 



Fauna of West Australia. — III. A new Nemertean — Geo- 

 nemertes dendyi, sp. n. — being the first recorded Land 

 Nemertean from Western Australia. 



lY. Palmnonetes australis, sp. n., being the first recoi-d of 

 the Genus in Australia. 



