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Marsupials Phascogcde penicillata, Sminthopsis larapinta, and 

 *S'. crassicaudata, made from specimens kindly lent him for the 

 purpose by Mr. H. 0. Beck, F.Z.S., and remarked on the sim- 

 plicity of the patterns displayed by the intestinal tracts of these 

 and other Basyuridce as contrasted with other Marsupials. 



Dr. 0. W. Andrews, F.R.S., F.Z.S., on behalf of Dr. R. Broom, 

 C.M.Z.S., gave an account of a communication, illustrated by 

 lantern-slides, on the origin of the Mammal-like Reptiles. 



Mr. G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S., Yice- President of the Society, 

 gave an account of a memoir entitled " A Revision of the 

 African Silurid Fishes of the Subfamily Clariince." 



Prof. E. A. MiNCHiN, F.Z.S., described a new species of 

 Hsemogregarine from the blood of a Himalayan lizard, Agama 

 tiiberculata, from Kasauli, India. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, the 14th January, 1908, at half- past Eight 

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



1. Dr. W. A. CuNNiNGTON, F.Z.S. — Description of a Biological 

 Expedition to Birket el Qurun (illustrated by lantern-slides). 



2. Mr. O. Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S.— The Duke of Bedford's 

 Zoological Exploration in Eastern Asia. — YI. List of Mammals 

 from the Shantung Peninsula, N. China. 



3. Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., Prosector to the Society.— 

 On the Musculature and other Points in the Anatomy of the 

 Engystomatid Frog, Breviceps ve7'rttcosus. 



Communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the 

 Zoological Society op London should be addressed to 



P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, 



Secretai^y. 



3 Hanover Square, London, W. 

 December 17 th, 1907. 



