Mr. Bruce F. Oummings read a paper containing the fii-st part 

 of a report on a collection of Anoplura and Mallophaga obtained 

 from animals in the Society's Gardens. He dealt with the 

 structure and development of the various species, and gave 

 descriptions of three new forms. 



Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., Secretary to 

 the Society, gave an account of his paper entitled " Further 

 Observations on the Intestinal Tract of Mammals," illustrating 

 his remarks with a large series of lantern-slides. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will be 

 held on Tuesday, March 7th, 1916, at half- past Five o'clock p.m., 

 when the following communication will be made : — 



CINEMATOGEAPH EXHIBITION. 



The Secretary has been able to arrange with Mr. Harry K. 

 Eustace, Big Game Hunter and Oinematographer, to give an 

 exhibition of his films of African Animals at this Meeting. 



The Papers previously announced for reading at this Meeting 

 are postponed. 



The following Papers have been received : — 

 B. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Lantern-exhibition to show structure of the Alisphenoid 

 Canal in some Civets and Hysenas. 



Major R. Meinertzhagen, F.Z.S. 



Notes on the Sitatunga or Marsh-Antelope of the Sesse 

 Islands. 



G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



1. On Specimens of the Perciform Fish, Tilapia nilotica, 

 with Increased Number of Anal Spines. 



2. On the Lizards allied to Lacerta muralis, with an Account 

 of Lacerta agilis and L. parva. 



