156 ON COLLECTIONS MADE IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 



1 Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) tf , from Australia, pre- 

 sented by Oapt. F. Dent on February 26th. 



Dr. R. Broom, M.D., C.M.Z.S., exhibited a skull of Chryso- 

 chloris ccsiatica with four upper molars on each side. On 

 November 24th, 1914, Dr. Broom exhibited a skull of Chryso- 

 chloris hottentota with only one molar on each side above. A 

 few species of Chrysochloris have normally two molars, and used 

 to be placed in the genus Amblysomus. But Chrysochloris 

 namaquensis has one-third of the known specimens with two 

 molars, one-third with three molars, and the rest with two 

 molars on one side and three on the other. Most species of 

 Chrysochloris have three molars. The specimen exhibited shows 

 that even the type species is variable. 



The following reports on the collections made by the British 

 Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition 

 in Dutch New Guinea were read, and Mr. W. R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant gave a short account of the expeditions and the results 

 obtained : — ■ 



Coleoptera. By G. J. Arrow, G. A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S., 



and C. J. Gahan. 

 Diptera. By F. W. Edwards, B.A., F.E.S., and E. E. 



Austen, F.Z.S. 

 Odonata. By Herbert Campion. 

 Vermes. By Dr. L. Cognetti de Martiis. 



These reports will be published in the ' Transactions.' 



NOTICE. 



In my " Description of a new Lizard from the Canary Islands " 

 (P. Z. S. 1914, p. 681) unfortunately a slight error occurred in the 

 dimensions given of the head of Lacerta ccesaris : — 



Instead of "Width of head £ of the length " it should be " Width 

 of head § of the length." 



(Signed) Ph. Lehrs. 



March 5th, 1915. 



