in the skin and tissues. The i-ecessive white of the plumage 

 occun-ed in fom- individuals, in all of which, but especially in one, 

 some pigment was present. Only one specimen apparently re- 

 cessive with regard to the absence of pigmentation in the skin 

 had been examined post mortem, and in this unmistakable traces 

 of pigmentation in the skin and peritoneum were observed. 

 Mr. Cunningham ci'iticised the recent paper by Profs. Bateson 

 and Punnett, in the ' Journal of Genetics,' on the Inheritance of 

 pigmentation of the Silky Fowl, and maintained that the evidence 

 of these authors was not sufficient to pi-ove that segregation in 

 this character was complete in their experiments, and tlmt there- 

 fore their results were not necessarily contradictory to his own. 



In the absence of Mr. H. G. Plimmeh, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 Pathologist to the Society, the Secretary read a Report on the 

 Deaths which had occurred in the Society's Gardens during the 

 past year. 



Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., read a paper on 

 a further collection of Mammals from Egypt, which he had 

 received from Capt. S. S. Flower. The communication dealt 

 with _ some twenty species, of which the following two were 

 described as new : — • 



Meriones crasstcs pallidics, from Atbara, Sudan, similar to 

 M. crassus selhjsii, from which it differs in its larger size, paler 

 coloration, and more pointed snout. 



Acomys russatas cegyptiacus, from the Desert near Cairo. A 

 race of A. russatus, from which it differs in its smaller size and 

 much yellower coloration. 



Mr. H. Wallls Kew, F.Z.S. , contributed a paper " On the 

 Pan-nig of Pseudoscorpiones," based on observations made by him 

 on living specimens of Chelifer (Chelifer) latreilUi Leach and 

 Chehfer {Cher lies) cyrneus L. Koch. Fertilization was found to 

 be effected, without intromission of a cojiulatory organ, by means 

 of a spermatophore. The male and female faced one another in 

 walknig position, the male seizing with one or both palps one or 

 both palps of the female. I'here was a period of courtship 

 dunng which CAe/?/er c? protmded at intervals long " ram's-horn 

 organs"; and Cherms c? , not possessing these organs, made 

 peculiar movements with one of the palps and with certain of 

 the legs. _ At length, the spermatophore— which differed in 

 character m the two species— was extruded, and was affixed to 

 tlie floor, in front of the female, where it stood erect or obliquelv 

 The male then I'etired by taking a few steps backwards, the 

 female at the same moment coming forwards and receiving 

 the male-product from the spermatophore without delay. Con- 

 trary to opinions previously held, the " ram's-horn organs " took 

 no part in the act of fertilization; their function appeared to 

 be excitatory. The modified legs of the first pair of Chelifer J 



