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hardened by epidote and the hone mainly cal«ireous. By dis- 

 solving away the calcareous matter replacing the bone, he had 

 satisfactorily ti-aced the structure of the ear. The author st>ated 

 that the vestibule was very remarkably elongat^ifl and that tViere 

 was no trace of a cochlea. The semicircular canals were of the 

 normal reptilian type. 



The homologies of the auditory ossicles were discussed, and it 

 was shown tliat the bone wliicli Dr. Bi-oom had formerly regarded 

 a« the tymi»anio was really the stapes. In the light of his new 

 observations the author stated that he was now prepared to accept 

 the view that the incus is the liornologueof the reptilian quadrate, 

 the malleus the articular, and the tympanic the angular. 



The next Meeting of the .Society for Scientific Business will 

 \)e held on Tuesday, March 19th, 1912, at half-past Eight 

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



1. A. Radclyffe DuGMoin:, F.K.G.S. 



Lantern Exhibition of Studies of Wild Animals in Africa and 

 North America. 



2. EowAKD W. SnANX, B.Sc. 



Observations on some Alcyonaria from Singapore, with a 

 brief Discussion on the Classification of the Family Xephthyidte. 



3. George H. Kexrick, F.Z.S. 



A List of Moths of tlie Family Pyralidae collected by Felix B. 

 Pratt and Charle.s B. Pratt in Dutch New Guinea in 1909-10, 

 with Descriptions of new Species. 



4. Thomas H. Withers, F.G.S. 



Some early Fo^-sil Ciiripedes of the Genus iScalpellum. 



The following papers have been received : — 



1. .Jl.LIAX S. HlXLEY. 



A First Account of the Coui-tship of the Ptedshank {Toianus 

 ccUidris). 



