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Prof. J. Srantey Garprner, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., gave an 
account of a Report on the Fauna of the Monte Bello Islands by 
Mr. P. D. Montague, B.A. 
The islands are briefly described before considering the fauna ; 
they are barren limestone with a limited vegetation and some 
mangroves. There are two indigenous mammals, Lagorchestes 
conspicillatus (Gould) and Isoodon barrowensis Thom. Of the 
twelve land-birds three new forms have been described elsewhere ; 
the reptiles number eleven, one being new, and show a marked 
reduction in size as compared with continental specimens. Of 
insects there are recorded 22 Lepidoptera, 11 Coleoptera, 13 
Hymenoptera, and some Orthoptera, ete. Myriapoda number 9 
species; there is 1 scorpion. 9 fishes from lagoons are named. 
The collections prove conclusively the entire dependence of 
these islands for their fanna on the neighbouring continent. 
Partial depopulations of the islands owing to drought are sug- 
gested, suceeeded by repopulations by means of wind-borne forms 
from the south. 
Three other papers, also dealing with collections made by 
Mr. Montague at the Monte Bello Islands, were received from 
Mr. G. GC. Rossox on Cephalopoda, from Miss M. J. Rarasun 
on Stalk-eyed Crustaceans, and from Mr. Tom IrepaLe on 
Mollusca. 
Dr. W. A. Cunnineton, M.A., F.Z.S., read a paper on the 
parasitic Eucopepoda collected by the Third Tanganyika Expe- 
dition in 1904-1905. The collection consisted of a very small 
number of specimens, these forms being evidently much rarer 
than the Argulide, which are also external parasitic Copepods 
infesting fish. The specimens were referred to the well-known 
fresh-water genus Lerneocera, and belong to two species both 
described as new. One of these, however, differs considerably 
from the more typical members of the genus, and may merit a 
separation from it in the light of further knowledge. A third 
species of Lerneocera, which was taken on a Nile fish and belongs 
to the collections of the British Museum, was also described in 
the paper. 
Dr. F. E. Bepparp, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., Prosector to the 
Society, read a paper containing the description of a new species 
of Avian Cestodes and a further discussion of the paruterine organ 
in Otiditenia. 
Mr. R. I. Pococx, F.R.S., F.LS., F.Z.8., Curator of Mammals, 
read a paper “On the Facial Vibrisse of Mammalia,” and pointed 
out that in all the principal orders of the class, with one or two 
exceptions, the following groups of vibrisse are present in some 
genera :—mystaciale on the upper lip, submental on the chin and 
lower lip, superciliary over the eyes, gonal on the cheeks, and 
interramal on the throat behind the symphysis of the jaw. 
