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a large collection of Spiders, including an extensive series of the large hairy 

 Therephosidce, eleven species of which were pronounced to be new. An 

 interesting collection of the nests of some of these forms was also obtained. 

 Mr. Cambridge likewise secured several specimens of Peripatus. Mr. 

 Austen, who devoted himself chiefly to Insects, obtained some 2500 speci- 

 mens of different orders, of which it was expected that a fair proportion 

 would prove to be new. Attention was drawn to some interesting examples 

 of mimicry. 



Mr. P. Chalmers Mitchell read a " Contribution to the Anatomy of the 

 Hoatzin {Opisthocomus cristatus)." He stated that from the characters of 

 the alimentary canal, the Hoatzin might be placed either between the Sand- 

 Grouse and the Pigeons, or between the Gallince and the CucuKda. He 

 described some interesting individual variations in the condition of the 

 ambiens muscle, and referred to other points in the muscular anatomy. 



Mr. G. A. Boulenger gave an account of the occurrence of Tomistoma 

 schlegell in the Malay Peninsula, and added some remarks on the atlas and 

 axis of the Crocodilians. 



A communication was read from Mr. W. Schaus containing notes on 

 Walker's American types of Lepidoptera in the University Museum, Oxford. 



Mr. Hamilton H. Druce read a paper entitled " Further Contributions 

 to our Knowledge of the Borueau Lyccenidce," in which he referred to about 

 forty species of this family not hitherto recorded from Borneo. A number 

 of these were new, and were now described by Mr. G. T. Bethune Baker 

 and the author. 



Mr. F. G. Parsons read a paper on the anatomy of Petrogale xanthopus 

 as compared with that of other Kangaroos. 



Dr. J. Anderson communicated, on behalf of Miss M. E. Durham, some 

 notes on the mode of swallowing eggs adopted by a South African Snake, 

 Dasypeltis scabra, as observed in the specimens now living in the Society's 

 Gardens, and illustrated by a series of drawings. 



Mr. F. 0. Pickard-Cambridge read a paper on the Spiders of the Family 

 Aviculariida, taken during the expedition up the Amazons previously 

 described by Mr. Austen. 



Mr. G. A. Boulenger read the description of a Gecko which he proposed 

 to refer to a new genus and species as Mimetozoon floweri, in honour of 

 Mr. Stanley Flower, who had obtained the specimen at Peuang. 



This meeting closed the session.— P. L. Sclatee, Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London. 



June 3rd. — Dr. D. Sharp, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Gervase F. Mathew exhibited the new species of Leucania, L.flavi- 

 color, recently described by Mr. Barrett (Ent. Mo. Mag. 2nd ser. vol. vii. 

 p. 99), and also the varieties of L. pollens noticed by Mr. Barrett in the same 



