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genera, the suborder Aglossa is a natural one. The paper was illustrated 

 by lantern-slides ; and was commented on by the President, Prof. Mivart, 

 and Prof. Howes. 



A paper was then read by the Rev. T. R. Stebbing, " On the Collection 

 of Amphipoda in the Copenhagen Museum." Some of the more striking 

 rarities were described, together with a few of a less uncommon type. The 

 collection beiug cosmopolitan, the opportunity was taken of bringing into 

 notice certain other new or insufficiently known forms received from Prof. 

 Haswell, of Sydney, N.S.W., and from Mr. G. M. Thompson, of Dunedin, 

 N.Z. The range of the various specimens described extends from Cuba to 

 'Ceylon; from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific; from the western 

 coast of Scotlaud to the eastern coast of Australia and New Zealand. Nine 

 genera and ten species were discussed, six of each being new. The new 

 genera comprised Parhyale (near to Hyale, but with palp of first maxilla, 

 one-jointed, and with a minute inner brauch to the third uropoda), Anda- 

 niotes, Pontharpinia (combining characters of llaustorius, Urothoe, and 

 Harpinia, and founded on Urothoe pinguis, Haswell), Anamixis, Eudiropsis, 

 and Sancho, the type of which is S.platynotus, from Port Jackson, Australia. 

 The paper was illustrated with lantern-slides. 



Zoological Society cf London. 



Nov. \lth, 1896. —Dr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to the 

 Society's Menagerie between May and October, 1896; and gave an account 

 of some of the more interesting animals observed by him during a visit to 

 the Gardens of Antwerp, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hanover, Amsterdam, the 

 Hague, and Rotterdam in June last. 



Mr. Chalmers Mitchell made remarks on a supposed case of Telegony 

 exhibited by a Fox-Terrier in showing peculiarities due to a previous 

 impregnation by a Dachshund. A discussion followed, in which Sir 

 Everett Millais, Mr. Tegetmeier, and others took part, and expressed 

 opinions generally unfavourable to the theory of Telegony. 



Dr. Leonard Hill made some remarks on supposed cases of the in- 

 heritance of acquired characters as shown by breeding Guinea-pigs. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited, on behalf of the Hon. H. S. Littleton, a coloured 

 life-sized model of the Australian Lung-fish (Ceratodas forsteri). 



Mr. Blauford exhibited, on behalf of Major C. S. Cumberland, some 

 heads of Ovis amnion shot by him on the Altai Mountains in Central Asia. 

 These heads were figured in ' The Field' of October last, in illustration of 

 an article by Major Cumberland describing how, when, and where they 

 were obtained. 



