114 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Mr. George Brebner exhibited some lantern-slides of Gloeosiphonia 

 capillaris and other Algse, with accompanying descriptions, and gave an 

 interesting account of his method of preparing slides in colours. 



On behalf of Mr. J. Boerlage, the President demonstrated the chief 

 points in a paper communicated by him on the identification of Chionanthus 

 Ghaeri, an obscure species figured by Gaertner at the end of the last century, 

 in his famous work ' De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum,' but hitherto 

 undetermined. From the researches of Mr. Boerlage it now appeared that 

 it was evidently referable to Scirpodendron costatum, Kurz. This was made 

 clear by the excellent drawings which accompanied the paper as well as 

 by the specimens which were exhibited. 



A paper was then read by Mr. E. M. Holmes on new marine Algae from 

 Japan. The author pointed out that up to the present time the known 

 species of Algae from that country did not exceed 300, or about half the 

 number found in Great Britain ; but that the districts around three centres 

 only had been explored, namely, Hakodadi, Tokio, and Nagasaki, notwith- 

 standing the fact that sea-weeds are largely used as food by the Japanese, 

 and form an important article of commerce. The paper included descriptions 

 of twenty-three new species, the structure of which was shown by means 

 of the oxy hydrogen lantern. 



Zoological Society of London. 



Feb. 5th.— Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



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

 Society's Menagerie during the month of January, 1895. 



Mr. Holding exhibited and made remarks on the skull of a Three- 

 horned Stag, the head of a Four-horned Ram, and the gnawed horn of a 

 Red Deer. 



A communication was read from Dr. E. A. Goeldi, in which he described 

 the breeding habits of some Tree-Frogs observed by him in the Province 

 Rio Janeiro: — Hylafaber, Wied, constructs nests of mud on the shallow 

 borders of ponds, wherein the young are protected from enemies whilst in 

 the larval state. Hyla goeldii, Boulenger, dispenses with the metamor- 

 phoses, which are hurried through within the eggs, these being carried by 

 the female on her back. Hyla nebulosa, Spix, deposits its eggs in a slimy 

 mass attached to withered banana-leaves, the young remaining in this sort 

 of nest until in the perfect, air-breathing condition. 



Mr. Edgar A. Smith gave an account of a collection of Land-Shells 

 made principally by Mr. A. Everett at Sarawak, British North Borneo, 

 Palawan, and other neighbouring islands. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas read a paper upon the long-lost mammal, Putorlus 

 afrlcanus, Desm., and its occurrence in Malta, 



