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that species in possessing long black tufts on the tips of its ears. It was 

 proposed to be called 0. callotis. 



Dr. H. Gadow read a paper on the Classification of Birds, in which the 

 results arrived at, after a long study of the structure of birds for the purpose 

 of completing the part " Aves" of Bronn's ' Thierreich,' were set forth. 



A communication was read from Mr. C. Brunner v. Waltenwyl and 

 Prof. J. Redtenbacher, containing a report on the Orthoptera of the Island 

 of St. Vincent, West Indies, collected by Mr. H. H. Smith, the naturalist 

 sent to that island by Mr. Godman, in connection with the operations of 

 the Committee appointed by the British Association and Royal Society for 

 the investigation of the fauna and flora of the Lesser Antilles. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas read a paper on a collection of Mammals from 

 Mount Dulit, in North Borneo, obtained by Mr. Charles Hose. Fourteen 

 species were represented in the collection, of which four were stated to be 

 new to science. Amongst these was a new Carnivore of the genus Hemi- 

 gale, proposed to be called H. hosei. 



Dr. 11. Bowdler Sharpe gave descriptions of some new species of 

 Timeline Birds from West Africa. — P. L. Sclatisr, Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London. 



March 23, 1892. — Dr. David Sharp, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the chair. 



• The Hon. Mrs. W. Carpenter, of Kiplin, Northallerton, Yorkshire ; 

 and Mr. S. G. C. Russell, of 19, Lombard Street, E.C , were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



The Secretary read a letter from the City of London Entomological 

 and Natural History Society on the subject of a proposed Catalogue of the 

 Fauna of the London District. The assistance of Fellows of the Society 

 in the compilation of the Catalogue was asked for. 



Mr. G. C. Champion exhibited a number of new species of Longicornia 

 from Mexico and Central America, recently described by the late Mr. H. 

 W. Bates, in his paper entitled " Additions to the Longicornia of Mexico 

 and Central America, with remarks on some previously recorded species," 

 read at the last meeting of the Society. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited three very rare species of Noctua, viz. 

 Noctua flammatra, Leucania vitellina, and Laphygma eccigua, all taken by 

 Mr. H. Rogers at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, in the autumn of 1891. 



Mr. F. C. Adams again exhibited the specimen of Telephorus rusticus 

 in which the left mesothoracic leg consisted of three distinct femora, tibiae, 

 and tarsi, originating from a single coxa, which he had shown at the 

 meeting on the 24th of February last. The specimen was now reversed, 



