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considered to belong to a form closely allied to, if not generically identical 

 with, Pariasaarus. 



Mr. G. B. Sowerby read the descriptions of thirteen new or rare species 

 of Land-Shells from various localities. 



A communication was read from Mr. Edward A. Minchin, containing 

 an account of the mode of attachment of the embryos to the oral arms of 

 Aurelia aurita. It was shown that the embryos of Aurelia aurita are 

 developed on the arms, in broad capsules formed as evaginations of the 

 walls of the oral groove, and that the capsules increase in size with the 

 addition of more embryos. 



Dec. 3, 1889.— Osbert Salvin, Esq., 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 during the month of November. 



An extract was read from a letter received from the Rev. G. H.R. Fisk 

 concerning some specimens of Bipalium kewense, which he was keeping in 

 captivity at Capetown. 



Mr. Henry Seebohm exhibited and made remarks upon some specimens 

 of new or rare species of birds lately received from the Bouin Islands, 

 North Pacific. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on an egg of the Crested 

 Screamer, Chauna chavaria, from the collection of Mr. J. J. Dalgleish. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard read the first of a series of contributions to the 

 anatomy of Picarian birds. The present communication treated of some 

 points in the structure of the Hornbills (Bucerotida), particularly of the 

 syrinx, and of the muscular anatomy of these birds. 



Mr. Beddard also read a paper upon the anatomy of Burmeister's 

 Cariama, Chunga burmeisteri, and pointed out the differences between this 

 form and Cariama cristata. 



Mr. G. W. Butler read a paper on the relations of the fat-bodies 

 (subperitoneal and subcutaneous) of the Sauropsida. The author showed 

 that a consideration of the subperitoneal fat-bodies appeared to throw light 

 on the condition of the abdominal membranes in the Monitors. 



A communication was read from the Rev. H. S. Gorham, containing 

 descriptions of new species of the Coleopterous family Erotylidce from 

 various localities. 



A communication was read from Mr. L. Taczanowski, containing the 

 description of a new Warbler of the genus Locustella from Corea, which he 

 proposed to call Locustella pleskei. 



Mr. Oldtield Thomas pointed out the characters of a new Mungoose, 

 allied to Herpestes albicaudatus, which he proposed to call H. grandis. 

 The type specimen (a skeleton) had been obtained by Mr. T. E. Buckley 

 in S.E. Afric;i. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



