194 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



In view of the approaching Anniversary Meeting, the election of 

 Auditors took place, when Dr. Meiklejohn and Mr. E. A. Batters were 

 nominated on behalf of the Council, and Messrs. Thos. Christy and W. F. 

 Kirby on behalf of the Fellows. 



The President took occasion to notice the retirement of Mr. F. H. 

 Kingston after thirty-six years service as Lodge-keeper, and presented him 

 with a testimonial in the shape of a cigar-case containing five-and-thirty 

 pounds in bank-notes which had been subscribed on his behalf by all the 

 Societies in Burlington House. After a suitable response on the part of 

 the recipient, and apropos of the long residence referred to, attention was 

 directed to some photographs of Burlington House, with the gateway as 

 it existed before the rebuilding in 1868, and showing the old colonade, 

 which had since been demolished, and was lying still uncared for in 

 Battersea Park. 



On behalf of Mr. C. Chilton, of Dunedin, N.Z., Mr. W. Percy Sladen 

 gave an abstract of a paper on the subterranean Crustacea of New Zealand, 

 with remarks on the fauna of caves and wells. The paper contained a 

 resume of previous publications on the subject, with additional information 

 from the author's own observation, and an expression of his views on 

 certain controversial points in connection therewith. His remarks were 

 criticised by the President and by Prof. Howes, Dr. Henry Power, and 

 Mr. G. Fookes. 



A paper was then read by Mr. H. M. Bernard on the anatomy, 

 physiology, and histology of the Chernetida, with special reference to the 

 rudimentary stigmata, and to a new form of trachea, on which an interesting 

 discussion ensued, and Mr. Bernard replied to the criticisms which were 

 offered. The meeting adjourned to May 4th. 



Zoological Society of London. 



March 28, 1893. — Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 President, in the chair. 



A report was read, drawn up by Mr. A. Thomson, the Society's Head- 

 Keeper, on the insects bred in the Insect House during the past season. 



A communication was read from Mr. Herbert Druce, giving an account 

 of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, chiefly from Central and 

 South America. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard read a paper on the brain of the African Elephant. 

 The author gave reasons for disagreeing with some of the conclusions of 

 Dr. Krueg, but confirmed others. The outline is more like that of the 

 Carnivorous than the Ungulate brain, but the principal furrows appear to 

 be arranged on a plan characteristic of the Elephan tides. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford showed that the various names hitherto employed 

 in systematic works for the bird called by Jerdon the Himalayan Cuckoo 



