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È. rius, to the Neilgherries, ll d other range? 
OF Southern tates gherries, Anamallays, and o - 
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674 Gencral Notes, ‘Duly t 
Nat. Hist, a new Rana, three Bufos, and Phrynclla pulchra, all 
from Malacca. 
`. Mammats.—According to Dr. J. B. Sutton, animals are not | 
free from certain diseases thought to be referable in man to his 
erect position, One-fourth of the female monkeys dying in the 
dorsal fin, more slender head, and more rounded snout. The 
color is dark gray-blue, except that the belly is more or less 
white as far as the genitalia. Both sexes seem to attain about 
_ the same size; if there is any difference it is in favor of the 
female. The flippers are slender and pointed, and relatively 
shorter than in any other species. A new species of Echino- 
paigieg (E. ruber) usually infests the intestines in great num- 
rs, the copepod (Balenopterus unisetus) occasionally infests — 
the baleen-plates, and a true ecto-parasite (undescribed) is also 
occasional. The stomachs of the specimens examined were 
filled with the remains of the copepod Colarius finmarchicus. 
_ The species of Capra, according to Mr. P. L. Sclater, are com 
fined to the following localities: C. pyrenaica, to the Pyrenees, 
Central Spain, and the higher ranges of Andalusia and Portugal; 
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Development of Spiders.—The Arachnids are receiving 
¢ attention recently at the hands of embryologist® 
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