1887] Zoology. 583 
closely related than is usually thought to be the case. A de- 
tailed account of the British species of Halcampa is promised. 
Chzetono 
and some of the foreign species of Chzetonotus in the Microscope 
Chetonotus, a step of doubtful propriety, while no mention is 
made of the other genera of the class Gastrotricha, to which these 
worms belong. Dr. Stokes’s paper has been reprinted in Pelletan’s 
Journal de Micrographie. 
tomy of Pseudoscorpions.—Croneberg gives (Zool. An- 
zeiger, No. 246) a preliminary account of the anatomy of Chernes, 
one of the Pseudoscorpions. The sucking pharynx is moved by 
dilator muscles, the contraction being effected by the elasticity 
of the strongly chitinized wall. The cesophagus is narrow, but 
widens out for the short stomach, and then at once contracts to 
form the intestine. With the stomach are connected the three 
Description of a New Species of Fruit-Pigeon (¥anthenas 
Jouyi) from the Liu Kiu Islands, Japan. 
Fanthenas jouyi, sp. nov. 
Diacnosis: Similar to Yanthenas ianthina (Temm.), but with 
i nd neck and the anterior por- 
tion of the interscapilium; metallic reflections on scapulars and ` 
back bronzy green, not purple as in ¥ zanthina. 
