Exhibitions and Notices (continued). 



Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. Exhibition of the head of a Congo Fish, Hydrocyon 



goliath 195 



Mr. D. Seth Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a Zulu 



Head-dress 195 



Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., Secretary to the Society, Remarks on an advertise- 

 ment announcing Fur Sales in the United States 195 



Professor Wood-Jones, F.Z.S., Honorary Acting Prosector. Exhibition of, and remarks 



upon, specimens from the Prosectorium illustrating the effects of Rickets 196 



PAPERS. 



Page 



1. Skull of Sana tigrina Daud. By B. L. Bhatia, M.Sc, and Baini Prashad, M.Sc. 



(Assistant Professors of Zoology, Government College, Lahore). (Text-figures 1-9.) 1 



2. Description of a new Snake of the Genus Oligodon from Upper Burma. By G. A. 



Boulenger, F.R.S., F.Z.S. (Text-figure 1.) 9 



3. Reptiles from the River Taj an (Transcaspia). By L. A. Lantz. i^Plate I.) 11 



4. On the External Characters of the Lemurs and of Tarsius. By R. I. Pocock, F.R.S. 



(Text-figures 1-16.) t 19 



5. A Classification of the Pyralid^e, subfamily Hypsotropin^e. By Sir George Hampson, 



Bart., F.Z.S 55 



6. First Report on the Inheritance of Visible and Invisible Characters in Silkworms. 



By Miss Mai-de L. Cleghorn, F.Z.S., F.L.S., F.E.S 133 



7. Notes on Oetacea stranded on the British Coasts during 1913-1917. By Sidney F. 



Harmer, Sc.D., F.R.S., F.Z.S., Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum (Natural 

 History) 147 



8. On the Variation of the Pit- Viper, Lachesis atrox. By Miss Joan B. Procter, F.Z.S. 



(Text-figures 1-5.) 163 



9. Report on Deaths of Animals in the Gardens in 1917. By J. A. Murray, M.D., 



B.Sc, F.Z.S., Director, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Pathologist to the Society. . 183 



Titlepage i 



List of Council and Officers $ i 



List of Contents , ii 



Alphabetical List of Contributors vii 



Index xi 



