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PROCEEDINGS
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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
FOR THE YEAR
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OF THE
COUNCIL
AND OFFICERS
OF THE
ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF LONDON.
1886.
COUNCIL.
(Bleted Aprit 29, 1886.)
Proressor W. H. Frower, LL.D., F.R.S., President.
Lrevr.-Gen. Tue Lorp Anincer, C.B.
Wit11am T. Branrorp, Esq., E.R.S.
Masor-Gun. Henry Crerx, R.A., F.R.S.
Hoyry E. Dresser, Esq.
Cuartes Drummonn, Esq., Trea- surer.
F, DuCanz Gopmay, Esq. Lrevt.-Cot. H. H. Gopwin-Ats- TEN, F.R.S., Vice-President. ArtuuR Grote, Esa., Vice-Presi-
dent. Das, AG. ie 6. GUNTHER, F.R.S.
Dr. Epwarp Hamirton.
E. W. H. Horpsworrn, Esq.
Prorrssor Mrvarz, F.R.S., Vice- President.
Proressor H. N. Mosetry, M.A., F.R.S.
Hewry Pottock, Esq.
Tre Lorp Artuvr Russet.
Ospert Satvin, Esq., - F.R.S., Vice-President.
W. Aysurorp Sanrorp, Esq.
Howarp Saunpers, Esq., F.L.S.
Paitre Luriey Scrater, Esq., M.A.,Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary.
Surenon-Gen. L. C. Srewarr.
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
P. L. Scrater, Esq., M.A., Ph.D., F.B.S., Secretary. Frank E. Brpparp, Esq., M.A., Prosector.
Mr. A. D. Barrrerr, Superintendent of the Gardens. Mr. F. H. Warernovse, Librarian.
Mr. Joun Barrow, Accountant.
Mr. W. J. Witxiams, Chief Clerk.
LIST
OF TIE
CONT RLBALTO BS,
With References to the several Articles contributed by each.
Page AnpeErsoN, R. J., M.D., M.A., Professor of Natural History, Queen’s College, Galway.
On the so-called Pelvisternum of certain Vertebrates... .. 163
Bepparp, Frank E., M.A., F.R.S.E.,-F.Z.8., Prosector to the Society.
Preliminary Notice of the Isopoda collected during the
Voyage of H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’—Part III. .........-.. 97 Note on the Air-sacs of the Cassowary..............-- 145 On the Syrinx and other Points in the Anatomy of the
Caprimulgidz 147 Note on the Structure of a large Species of Earthworm
from New Caledonia. (Plate XIX.) .................. 168
On some Points in the Anatomy of Ohauna chavaria.... 178 Observations on the Ovarian Ovum of Lepidosiren (Pro- faprerus). (Plates: MX VIII. & MXR) ones ct wie ew 22 Descriptions of some new or little-known Earthworms, together with an Account of the Variations in Structure exhibited by Perionyr excavatus, BK. P. .......0..00+0:- 298 Notes on the Convoluted Trachea of a Curassow (Notho- crax urumutum), aud on the Syrinx in certain Storks...... 321 Observations on the Development and Structure of the Ovum in the Dipnoi. (Plates LIT.—LIV.).............. 505
1V Page Bett, F. Jerrrey, M.A., Sec. R.M.S., F.Z.S., Professor of
Comparative Anatomy in King’s College, London.
Remarks upon the Species of Balanoglossus exhibited to the Society on November !7th last year .... ........ 4+: 154
Note on Bipalium kewense, aud the Generic Characters of Land-Planarians. (Plate XVIII.) .... 0.5.0 anceps 166
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, an object made from some portion of the skin of a Mammal....................-. 420
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of Tenia nana 505
Buanrorp, Wittiam Tuomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &e.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a stuffed skin of Para- GOTUPUS JEVAGNE, js. z,e5n nde sidve aft sa Dao 5 Sie Se cineca ee
Boutencer, G. A., F.Z.S.
Description of a new Iguanoid Lizard living in the Society’s Gardens:, (Plate XO0UIL. )y 5. o9.08.0 oh 70 ae ee ete 241
Remarks on Specimens of Rana arvalis exhibited in the Society’s Menagerie. (Plate XXIV.) ........00050000 242
First Report on Additions to the Batrachian Collection in the Natural History Museum. (Plate XXXIX.) ........ 411
On two European Species of Bombinator. (Plate L.).... 499 On the South-African Tortoises allied to Testudo geome-
trica.,, (Plates LVIL.. SoLVLL-) 2.0 .atesiciees Peake ah ee 540 Remarks on Prof. W. K. Parker’s paper on the Skull of the Chameleprigs,....2.-/./2% Satu teint eat Cee 543
Bourne, Atrrep Grpps, D.Sc. (Lond.), F.LS., Fell. Univ, Coll. Lond., Fell. Madras Univ., Professor of Biology in the Presidency College, Madras.
On Indian Earthworms.—Part I. Preliminary Notice of Earthworms from the Nilgiris and Shevaroys ............ 662 Bourne, GitBert C., B.A., New College, Oxford.
General Observations on the Fauna of Diego Garcia, Chagos Groupe...) sv Bae hl ccd s deeeet ae ee 331
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Page Brapy, GrorGe Stewarpson, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., Professor of Natural History in the Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Notes on Freshwater Entomostraca from South Australia. GB labes VETTE.) ois. 2 olin, ois ale) diacoiel MaMa: ow heal shnio\, 0 bo '> = §2 Butter, Artuur G., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e. Note on Aporia hippia .....0cnceseccsesscesecsencs 80 On Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury in Western Todia: (Plate XXXV.)) 2.00. ~ 2% Craphen Baers tate te sian 855
CockERELL, T. D.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a living specimen of a Variety of Parmacella valenciennesi ........-.seeeeeee++ 137
Couett, Rosert, C.M.Z.S. Notice of a Memoir containing an Account of the External Characters of the Northern Fin-whale...........0---00- 82 On a new Pediculate Fish from the Sea off Madeira. ACPI INV.«)) a o)-1~vorearch ie ais o's: ob ala area ain. s s mimel ds +f oieFle 138
On the Hybrid between Lagopus albus and Tetrao tetrix. (Plates XXT. & XXIT.) «0 ce cade os we ven, s pase tip eee 224
On the External Characters of ihndblpht s Ror (Bale- noptera borealis). (Plates XXV. & XXVIL.)...........+ 248
On Phascologale virginia, a rare Pouched Mouse from Northern Queensland. (Plate LX.) .........0+eee00+2 548
Cornity, J. M., C.M.ZS. Letter from, respecting the breeding of Michie’s Deer in his Menagerie. ... 20.0.0 ce. es es eee ce cers te nees poet O20
Crane, AGNES.
On a Brachiopod of the Genus Aéretia, named in MS. by the late Dr. T. Davidson .. 0... 2... eese eee eee re serees 181
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Crow .ey, Purp, F.Z.S8. Exhibition of some Pupx of Nocturnal Lepidoptera from Natal .......
Cunnincuam, J. T., B.A., F.R.S.E., Fellow of University College, Oxford, and Superintendent of the Scottish Marine Station.
On the Mode of Attachment of the Ovum of Osmerus eperlanus. (Plate XXX.).......+-.
Dose, W. H.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabinii), shot at Mostyn, on the coast of Flint- shires, Nonth, Wales A006 < sarin ees OE Oe Se
Drucer, Hersert, F.LS., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera from Tropical Africa. (Plates XXXVU.& XXXVIII.)........ E.wes, Henry Joun, F.Z.S.
On Butterflies of the Genus Parnassius. (Plates I—LV.).
Emin-Bey, Dr.
Letter from, containing remarks upon the presence of an Anthropoid Ape in Eastern Equatorial Africa...........-
Finscu, Dr. Orro, C.M.Z.S. &e. On a new Species of Wild Pig from New Guinea.... -
Fiower, Wiiu1AmM Henry, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., President
of the Society, Superintendent of the Natural History Collection, British Museum.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a rare species of Armadillo
belonging to the Museum of the Scarborough Philosophical Society
S10, 68. 9 8 ke 6016 (6,e Se © a bs) bee bee hee were aslo +s, «iui
GERRARD, Epwarp, Jun.
Exhibition of specimens of the heads and skulls of two African Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros bicornis and R. simus) ..
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Gopman, FreoEericK DuCang, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S.
Exhibition of a series of examples of Danais plexippus irate ValtoUN IOCRINIEN on soc Me ess esac ve eeene es 154
Goopcuixp, J. G., F.Z.S., F.G.8., H.M. Geological Survey.
Observations on the Disposition of the Cubital Coverts in “BTC EY ale clea oA GREE 415 Abc Giay Stet aU enEne ee or ET Stee Be eae eee ere 184
Goruam, Rev. H. S., F.Z.S., F.E.S.
On new Genera and Species of Endomychide. (Plate OW Os a, re ta Bee og ies PSE ges vate Seales 154
GutnrHer, Atpert C.L.G., M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.Z.S., Keeper of the Zoological Department, British Museum.
Second Note on the Melanotic Variety of the South- MARICH COWHER: 4. ecisaie ewe alee Sec nie ea st cee ti siess 20D
Exhibition of a specimen of a small Fish of the genus Fierasfer imbedded in a Pearl-Oyster ...........-.. 0085 318
Kirsy, W. F., Assistant in Zoological Department, British Museum (S. Kensington). Remarks on four rare Species of Moths of tse Family Sreinine = CeAGe MOV LU )e gee a's Satake no's le by FB ese) Sane 269 On asmali Collection of Dragonties trom Murree and Campbellpore (N.W. India), received from Mejor J. W. Yerhury HoAs (Plate XRT )< 222 Sie ate em 325
Lankester, E. Ray, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Jodreli Professor of Zoology in University Coiiege, London. Exhibition of a drawing of a restoration of Archaeopteryx. 125
Layarp, Epear Leropoup, F.Z.S., H.B.M. Consul, New Caledonia.
Exhibition of a rare Beetle, and of a series of Shells of the genus Bulimus 1.16. 16 cee cece nee weer ee eweeeee 267
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Leecu, Joun Henry, F.L.S., F.Z.S. On a Variety of Anthocharis eupheno, from Mogador.... 122
Lenpenrexp, R. v., Ph.D., F.L.S., Assistant in the Biological Laboratory of University College, London.
On the Systematic Position and Classification of Sponges. 558
Lirxen, Dr. Curistian F., F.M.Z:S. &e. Letter from, containing a notice of the habitat of Chiropo- domys penicillatus........00 ce sieescceas divosenewees 410
Lyprxxer, R., B.A., F.G.S., F.Z.S., &e: Description of three Species of Scelidotherium. (Plates RLV RAR) tell oe tis tl
Martin, J. B., F.Z.S. Exhibition of a large Tusk of the Indian Elephant...... 176
Mariew, Gervase F., Staff-Paymaster Royal Navy, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &c:
Descriptions of some new Species of Rhopalocera from the Solomon Islands. (Plate XXXIV.)............00 ceeees 343
Meyer, Dr. Apotr Bernuarp, C.M.Z.S., Director Royal Zoological Museum of Dresden.
On a fourth Male Specimen of King William the Third’s Paradise-bird : i... 6i.e cusses aneneeee sbagee stua sans 297
Letter from, communicating remarks by Mr. K. G. Henke
on a specimen of Hybrid Grouse in the Dresden Museum .. 419
Miuuais, Joun G., F.Z.8. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, specimens of the Ivory Gull (Larus eburneus), shot in Scotland .. :..... .-..08 +: 137 Minor Dr. C.8.
Letter from, calling attention to the Elizabeth Thompson eG We ae, oe ee er hee
Page Monricetyt, Fr. S., D.Se. Contribution to a Knowledge of the South-Italian Chiro- EGER Ot ee ee CNT eh Me Oo PR ee aes h ne bees whe see 93 Ocixsy, J. Dovetas, Department of Fishes; Australian Mu- seum, Sydney. On an undescribed Pimelepterus from Port Jackson .... 539 Ramsay, R. G. Warpuaw, F.Z.S., F.L.S. On a new Species of Bird of the Genus Copsychus ...... 123
Rosset, C. W.
Exhibition of Photographs taken in the Maldive Islands, and remarks on his Zoological Collections ........+++2++ 299
Sauvin, OsBert, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c:
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a living specimen of Bipalium kewense, found at Hawksfold, Sussex .......... 205
Saunpvers, Howarp, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e:
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, an adult specimen of the
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuliginosa) caught near Bath ........ 6 On the Birds obtained by Mr. G. C. Bourne on the Island of Diego Garcia, Chagos Group........ s+ seee eee: oe atte 335
Exhibition of, on behalf of Mr. R. J. Howard, and re- marks upon, a specimen of a hybrid between the Tufted Dock gad thé Pochard:; 0). cess. owas esteem tude) O00
Sciater, Pure Luriey, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Society. Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in Mecemberil'SS85: ~<a falaed eclieay «eee eqah ah Ymewiene s48 1
Exhibition of Lepidopterous Insects bred in the Insect- house during the past seasOn ........ 66 beeer eee cee eates 2
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Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in PANArY LBSG .< «5 «n\n» \swid > syn oreays +519 > 9.09 Shen oe om wig me
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of a newly described Paradise Bird (Puradisornis rudolphi)..........
Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in February AGG, of 2 awe ave ieee patel ee
Note on the External Characters of Jhinoceros simus. (Plate XVI.) .
Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in March: 1886, |. Gauge \ ae tol mah bos shaee's <p caplet ieee
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the Heads and Horns of two Species of Antelopes from Lamoo, East Africa (Strepsi- ceros imberbis and Damalis senegalensis) ..
Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in PP LS ons fe ria s sidks ly’ 19 €n So. 5m 0 wb era ee
Remarks on the various Species of Wild Goats. (Plates XXXI. & XXXII.) ......
Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in May 1886
Cec eu aCe ee aCe a ee ae ee ee es a ae I Cay eee ote on - r
Remarks on interesting animals observed during a visit to the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Cologne, Antwerp, and Ghent .
Exhibition, on behalf of Mr. J. Brazier, C.M. Z.S., of a series of 55 eggs laid by a Pacific Porphyrio
List of a Collection of Birds from the Province of Tara- paca, Northern Chili. (Plate XXXVI.)......
Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in June, July, August, September, and October 1886
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On two Species of Antelopes from Somali-Land. (Plate LL.)
On an apparently new Parrot of the Genus Conurus living in the Society’s Gardens. (Plate LVI.)
Report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie in November 1886
POEMS YD Mate) eS) iS te em 2 e (9Kn [si ae) aha jar el eligs outs anete: ofiueaeane
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On a new Madreporarian Coral of the Genus Stephano- trochus from the British Seas, with Notes on its Anatomy. (Plates-XIT RIV.) sisae's of
Seesoum, Henry, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of Ross’s Gull (Larus rossi), shot near Christianshaab, in Greenland. .
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons minutus), shot near HER EERIE Ae ean Sue a Se ss cay 4d yas BIN Osos
Sarre, R. Bowpter, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &c., Department of Zoology, British Museum.
Notes on Specimens in the Hume Collection of Birds.— No. 1. On the Hawfinch from Attock............
Notes on some Birds from Perak.......
Notes on Specimens in the Hume Collection of Birds.— No. 2. On some Rose-Finches. No. 3. On Lalage melano- thorax. No. 4. On some Flycatchers of the Genus Stphia.
SHUFELDT, R. W., M.D., C.M.Z.S.
Contributions to the Anatomy of Geococcyx californianus.
(Plates KEIT-KLVY Se
Additional Notes upon the Anatomy of the Zrochili, Caprimulgs, and) Cypselidae oa»: artys) sofa w accls- vhs oleewiwtle lS wis
Srepsine, Rev. T. R. R.
Notice and Abstract of a Memoir on some new Amphi- podous Crustaceans from Singapore and New Zealand .....
STERNDALE, R. A., F.Z.S. Extract from a letter addressed to Sir Victor Brooke, con- cerning a case of Hybridism between Ovis hodgsoni and Oiaignet.. «65. s
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Letter from, respecting some Chinese animals .........-.
Sutton, J. Buanp, F.R.C.S., Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy, Middlesex Hospital, Erasmus Wilson Lecturer on Pathology, Royal College of Surgeons.
On some Specimens of Disease from Mammals in the Society’s Gardens .... 0... cece eee ce cere te ee tees ones
On the Intervertebral Disk between the Odontoid Process and the Centrum of the Axis in Man ....
On Atavism. A Critical and Analytical Study ........
Swinuok, Colonel C., F.L.S., F.Z.S.
On the Lepidoptera of Mhow, in Central India. (Plates BONED 5 ars oe ys se ss ves Cp aw ue :
Taczanowskl, L., C.M.Z.S.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a skin of an Owl (Budo blakistoni) from the Ussuri country on the frontiers of Corea
TEGETMEIER, W. B., F.Z.S.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a skin of a Pheasant from the Persian borders of Transcaucasia .............
Tuomas, OLDFIELD, F.Z.S. On the Mammals presented by Allan O. Hume, Esq., C.B.,
to the Natural History Museum. (Plates V. & VI.)...... Notes on a striking instance of Cranial Variation due to Ape. ((PlateSe icra v2 ee a Se bees
On the Wallaby commonly known as Lagorchestes fasciatus. (PlatebE XS) ss ates
Tuomson, ARTHUR.
Report on the Insect-house in the Society’s Gardens for SOMO CE MOR Fe Maris se Cie peas ces tes oo Sega ena
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Page Tristram, Rey. Canon H. B., M.A. (Oxon.), D.D., F.R.S., C.M.ZS. On an apparently new Species of Duck (Dafila) from the entra bweise, Gelato VEL) cay cecates > esta sees. 79
Viran, Capt. J. A. M., F.Z.S.
Letter from, on the mode of Nesting of a South-American Siluroid Fish (Callichthys littoralis) .......+-. 0.0.00. 330
Wuaitaker, Josrpsa, F.Z.8.
Exhibition of a specimen of Wilson’s Phalarope shot in elauee ties ay ieee eae ee ate ae are Shee ot 297
Woopwarp, A. Smirn, F.G.S., British Museum (Natural History).
On the Relations of the Mandibular and Hyoid Arches in a Cretaceous Shark (Hybodus dubrisiensis, Mackie). (PlateXX.) 218
Note on the Presence of a Columella Saath in the SR MULGE DeMphyOsAUrUe 6 ew cee an aw cae rin wd oivirenesige 405
On the Anatomy and Systematic Position of the Liassic Selachian, Squaloraja polyspondyla, Agassiz. (Plate LV.). . Woopwarp, Henry, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.Z.8., &e. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, specimens of animals commensal or parasitic in the shell of Meleagrina margaritifera 176 Wrient, Cuarues A., F.L.S., F.Z.8., &e. Exhibition of a specimen of a Dove from Malta .,...... 81
Wricut, Professor R. Ramsay, F.Z.S.
Note on an Ectoparasite of the Menobranch...........- 343
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XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. New Lepidoptera from Western India...........-.. 355
LIST OF PLATES.
1886.
Page Structure and Development of Parnassius ........+++ 6 Mus humiu a tcrselalai casi sivini = TRIN oe Fein c's 2 L s54 Sciuropterus Aavisoni..... 0. +.see cee ce screen eeees \ Dafila modesta ....ccccvissvccerrecenverececseces 79 New Australian Entomostraca ....y0eeee ee creer 82 Skulls of Mustela pennanti ... seer cee ee ees . 125 Stephanotrochus moseleyanus ....+++0+--4-- 40sec ee 128 Linophryne lucifer oc cccc scene en rete een eenen es 138 Fig. 1. Head of Rhinoceros simus. Fig. 2. R. bicornis. 143 New Coleoptera of the Family Endomychide ........ 154
Bipalium kewense, in various stages of contraction .... 166 Acanthodrilus layardi .. 1.0 .e.scsee eee cseceseees 168 Hyhodus dubrisiensis, Mackie.......... 0:22: eres 218
Hybrid Grouse between Lagopus albus and Tetrao tetriz. 224
Ctenosaura erythromelas . ieee secuceeeecvnnerncnees 241 (UTNE COL LOGE ode OF or ADD Oe AOD OU Ia dnp Boom Omboge 242 Balenoptera borealis ........++. OTOL OFA 243 New or rare Sphingida........ cece cee eee ee eee eee 269 Ova of Protopterus .......5. cece re eecee ne cceeenes 272 Ohana OS Sagrosatdbo onbede ccoouorarcado 5 PRE Capra egagrus, 3 4 314 Leas ilies teu swash
Dragonflies from N.W. India...... +. sere seen ees ». 325 New Butterflies from the Solomon Islands .......... 343
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Plate Page KOROOV Nee ehenicaptenus GOIMESt «leis sso ring gig-c 2 sient eaten ene 395 PRONOXGV ANG eA eLCUSTAIOLOUS spats ei pielats +. se sa-2)3 +'e o's. «lye le ame 409 1. Bunea pygela 2. Antherea dolabella .. “VIII. | pygela. a cra 3. Chrysopoloma rosea. 4. Chrysopoloma citrina.. ” XXXIX. 1. Jwvalus asper. 2. Geomolge fischeri ........-...++. 411 XL. Indi : ; XLL New Indian Lepidoptera ...,..-+++++0eererrree sees 421 XLII. XLII aot Z AfOrnianus.... <> vege 466 XLIV Anatomy of Geococcyx californianus daw 200 XLV. XLVI, Scelidotherium leptocephalum.......... Me one) XLVIi. Scelidotherium bravardt...., 0000+ 9+'seruccee nad | XLVIII. Scelidotherium chilense ....-..6.-5e0pss0 eee eers \ 49]
XLIX. Fig. 1. Scelidotherium bravardi. Fig. 2. S. chilense, Fig. 3. S. leptocephalum. Fig, 4. ? 8. bravardi.. | L. Fig. 1, Bombinator bombinus. Fig. 2. B. igneus ..~ 499
NAN GO EILATASOS cc x: p.orei.s:s iota einai, «point sic Mao eRe ieee 504 LI. LIII. } Structure of Ovum in the Dipnoi ..........-+..06 5 505 LIV. DV x SG tsQlov Gj Gi sarazaihiele Hovelety ly ol wat lel emp iets lp fe ete fo tsaate ee 52 IDV (Contnus) TUBratOrguis: oss .)sp 6-510. mies Mot oc 538 DVD, <n Pestido tremens. .° ves Ghhes te ee eats Me eee 540 AUNSUUES ELSE OV PISKE =o wip o.4/a5p boo p Sia te arm ruaeImin ey aE LIX. Figs. 1-7. Lagostrophus fasciatus. Figs, 8-12. Lagor- chestes leporoides ......+6 ++: AURIS uc a 544
LIST OF WOODCUTS.
1886.
Page PAAICHS TALLE dn cn ce dine el emece clo neideene seem scwcees snes: wet. OF Estheria lutraria ...... Aden Oo RIOE BO OD DOOD PESO OK GEICO 85 Estheria puckardi...cecsccccccccesecee nee e rene ete n ene nea ennns 86 Eulimnadia rivolensis co.cc ccc eee e eee cent nee n ene 86 Lepidurus vividulus ...c0ccvscevececeneens ects cece eneee ee saees 88
Diagrams of the arrangement of the septa in the five different species Of Stephanotrochus .....ccreeecne eee ee eee ent tere ene enaees 131 Syrinx of Nyctidromus albicollis .... see ee eee ee rere nena ee reees 149 Syrinx of Ayotheles nove-hollandie 1... +++. erevvevcerececeres .. 149 Syrinx of Batrachostomus ...... 0. cere e eee nee nee n enn eeenes 150 Ceeca of Chauna chavaria .iccccccccvcececneeees te eeeeetenees 180 Cubital Region in the Golden Plover .....-.seseeseeeeeereeeees 186
Cubital coverts in Turdus merula, Corvus, and Alauda arvensis .... 187 Cubital coverts in Hirundo, Cypselus, Trochilus, Chasmorhynchus,
Dacelo, and Rhamphastos ..... 1.0 see vere eee e enn e ee ee ees 188 Cubital coverts in Psittacus, Melopsittacus, and Calopsitta ,.....+. 189 Gubital coverts in Falco and Phalacrocorax... 1s iseeeeerereecnes 190 Cubital coverts in Nycticorar, Querquedula, and Meleagris ........ 191 Cubital coverts in Crax, Talegalla, Columba, and Goura .......+.. 192 Cubital coverts in Tetrao, Euplocamus, and Columba .....-..+000+) 194 Cubital coverts in Pterocles 1... csc c cece nee ween erence en eees 195 Cubital coverts in Carpococcyx, Cuculus, and Coccystes ....+..++++- 196 Cubital coverts in Chaund ..... cee re secre PORES ODE aad cles 197 Cubital coverts in Gallinago, Scolopax, Rallus, and Sterna .......: 198 Cubital coverts in Alea, Diomedea, Sula, Fregata, and Plotus ...... 199 Cubital coverts in Disswra, Mycteria, and Leptoptilus .....+++++++ 200 Cubital coverts in Sarcorhamphus...cccccrecenverccerecceeeeces 201 Cubital coverts in Grus, Gypogeranus, and Pandion.....-.++++-++ 202 Flat skin of Felis leopardus, var. melanoticd....sseeceseeerrectees 204 The right funicular pouch of peritoneum of Macacus sinicus ...... 208 Perforating ulcers in an early stage affecting the feet of a Paradoxure,
Nandinia Binotata occ cece cece eens e nse nsrenseecns 209
Examples of symmetrical exostoses in the skeleton of a Monkey.... 210 A Cockateel, Calopsitta nove-hollandie, with symmetrical sebaceous
eysts on ita Wings ........seeseeeee ee eeenneetennecsenees 211 A follicular cyst from a Prehensile-tail Porcupine, Sphingwus PITRE sce os sow ps opipinrm tie Heater n =o oMTage die 9 7Sie rats a8? 212
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The tunica vaginalis and testis of a Lamb affected with a con- genital parenchymatous hydrocele.........e.seeeeeeecseeees 213
The occiput of an Ichneumon, with dislocation of the atlas and subsequent ankylosis of that bone to the occiput ........... . Qe
The marsupium of a Short-headed Phalanger, Belideus breviceps,
opened in order to show a scirrhous cancer growing from the
ULEATEAIST CUTS gs VEL CO edahs eer lef teRevohe¥s cele esi «aie co aa ee%e/ oielg al tee Ren 216 Tleo-ceecal intussusception in a Lemur........ ce cee eee c cece eens 217 ES ICETLOPUCT US UNI SELUES Falla a seit a..euch\ 0 ieyes.1, «#00070: 5:6 pee 257 REICH EROTIYMACILUS TRUER tein, < (tho oF svahelar* © (6 = si6(e 761s 91.6%, 0)+ «4's ne 258 MOGIGRUSHURINGT CRUCUB «, xjeve)aiepabeietels «1s V's, sv nieie s+ ex0 +)0)310 ae 262 Generative Organs Of FUKUI. 6 a0hs cise. ee. os 6 dss Mien eee 303 Generative organs of Eudrilus, with bursa copulatrix laid open ,.., 305 Wiurleties Of “Percony 2 CLCAUAGUB sia s.5% & 0 «o's 0.3: 60 ve 06 Le SE 310 A small Fish of the genus Fierasfer imbedded in a Pear!- “Oyster. , ol9 Trachea of Nothocraxr urumutum, Oo... ccc ccc eee ecnece Siku tn ae Syrinx of Abdimia sphenorhyncha........cccrsevvecvaes ccgut ayers 323 Syzinx of Xenorhynchus senegalensis.........cesecvecceccasveces 824 A vertical section through the body of the axis to show the lenticular-
shaped pieceof cartilaze im Man <.). .sh s+ uc sin senciic aan 3388
A diagram of the axis vertebra to show the various nuclei in Man.. 339 A section through the human sacrum, showing the epiphysial plates uniting with each other peripherally before fusing with their
CETL E Sate agateresove iekaiayat ote’ swe es, « #7e'clss asi gy gs (atepouc age Re 340 Axis vertebra of a young Seal in section, showing the epiphysial
plates of the true centrum of the axis.....,.... a way areata 341 Map of the vicinity of Tarapaca, Chili........,..sesscacree 1420p) OOO Bill of Phoenicopterus andinus 00.0... s+scscenvsere ae tetas eis 400 Ball of Pheereicopterus FONE... i.e. s cee ccens 1 qcermeenenete ene 400 Right columella of Ichthyosaurus ....... 0. ccceeeveues os tess Arye. Lower portion of right columella of Ichthy sna UB 5: aatneve) shea vartetes 407 Lower portion of left columella of Ichthyosaurus intermedius ..,... 407 Hett columella: of Hattersa mmciata >... 2.020205. eee 407 Muscles at the outer side of the elbow of the right wing of
COprinnal GUS CUPOPEUS » 0 oe <a'oa vn ap epee sce te een eee 471 Muscles at the outer side of the elbow of the left wing of Steatornis. 471 Anconal aspect of the left humerus of Tachycineta thalassinds WREAK 502 Palmar aspect of the left humerus of Tachycineta thalassina ...... 502 Anconal aspect of the left humerus of Micropus melanoleucus ...... 502 Palmar aspect of the left humerus of Micropus melanoleucus ...... 502 Anconal aspect of the left humerus of Trochilus alerandri .,...... 502
Palmar aspect of the left humerus of Trochilus alewandri .......... 502
ERRATA.
Page 164, 5th line from top, for “ Subilium” read “ Suprabilium,” and for
“ Subscapula ” read “ Suprascapula.”
164, 14th line from top, for “ Preomosterna” read “ Preomosternum.”
164, 15th line from top, for ‘‘ Hemi-pelvisterna * read ‘* Hemi-prepelvi- sterna.”
164, 16th line from top, for ‘‘ Substernal” read “ Suprasternal.”
257. For Balenopterus read Balenophilus.
262. After Calanus finmarchicus, add ‘length 2 millim.”
265. Last line for “ enlarged” read “ diminished.”
328. 19th line from the bottom for “N.-American” read “ N,-Indian.”
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
OF THE
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
January 19, 1836. Prof. W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair.
The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the month of December 1885 :—
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- gerie during the month cf December was 157. Of these 2 were by birth, 137 by presentation, 2 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 14 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 116.
The most noticeable additions during the month were :—
1, A male Cheetah (Cynelurus jubatus), received December 8th, presented to the Society by Nawab Mirza Hassim Ali Khan, of the Afghan Frontier Survey. A pair of feline animals captured, in November 1884, near the Istoi Pass on the Perso-Afghan frontier, when quite young, after the mother had been shot, by some of the members of the Afghan Boundary Commission, were believed at the time to be Snow-Leopards (Felis uncia)', and were forwarded to Pisheen, where they were kindly kept through last summer by Mr. H. J. Barnes, Political Agent at Quetta. ‘The survivor of them, having arrived in this country, proves to be not a Snow-Leopard, but a fine young male Cheetah (Cynelurus jubatus).
The Cheetah was well known to oceur in Persia (see Blanford’s ~ ©Rastern Persia,’ vol. ii. p. 35), but I am not aware that its occurrence so near the frontiers of Afghanistan has been actually recorded.
2. A young female Tiger, deposited by J. E. T. Aitchison, Esq.,
1 See Sir Peter Lumsden’s letter, P. Z.S. 1885, p. 610. Proc. Zoou. Soc.—1886, No. I. ]
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M.D., Naturalist to the Afghan Boundary Commission. This specimen seems to belong to the small and densely furred form of Felis tigris prevalent in northern latitudes. This animal is stated to have been captured on the Hari-rud, between Sarakhs and Pul-i- Katim.
3. Four young Gazelles obtained during the survey of the boundary of Northern Afghanistan, and deposited by the same gentleman. These Gazelles are probably referable to Gazella sub- gutturosa, but seem to differ somewhat from our previously received specimens of the same species.
4, Two curious hybrid Ducks bred in 1884, at Cannes, between the Ruddy Sheldrake (Ladorna rutila) and the Egyptian Goose (Chenalopex egyptiaca). This pair of hybrids was presented to Dr. T. E. Charles, of Cannes, by Madame de la Blanchetain, of the same place. Dr. Charles presented them to Sir Joseph Fayrer, who has kindly transferred them to the Society’s Collection.
The Secretary laid upon the table a series of specimens of Lepidopterous insects which had been bred in the Insect-House during the past season, and read the following report upon the subject drawn up by Mr. A. Thomson :—
The following species of insects have been exhibited in the Insect-House during the past season :—
Silk-producing Bombyces.
Indian.
Attacus atlas. Attacus pernyt. cynthia. Actias selene. ricint. Antherea mylitta.
American.
Samia cecropia. Actias luna. = ceanothi. Hypochera io.
Telea polyphemus.
African. *Gynanisa maia. * Bunea caffraria. * Antherea cytherea. * Cirina forda. * tyrrhea. Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Papilio podalirius. Euchloe cardamines. alewanor. Lycena corydon. machaon. *Limenitis disippus.
* asterias. Vanessa antiopa.
Thais polyxena. atalanta.
Parnassius apollo. levana.
Aporia hippia. , Var. prorsa. crategi. Melitcea cinwia.
* Exhibited for the first time.
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Nocturni.
Smerinthus ocellatus. Bombyx quercus. populi. * Hemileuca maia. tilie. Lasiocampa quercifolia.
Sphine ligustri. * Dipthera ludifica.
Deilephila euphorbie. Endromis versicolor.
* Hemaris marginalis. Saturnia carpini.
Euchelia jacobee. Dicranura vinula.
Callimorpha hera. *Clostera anachoreta.
Arctia caja. Notodonta ziczac.
Chelonia villica. Catocala fraxint.
Liparis chrysofrhea.
It will be noticed from the preceding list, that the three species of European Papilio, viz.:—P. podalirius, P. alewanor, and P. machaon, have been exhibited, and that specimens of Pupilio asterias, from N. America, were exhibited for the first time. Together with the pupee of this last-named species, I obtained some very small larva (hybernating) of Limenitis disippus. They had spun up in small leaves, but after being in the warm Insect-House for a few days, they came out and commenced to feed very freely upon weeping willow ; they grew rapidly and ultimately produced some very fine imagos, some of which I have the honour to exhibit this evening.
I again obtained by exchange some larvee of Aporia hippia, and I took the opportunity to get a coloured drawing made of the larve, pupa, and imago of this little-known insect, which I now exhibit’.
Of the American silk-producing Bombyces, Samia ceanothi was exhibited for the first time, aud I succeeded in obtaining fertile ova from one pairing, and in due course the larve ; but I regret to say that they all died. Of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and Sth stages, I exhibit coloured drawings which Mr. F. W. Frohawk was good enough to make from the living larvee. The larvee in the first stage were black, similar to those of Samia cecropia.
Although the pure-bred larve died, some hybrids which I obtained froma pairing of a male Samia cecropia with a female S. ceanothi, throve remarkably well, and there are over 60 cocoons now in the Insect-House, from which the insects may be expected to emerge early in the coming spring.
Early in the past season, I purchased about four dozen large pupz from South Africa, which had been stripped of whatever cocoon or other covering they had possessed, so that it was not possible to determine to what species they belonged; it could only be seen that they were Bombyces of some kind. As will be seen by the list, examples of five species were obtained from them. They were very irregular in their appearance, the first emerging on May 7th, and the last on September 29th. I obtained a pairing of Gynanisa maia, but the larvae, I am sorry to say, died, although one fed, till it reached its third stage, on Laburnum. Good specimens of Antherea tyrrhea, Fabr., are, I believe, rather scarce in collections.
* See Mr. Butler's paper, infra, p. 80. l *
4 REV. T. R. R. STEBBING ON CRUSTACEANS FROM [Jan. 19,
Young larvee were obtained of the following species :—Attacus atlas, A. mylitta, A. pernyi, and some hybrids said to be hybrids between Attacus pernyi and A. mylitta, and between A. perny? and A. roylei, Actias selene, Samia ceanothi, aud hybrid Samia cecropia and S. cea- nothi. Of these, Attacus pernyi and the hybrids only were reared, the other specimens all died. Every attention was given to them, and I regret to have to express my opinion that the present Insect-House is not a suitable building for rearing young larve. At the same time, it must be borne in mind that the past season was, in consequence of the long drought, bad for rearing larvee, as the leaves of the food- plants became hard and dry early in the summer. Apart from this, the leaves of all trees growing in or near the Gardens get very dirty with smoke, and although the precaution is always taken to wash the food before using it, the leaves are not so fresh and good for feeding as those obtained from the open country.
The larve of dttacus pernyi were reared upon the English Oak when the leaves were young and succulent, and they grew very rapidly and did well. ;
The so-called hybrids of Alfacus pernyi and Attacus roylet were reared, and a good number of cocoons obtained. The hybrids (?) of Attacus pernyi and Altacus mylitta did not do so well, and only three cocoons were obtained. One insect from each of these cocoons has emerged up to the present, and these are, in my opinion, Aftacus pernyi pure. I tried to obtain pairings of A. pernyi with females ot 4. mylitta, but did not succeed, although the insects were in the finest condition, and the males of A. pernyi were most energetic in their endeavours to pair with the females of A. mylitta. I had no opportunity of trying this experiment with A¢tacus roylei, as I had not any of that species.
I am sorry to have to record the death, in November, of the very fine Mygale fasciata, which was presented to the Society by Mr. H. R. P. Carter, in January 1885, and of which a life-sized figure was published in the ‘ Field’ of April 25, 1885, together with some notes by Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S.
The colours of this Spider during life were very beautiful.
A communication was read from the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, containing descriptions of some new Amphipodous Crustaceans from Singapore and New Zealand. The species were shortly described as follows :—
1. BYBLIS KALLARTHRUS, Sp. NOV.
This new Amphipod was brought from Singapore by Brigade- Surgeon 8. Archer.
The most striking peculiarities are the doubly sinuate lower margins of the fourth pair of side-plates, the branchize carrying on their surfaces rows of overlapping secondary vesicles, and the third uropods, in which the inner margin of the outer branch and the outer margin of the inner branch are much ornamented. The head
1886. ] SINGAPORE AND NEW ZEALAND. 5
in this species is long, very much narrowed distally ; the telson is divided beyond the centre.
The following accounts of Talorchestia tumida and Amphithopsis cerulea, from New Zealand, were sent along with the specimens by Mr. G. M. Thomson, their discoverer. His remark that in Amphithopsis (Pherusa?) eerulea the 4th coxa is broader than the preceding three together, applies to the appearance in the undis- sected specimen, not to the coxz or side-plates when drawn apart.
*©2. TALORCHESTIA TUMIDA, ll. Sp.
General form of body, when seen from above, much inflated. Eyes large (in living specimen of a turquoise-blue colour).
Anterior antenne very short, reaching a little past the extremity of the penultimate joint of the peduncle of the posterior pair; flagellum 7-8-jointed, subequal with peduncle. Posterior antenne as long as cephalon and first two segments of pereion, last joint of peduncle much the longest ; flagellum 12-14-jointed, slightly shorter than peduncle.
Males apparently of two forms :—
First Form.—First gnathopod with the propodos somewhat curved, its inferior margin distally produced and rounded ; dactylos curved and much longer than the palm ; carpus and propodos with numerous spines. Second gnathopod with the carpus small and triangular ; propodos ovoid and smooth, palm very oblique and furnished with two rows of minute teeth; dactylos two thirds as long as propodos, with its point lying over the edge of the palm. Third pereiopod short, fourth and fifth very long, former with the bases not dilated.
Second Form.—Second guathopod with the propodos broadening towards the distal margin, palm nearly transverse with a blunt tooth between the middle and hinge of the dactylos; latter furnished with a large tooth impinging outside of the tooth of the palm. Third and fifth pereiopoda normal: fourth with the the carpus nearly quadrate and broadly dilated.
Telson nearly as broad as long, quite round at the apex and fringed above with a submarginal row of minute spines. Colour, when alive, ivory-white.
Hab. In sandbanks, Purakanui near Dunedin, among roots of littoral plants, many yards from high-water mark. Each specimen inhabiting a hole of its own. When taken out they leap with great vigour.
“3. Paerusa (!) CHRULEA, 0. sp.
Colour of body a deep indigo-blue, appearing black when alive. Length about 5 mm. Superior antenne about 4 mm. long, and considerably longer than the inferior ; last joint of the peduncle with a secondary appendage consisting of a single joint and a terminal seta; flagellum about three times as long as peduncle and very-many- jointed. Inferior antenne about two thirds as long as superior, and with the peduncle reaching slightly beyond the extremity of peduncle
6 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE GENUS PARNAssIUs. [Jan. 19,
of the first pair. The mandibles have an appendage. The gnatho-
poda are small and subchelate; the dactylos of the second pair is guite peculiar; it does not end in a claw, but in a finger-like setiform process. Pereiopoda very similar in form, the basa being progres- sively dilated; fourth pair the longest. Telson entire. Coxee of the first four segments very deep, the 4th broader than the preceding three together.
Hab. Several specimens of this species were taken in a runnel of water on the Obelisk (or Old Man) Range in the interior of Otago, at a height of about 3000 feet. The stream was a little thing that one could have dammed with the hand, and running at such a slope that I can hardly imagine how the crustacea are not washed away by every shower of rain. The Old Man range is about 80 miles from the sea. The only other fresh-water amphipod found in New Zealand (excluding the subterranean forms found by Chilton) is Calliope fluviatilis, mihi, which is very common.”
This paper will be published entire, with illustrations, in the Society’s Transactions.
A letter was read from Dr. C. S. Minot, of 25 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Mass., U.S.A., calling attention to the Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund, for the advancement and prosecution of Scientific Research, and inviting applications for assistance fiom it.
Mr. Howard Saunders exhibited an adult specimen of the Sooty Tern (Sterna fuliginosa) sent to him by Mr. A. C. Foot, of Bath, with the statement that the bird was caught alive about three miles from that city, on the 4th or 5th October, 1885, the weather being windy and the floods extending over the meadows. It was brought to Bath on the 6th October, and seen in the flesh by the Rev. Leonard Blomefield and the Librarian of the Bath Museum.
Only two examples of this species had as yet occurred in Great Britain. Its habitat was principally intertropical, but it bred as far north as the Florida Cays, and straggled northwards, generally in autumn, to the coasts of New England. Under the name of ‘* Wide- awake Fair’’ its breeding-colony at Ascension was well known.
The following papers were read :—
1. On Butterflies