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Show 1884. PROF, F L O W E R O N HYDROCHCERUS CAPYBARA. 253 in the upper jaw being 30 millim. instead of 72 as in the adult. They evidently represent the narrow apical portion of the permanent teeth, which as growth proceeds wears off, and they are not in any case milk-teeth. As the first of the series, or premolar, is as fully developed as the one which follows it (or first true molar) it must either have no predecessor, or one which has disappeared at an early stage of intra-uterine life. C O N T E N T S (continued). Page Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. Exhibition of specimens of tbe Eed-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) caught near Brighton, and of the true Water-Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) captured at Lancing, in Sussex 206 Prof. E. Bay Lankester, F.R.S. Exhibition of a living example of a Scorpion from Ceylon Prof. T. Jeffrey Parker. Abstract of a Memoir on Begalecus argenteus .. 207 1. On the Acclimatization of th^ Japanese Deer at Powerscourt. By Viscount POWERSCOURT, F.Z.S 207 2. Diagnoses of new Reptiles and Batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected and to the British Museum by H. B. Guppy, Esq., M.B., H.M.S. ' Lark.' By G. A." BOULENGER, F.Z.S 210 3. On the Coleopterous Insects collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in the Timor-Laut Islands. CHAS. O. W A T E R H O U S E . (Plate XVI.) 213 4. On tbe Lepidoptera collected by the late W. A. Forbes on tbe Banks of the Lower Niger. -RHOPALOCERA, by F. D. G O D M A N and O. SALVIN. HETEROCERA by H. D R U C E . (Plate XVII.) • 219 5. Description of three rare Species of Flycatchers. By R. BOWDLER SHARPE, F.L.S., F.&c, Department of Zoology, British Museum 230 6. On an apparently new Species of European Nuthatch. By R. BOWDLER SHARPE, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, Department of Zoology, British Museum 233 7. On the Myology and Visceral Anatomy of Capromys melanurus, with a Description of Species. By G. E. DOBSON, M.A., F.R.S. (Plates XVIII.-XXI.) 233 May 6, 1884. The Secretary. Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in April 1884 251 Prof. Bell. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, Estheria melitensis 251 Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, an old Indian drawing containing a figure of a White Elephant 251 Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.Z.S. Notice of a Memoir on tbe Reptiles and Batrachians of the Solomon Islands 251 1. Note on the Dentition of a young Capybara (Hydrochcerus capybara). By Prof. W. H. FLOWER, LL.D., F.R.S., P.Z.S., &c 252 |