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Show 190 MR. R. E. HOLDING ON ABNORMAL ANTLERS. [Mar. 21, Agoniates halecinus Mull. &, Trosch.; Cynodon pectorcdis Giinth., C. scombroides Cuv.; Xiphostoma ocellatum Schomb., X . lateri-striga Bouleng.; Xiphorhamphus ferox Giinth., X. falcirostris Cuv.; Tetragonopterus bartletti Giinth., T. oligolepis Giinth., T. wappi Cuv. & Val., T. caudomaculatus Giinth., T. grandisquamis Mull. & Trosch., T. chrysargyreus Giinth., rl\ abramis Jenyns, T. chcclceus Agass.; Brycon pesu Mull. & Trosch., B. schomburgkii Mull. & Trosch.; Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuv. ; Megcdobrycon cephalus Giinth.; Crenuchus spilurus Giinth.; Serrasalmo denti-culatus Mull. & Trosch., /S', scapularis Giinth., S. gymnogenys Giinth., S. humeralis Cuv. & V a l.; Myletes schomburgkii Mull. & Trosch., M. ellipticus Giinth., M. setiger Mull. & Trosch., M. duri-ventris Cuv., M. rhomboidcdis Giinth., M. rubripinnis Miill. & Trosch., M. asterias Miill. & Trosch., M. hypsauchen Miill. & Trosch.; Anacyrtus gibbosus L. Gymnotidse :- Sternopygus carapus L .; Cara/pus fasciatus Pall.; Gymnot'us electricus L .; Sterna/rchus nattereri Steind. Siluridse :- Vandettia cirrhosa Cuv. & V a l.; Callichthys longifilis Cuv. & Val., C. asper Quoy & Gaim.; Cetopsis ccecutiens Licht.; Asterophysus batrachus K n e r; Oxydoras stenopeltis Kner, 0. lipophthahnus Kner, 0. carinatus Cuv. & Val.; Doras cataphractus L., D. heckelii K n e r; Ageniosus militaris B l.; Centromochlus heckelii Filippi; Platystoma planiceps Agass., P. tigrinum Cuv. &, V a l.; Callophysus lateralis G ill; Platynematichthys punctulatus K n e r; Pirinampus typus Agass. ; Pimelodus holomelas Giinth., P. muelleri Giinth., P. maculatus Lacep., P. ornatus Kner, P. eques Miill. & Trosch., P. cristatus Miill. & Trosch., P. sebce Cuv. & Val., P. raninus Cuv. & Val.; Phractocephalus hemiliopterus Bl. Selin.; Piratinga goliath Kner. Loricariiche \-Loricaria carinata Casteln., L. maculata Bl. ; Plecostomus guacari Lacep., Ancistrus gibbiceps Kner, A. bra-chyurus Kner, A. pictus Casteln. Scitenidse :- Scicena amazonica Casteln. Cichlid;e:- Cichla ocellaris Bl. Schn., C. temensis Humb. ; Geo-phagus jurupari Heck., G. dcemon Heck., G. cupido Heck., G. surinamensis B l.; Acaropsis nassa Heck.; Acara vittata Heck., A. tetramerus Heck.; Crenicichla johanna Heck., C. lugubris Heck., C. lenticulata Heck., C. saxatilis L., C. wallacii Regan; Cichlosoma coryphaiuoides Heck., C. severum Heck., C. festivum Heck.; Pterophyllum scalare Cuv. & Val. Mr. Macleod Yearsley, F.Z.S., exhibited an X-ray photograph of a living Ring-Snake (Tropidonotus natrix), taken by Dr. F. H. Low a short time after it had swallowed a couple of frogs. The skeleton of the snake was shown very clearly, and the bones of its prey could be very easily made out within its body. Mr. R. E. Holding exhibited and made remarks upon three skulls of the Fallow Deer (Dama vulgaris), showing arrest of, |