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Show CONTENTS (continued). Page June 7, 1881. The Secretary. Eemarks upon the Insectarium lately opened in the Society's Gardens.... 1. On the Development of the Skeleton of the Paired Fins of Elasmobranchii, considered Eolation to its Bearings on the Nature of the Limbs of the Vertebrata. By F. M. BALFOUR, F.E.S., F.Z.S., Fellow of Trinity' College, Cambridge. (Plates LVII. & LVIII.) 656 2. On a Collection of Persian Eeptiles recently added to the British Museum. By W. T. BLANFORD. (Plate LIX.) 671 3. On a new Spider of the Family Theraphosidse. By the Eev. O. P. CAMBRIDGE, M.A., C.M.Z.S., &c. (Plate LX.) 682 4. On the Structure of the Pharynx, Larynx, and Hyoid Bones in the Epomophori, with on itsEelation to the Habits of these Animals. By Gr. E. DOBSON, M.A., M.B., &c. 685 5. On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning'and 'Porcupine'Expeditions, 1868-70. (Part III.) By J. G W Y N JEFFREYS, LL.D., F.E.S., F.Z.S. (Plate L X L ) 693 6. On the South-African Ehinoceroses. By F. C. SELOUS. (Communicated by Dr. A. Gun- ' ther, F.E.S. &c.) (Plate LXII.) 725 June 21, 1881. The Secretary. Eeport on the additions to the Society's Menagerie in May 1881 734 Mr. E. Bowdler Sharpe, F.Z.S. Exhibition of a specimen of Podilymbus podiceps, said have been killed near Weymouth 734 Dr. A. Gunther. Exhibition of a specimen of a Mediterranean Fish (Schedophilus meduso-phayus) captured at Portrush, in Ireland 734 1. On the Petrel called Thalassidroma nereis by Gould, and its Affinities. By W. B.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., Prosector to the Society 735 2. Observations on the Habits of the Echidna hystrix of Australia. By GEORGE J. BENNETT, C.M.Z.S 737 3. On the Lizards 'of the Genera Lacerta and Acanthodactylus. By G. A. BOULENGER. (Plates LXIII. & LXIV.) 739 4. Field-notes on the Antelopes of Central South Africa, made during eight years spent many different districts of the country. By F. C. SELOUS. (Plate LXV.) 748 5. On some new Genera and Species of Araneidea. By the Eev. O. P. CAMBRIDGE, M.A., &c. (Plate LXVI.) 765 6. On the Generic Divisions of the Bucconidae, together with the Description of a new Species of the Genus Nonnula. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.E.S., Secretary to the Society % 775 7. On the Conformation of the Thoracic End of the Trachea in the " Eatite " Birds. W . A. FORBES, B.A., F.L.S., Prosector to the Society 778 8. On some Flycatchers lately added to the Collection of the British Museum. By E. B O W D L E R SHARPE, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, Department of Zoology, British Museum, (Plate LXVII.) . 788 9. On the Birds of Sandakan, North-east Borneo. By E. BOWDLER SHARPE, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Department of Zoology, British Museum 790 |