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Show 1870.] MR. P. L. SCLATER O N OTIDIPHAPS NOBILIS. 157 DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VIII. Fig. 1. Idiops kochii, <?, p. 103. a. Fore-right view of cephalothorax and falces. b, c. Palpus in two positions. d. Profile, without legs or palpi. e. Natural length of Spider. 2. Idiops sigillatus, $ , p. 105. a. Fore-right view of cephalothorax and falces. b. Underside of cephalothorax, showing maxilla?, labium, and sternum. c, e. Palpus in two positions. d. Leg of first pair. /. Hinder portion of abdomen. g. Profile, without legs or palpi. h. Natural length of Spider. 3. Idiops syriacus, $ , p. 107. a. Fore-right view of cephalothorax and falces. b. Profile, without legs or palpi. c. Natural length of Spider. 4. Idiops meadii, $, p. 152. a. Fore-right view of cephalothorax and falces. b, c. Palpus in two positions. d. Leg of first pair. e. Profile, without legs or palpi. 5. Idiops blackwallii, $, p. 154. a. Fore-right view of cephalothorax and falces. b, c. Palpus in two positions. d. Leg of first pair. e. Profile, without legs or palpi. /. Underside of tarsus and metatarsus. 6. Idiops thorellii, $, p. 156. a. Leg of first pair. b. Fore-right view of cephalothorax and falces. c, e. Palpus in two positions. d. Tarsal claws. /. Natural length of Spider. g. Profile, without legs or palpi. March 24, 1870. Dr. E. Hamilton, V.P., in the Chair. Mr. P. L. Sclater exhibited a coloured drawing, forwarded to him by Dr. S. Salvadori of Turin, C.M.Z.S., representing a bird which that naturalist had proposed to describe as a new genus and species of Megapodes, but which was evidently the remarkable Pigeon recently named by Mr. Gould Otidiphaps nobilis (Ann. N . H. 4th series, vol. v. p. 62, 1870; cf. P. Z. S. anted, p. 4). Dr. Salvadori had received the specimen in a box of skins bought at Singapore, but stated to have been brought from Macassar. All the other birds in this box (fiftv-eight in number, belonging to forty different |