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Show 1885.] DR. HAAST O N MEGALAPTERYX HECTORI. 541 Allied to Papilio bromius, but the transverse band is of a blue, both wings are less elongated, the secondaries are more acutely produced at the anal angle. Beneath, the light-coloured submarginal band is straighter on the secondaries and less broken up, moreover it is extended on the primaries as far as the median nervure beyond the cell; the apex of primaries and the secondaries are browner, and though the latter have three radiating streaks in the cell as in P. bromius, there are no intervenal streaks beyond it. A single male specimen is the only one Mr. Johnston obtained. HETEROCERA. Mr. Johnston's collection contains six specimens of as many species of Heterocera, and for these Mr. Butler has kindly given us the following names. 22. ACHERONTIA ATROPOS. Kilima-njaro, forest at 3000 feet, September. 23. MECYNA POLYGONALIS. Kilima-njaro, wooded country at 5000 feet, August. 24. HYPINA, sp. ? Kilima-njaro, wooded country at 5000 feet, July. 25. STERRHA OACRARIA. Kilima-njaro, scrubby heath at 8000 feet, July. 26. PRODENIA? Kilima-njaro, wooded country at 5000 feet, September. 27. AMYNA, sp. ? Kilima-njaro, wooded country at 5500 feet, August. June 2, 1885. Prof. W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. Mr. F. E. Beddard read an account of the anatomy of the Sondaic Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), drawn up by Mr. F. Treves, F.R.C.S., F.Z.S., and himself from the specimen of that Rhinoceros lately living in the Society's Menagerie. This paper will be published entire in the Society's ' Transactions.' A communication was read from Dr. Julius von Haast, F.R.S., C.M.Z.S., containing an account of the remains of a gigantic extinct bird allied to Apteryx recently discovered in New Zealand, on which it was proposed to found a new genus and species, to be called Megalapteryx hectori. This memoir will be printed entire in the Society's ' Transactions.' |