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Show ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON* May 2nd, 1905. Dr. W. T. B l a n fo r d , C.I.E., F .B .S ., Vice-President, in the Chair. No. 19. Tlie S ecr e tar y exhibited three large photographs, presented to the Society by Mr. Howard B. Turner, of Hippopotamuses swimming in a river in their native haunts. Mr. B. E. H o ld in g exhibited and made remarks on a series of antlers, of the first year, of the Boebuck, Bed-Deer, Fallow-Deer, and Wapiti. Mr. B. I. P ocock, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on a specimen of the Spanish Tarantula, Lycosa hispanica, that had died in the Society's Gardens. Mr. W. B ateso n , F.B.S., exhibited a series of specimens of domestic chicks to illustrate peculiarities in the hereditary transmission of white plumage. Mr. G eorge B. A lford communicated a paper by Prof. E. A . M in c h in entitled " On Leucosolenia contorta (Bowerbank), Ascandra contorta Haeckel, and Ascettci spinosa Lendenfeld. The author pointed out that the nomenclature of the Calcarea Homocoela was in a more tangled state than that of any other group of the animal kingdom, with, perhaps, the exception of the malarial parasites. Dr. Bowerbank, who founded the species, * This Abstract is published by the Society at 3 Hanover Square, London, W ., on the Tuesday following the date of Meeting to which it refers. It will be-issued, free of extra charge, to all Fellows who subscribe to the Publications, along with the 1 Proceedings ' ; but it may be obtained on the day of publication at the price of Sixpence, or, if desired, sent post-free for the sum of Six Shillings per annum, payable in advance. |