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Show 6 The fifth of a series of papers by Sir C h ar le s E l iot , K.C.M.G., on Nudibranchs from Zanzibar and East Africa, was read. Twenty species of the genera Notodoris, Trevelyana, Nembrotha, Marionia, Bornella, and Plexoroleura were treated of in the paper, of which eleven were described as new. Mr. G. A. B o u len g er , F.R.S., described a new species of Tree- Frog of the genus llyla, from British Guiana, carrying eggs on the back. Mr. F. E. B e d d ar d , F.R.S., read a paper containing notes on the anatomy of certain species of Snakes of the family Boidat. A communication from Dr. G. S tew ard so n B r a d y , F.R.S., C.M.Z.S., contained an account of a collection of Entomostraca made in Natal by Mr. James Gibson. Eleven species were enumerated in the paper, of which nine were described as new, one being made the type of a new genus. The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business (closing the Session 1903-04) will be held on Tuesday, the 7th June, 1904, at half-past Eight o'clock p .m ., when the following communications will be made :- 1. Lt.-Col. J. M alcolm F aw c e t t .-On some new or little-known Butterflies, mainly from high elevations in the N.E. Himalayas. 2 . Dr. A. G. B u t l er , F.Z.S.-On Seasonal Phases in Butterflies. 3. Mr. F. E. B ed d ard , F.R.S. - Note on an apparently Abnormal Position of the " Brephos " within the body of a Skink (Chalcides lineatus). 4. Dr. E. A. G o e ld i, C.M.Z.S.-On the rare Rodent Dinomys branickii Peters. ^ 5. Mr. C. S a t u n in , C.M.Z.S.-On the Black Wild Cat of Transcaucasia. 6. Mr. R. L y d e k k e r .- On a Buffalo Skull from East Central Africa. 7. Dr. A. S m ith W o o dw ard , F.R.S.-On Two new Labyrintho-dont Skulls. Communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the Z oological S o ciety of L ondon should be addressed to P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, Secretary. 3 H anover S q u a r e , L ondon, W. 24th May, 1904. |