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Rh Lieut.-Colonel Beddome gave the description of a new species of Indian Snake from Manantawaddy in the Wynaad Hills, which he proposed to name Platyplecturus Hewstoni.

Dr. G.E. Dobson communicated a monograph of the Bats of the group Molossi.

Dr. A. Günther read a report on some of the recent additions to the Collection of Mammalia in the British Museum, amongst the most remarkable of which was a new form of Porcupine, from Borneo, proposed to be called Trichys lipura; and a new Marmozet, obtained by Mr. T.K. Salmon, near Medellin, U.S. of Columbia, to which the name Hapale leucopus was given.

November 21, 1876.—Prof. F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair.

The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the mouth of October.

Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on the skin of a young Rhinoceros (R. sondaicus), belonging to Mr. W. Jamrach, which had been captured in the Sunderbunds, near Calcutta, in May last.

The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Andrew Anderson, a coloured drawing of a specimen of Emys Hamiltoni, lately captured at Futtehgurh (Ganges). The occurrence of this Emys, chiefly confined to Lower Bengal, so far west as Futtehgurh, was considered as of much interest.

A letter was read from Count T. Salvadori, containing remarks on some of the birds mentioned by Signor D'Albertis, as seen by him during his first excursion up the Fly River.

A communication was read from Mr. G.B. Sowerby, jun., containing descriptions of six new species of shells, from the collections of the Marchioness Paulucci and Dr. Prevost.

Mr. Edward R. Alston read a paper containing the descriptions of two new species of Hesperomys from Central America, which he proposed to call respectively Hesperomys teguina and H. Couesi.

A paper was read by Professor Garrod on the Chinese Deer, named Lophotragus michianus, by Mr. Swinhoe, in which he contended that the species so called was identical with Elaphodus cephalophus (A. Milne-Edwards), obtained by Père David in Moupin. He pointed out the close affinity between the genera Elaphodus and Cervulus, the latter differing little more than in the possession of frontal cutaneous glands not found in the former.

Mr. Arthur G. Butler read a paper containing descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from New Guinea, with a notice of a new genus.

A communication was read from Dr. J.S. Bowerbank, being the eighth of his series of "Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadæ."