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458 An extract was read from a letter addressed to the Marquis of Tweeddale by Mr. A. H. Everett, stating that the Anoa of Celebes, Anoa depressicornis, or an allied species, was found in the Island of Mindoro, Philippines.

Professor Newton exhibited and made remarks on a supposed hybrid between the Red Grouse and Ptarmigan, lately shot in Sutherland by Captain Houston.

A communication was read from Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, containing a description of a new species of Indicator, with remarks on other species of the genus. A second paper by Mr. Sharpe contained a note on Pæoptera lugubris.

A communication was read from Mr. G. B. Sowerby, Jun., wherein he gave the descriptions of ten new species of shells from various localities.

Mr. A.G. Butler read a paper in which he gave the description of a remarkable new spider, obtained in Madagascar by the Rev. W.D. Cowan, for which the name of Cærostris avernalis was proposed.

A communication was read from Lieut.-Colonel R. H. Beddome, con- taining the descriptions of six supposed new species of snakes of the genus Silybura, family Uropeltidæ, from the Peninsula of India.

A communication was read from Mr. Edgar A. Smith, containing the description of a collection of marine shells, made by Capt. L.W. Wilmer, in the Andaman Islands.

Mr. F. Moore communicated a list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species.

Mr. George French Angas gave the descriptions of six species of bivalve shells in the collection of Mr. Sylvanus Hanley, and a Helix from the Solomon Islands. Mr. Augas also read descriptions of ten species of marine shells from the Province of South Australia ; and, in continuation of former papers on the same subject, read a list of additional species of Marine Mollusca to be included in the Fauna of the Province of South Australia, with notes on their habitats and local distribution.

Dr. G. E. Dobson read a note on Myxopoda aurita, a new form of Chiroptera from Madagascar, remarkable for possessing suctorial disks, as in Thryroptera. Dr. Dobson also gave descriptions of some new or rare species of bats, based on specimens in the Museum of Natural History of Paris. To the new species the following names were given : — Pteropus Germaini, from New Caledonia; Cephalotes minor, from New Guinea; Emballonura raffrayana, from Gibolo; and Schizostoma brachyota, from Cayenne. — Secretary.