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J. Taytor, Norwich, 1818. CONTENTS OF “VOL. V. [SIXTH SERIES.] NUMBER XXvV. Page I. Some Remarks on the Anatomy of Stephanoceros Evchhornit. By UPR E VALGENTIN. (Plates Mga il)) f50 scssccccene ss. « II. Report upon the Hydrozoa and Polyzoa collected by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq., Surgeon R.N., during the Survey of the Tizard and Macclesfield Banks, in the China Sea, by H.M.S. ¢ Rambler,’ Commander W. U. Moore. By R. Kirkpatrick. (Plate IIl-V.) 11 III. Descriptions of twelve new Species of Lycenide from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the Collection of Herbert (race. By, Haminron, Els Dermer; PSs. oe) i.icciry claisates sehen) ims 24 IV. Description of a new Species of Crocidura from the Amur Remiona sy 1G. i; DOBSON AN, VERS 20 ost cng ehge ce pale i> 2.4) 31 V. Descriptions of new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. By CHARLEs O. DUPACETSESEL OM SIGE er cat t Pate eran ysis) auc cia c aleve coin sie Fist ce & aS suctineceue, a otete VI. Notes from the St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under the Fishery Board for Scotland).—No. X. By Prof. M‘Inrosu, M.D., BE eaeabe See Oce he mC Acer VAD )ra.0. erate ales die e sitters scale ore siary wire 40 VII. Descriptions of new Species of Longicornia from India and Ceylon. By CHar.es J.GAHAN, M.A., Assistant, Zoological Depart- 33 ment isnimshy Viuseum. (Plater) oy. sctsrn oar eye ety wen © io sleteeue 48 VIII. Note on Tealia tuberculata and 7’. crassicornis. By G. Y. ayer) Ee TBS JDTOONS SG cc's Beye Sine BIC On ENICOIIC OCrLCIeCIne aioe OG COTO 66 IX. Tenth Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mada- pescar, By Dr. AO GunraEr, WR S., (Plate VI). 2. .5.--.. 000. 69 X. Report upon the Crustacea collected by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq., Surgeon R.N., during the Survey of the Macclesfield and Tizard Banks, in the China Sea, by H.M.S. ‘ Rambler, Commander W. U. iNtooress day: vale OCOCK 2 ie «Mdia oie olson olercisie s+ stein aichctons Mlle (ole 72 XI. On the Species Ztallus pusillus of Pallas and its Allies. By \Wig Ike Ctenieyaar iC anyirc wae aie 6 oO oaeoodias oudeeore oducc come aber 80 XII. Critical Notes on the Polyzoa. By the Rev. THomas Hincxs, NEW AS pol GLC Sora seis hc¥ fala grogeccees fe Shores) sft aie) a Pte ts Oe elezele ch stars teeta ale 83 XITI. On a new Species of Tit. By E.G. MrapE-WaLpo...... 103 XIV. How does the Ugimyia-Larva imbed itself in the Silkworm ? By Dr. Fr. A VEuNRIe ERI oe eit, tr, ener ok le, Sea ata 1b. XV. Description of a new Species of Dragon-fly. By W. F. Kirpy, F.E.S., Assistant in the Zoological Department, British IRRUSCHII cle asinine W.a Gd Sdn vv oh ve vb FT NR EAD wim Valerie. ys stoi em iv CONTENTS. New Books :—Notes on Sport and Ornithology. By His Imperial and Royal Highness the late Crown Prince Rupotr of Austria. Translated, with the Author’s permission, by C. G, DANFoRD.— The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. . Edited by W. T. Bianrorp. Fishes, by Francis Day.— \Bergens Museums Aarsberetning for 1888.—Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society. New Series, vol. vi. part i. for 1888-89 Proceedings of the Geological Society Ona new Entoniscian (Pinnotherion vermiforme) parasitic on the Pinnotheres of Modiola. By MM. A. Giard and J. Bonnier ; Deep-sea Trawling off the S.W. Coast of Ireland.—Additional Foraminifera, by Joseph Wright © @ Bele aia) fe 10 \esele) 61 81 © elmo) Re) NUMBER XXVI. XVI. On the Structure of Coccosteus decipiens, Agassiz. By R. H. Traquare, MD; RS. (Plate X:) 23.05.00" «seme eee XVII. A List of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Amoorland, By G. A. BouLENGER. (Plate IX.) oe.0 je-e Bie (0) oe) ue yee «|e: 10) [¢, (sake eee lessens XVIII. Notes on some Heliozoa. By M. Eve. PenarD XIX. Description of a new Species of Sorex from Saghalien Island. - By G: E. Dowson, M.A., FBS. 2.0... 6.00 ieee ee ee eee XX. Divergent Evolution and the Darwinian Theory. By Rev. Joun T. Guxicr, Ph.D XXI. Description of a new Genus of Oriental Cicadide. By W. L. Distant S @ 0.6; ee ya 1-8 (e).0 016.0 8) 8). 0! 0; @ 0 (8) 0 ‘u, O18 6: \6)@ (8/00, 0) 0708 (0 (re) a Rene nere eens Soc eee ence Foe nese see e ee eestor reeset earniee XXII. Descriptions of two new Species of Acr@a from Mombasa. By H. Gros SMITH ... Cre et ee ee ee XXIII. Observations on some Coleoptera from the Bonin Islands. By Cuartes O. WaterHovse and C. J. GAHAN Ce XXIV. Descriptions of three new Species of Butterflies from New Treland, captured by the Rev. R. H. Rickard, in the Collection of H. Grose-‘Smith: By H. Grose SMITH ......222.% 050) osimtiren ate XXV. Synoptical Revision of the Family Halacaride. By Dr. E. L. TRovEssaRT s 8 0 ee 0) @) 8 0 6 © 0 4 0 eeu ele e # 66 8/10 Sle cle) ws \0/ 6) \0) le (0 *)etemnieta XXVI. The right Generic Names of some Amphipoda. By the Rey. Tuomas R. R. STEBBING, M.A eee e rere een eee ee eee eee ee eee New Books:—The Flora of Suffolk. By W. M. Hinp, LL.D., assisted by the late Cuurcuitt Baxnrneron, D.D., F.L.8.—The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Published under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Edited by W. T. Branrorp. Birds.—Vol.I. By Evernr W. OaTEs Mimicry of the Environment in Pterophryne histrio, by My. J. E. Ives; On Seasonal Dimorphism in Japanese Butterflies, by Dr. UNG (0) 19) Oh. ee cn Iroc wyscior foram. Do oc Page Spe nT nM rr nee rr 113—119 Meroe a . 120, 121 122—124 125 sige. 4/8 mae itpenckaia/e im eRe Mera Rennie aye) eens 194—197 198—200 CONTENTS, NUMBER XXVII. XXVITI. On Abdominal Appendages in Hexapoda. By E. Haase. XXVIII. On the Nomenclature of the Oral Folds in the Shells of Clausilia. By Evear A. Smita, F.Z.S., and B. B. Woopwarp, eG See Cente, Ala AR Hes. 1 AL). 52 ae. poise choir civis ein ee oes ees XXIX. Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera from Central America. By HERBERT Deuce, F.LS., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S8......... XXX. Descriptions of two new Central-American Buprestide. Piya CHAE EB Os VW ATER OUSH «510. ree. sc/cie a's" Tele rine aso ornopieinis XXXI. On the Muscular Impressions of some Species of Carbon- iferous and Jurassic Nautiloids compared with those of the recent Nautilus. By Artuvr H. Foorp, F.G.S8., and G. C. Crick, Assoc. R.S.M., F.G.8., of the British Museum (Natural History) XXXII. Description of a new Papilio from the West Coast of PMTRVCH eee Eye el mCROSE IO BILLH ic cieials <5 She Sroacls cence ee rien a XXXIIT. Description of new Species of Crocidura from Africa. yer. JE DOBSON MEAS HORS. jai: clare spa Slamaiiesrale lysis oa's2 XXXIV. On the Constitution of the Body in the Blattide. By 1D) IRA SR ee ac orn OO ee enn Gnear Oba on KOU Oem XXXYV. Description of a new Genus of the Homopterous Family Cicadide. By W.L. Distant a) (ehig (e(ese 10 e)(e,8 (6; 0 @ 6) 6, O75: v8), 0) @) she! vo) ° 18'/e) oy eel ste XXXVI. Diagnosis of a new Cynopterus from Borneo. By OLp- FIELD THOMAS XXXVII. Report upon a small Collection of Scorpions and Centi- edes sent from Madras by Mr. Edgar Thurston, of the Government Central Museum. By R.1I. Pocock, of the British Museum (Natural ebetrtes crits Jom Ee che Nl De ego creator ch era. 9 ate isNGi a5 acces cotta Ser Ae TEs XXXVIII. Description of a new Genus and Species of Scorpion belonging to the Group Jurint. By R. I. Pocock, of the British Museum (Natural History). (Plate XI. B, figs. l-le.) .......... New Books.—A Moncegraph of Oriental Cicadide. By W. L. Dis- TANT. Part 1.—A Catalogue of the Mantodea, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species, and an Enumeration of the Speci- mens in the Collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. By J. Woop-Mason. No. 1 ale ce’) via) (<9) 0; 6) 6) e! oF @ie,4) ee) m, ee) s\/eli@ wile) ele! 6) fet 91.0 Proceedings of the Geological Society @; S'\0) 101 0). A160) oe |8)-0) 06) wer 0.01.0 el oF 610) 6) eee Note on a Young Specimen of Zources viviparus, by Ernest W. L. Holt, Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews ; On the Relationship of the Annelida and Mollusca, by M. A. Giard; On the Fauna of Mountain-lakes. By Dr. F. Zschokke ; On the Actinian Genera Avgir and Fenja, by Prof. F. E. Schulze and Dr. D. C. Daniels- sen; On the Anatomy and Developmental History of Petromy- zon Planert, by M. K. Nestler; The Amphipoda of the Boulon- nais.—I. Unciola crenatipalmata, Spence Bate, by M. Jules Bonnier Page 201 209 218 224 ov aw 236 250 253 Mei e ae ath ais ae tes, =. Sea aie eres tena adie 256—263 vi CONTENTS. NUMBER XXVIII. Page XXXIX. Descriptions of new and imperfectly-defined Species of Jurasic Nautili contained in the British Museum (Natural History). By Artrsur H. Foorp, F.G.S., and G. C. Crick, Assoc.R.S.M., E.G.S., of the Geological Department, British Museum .......... 265 XL. On the Dentition of Plewroplax (Pleurodus), A. S. Woodw. By James W. Davis PS, (late Sait) Ts... - «re ee 291 XLI. Evidence of a Fossil Tunny from the Coralline Crag. By A. SMITH WOODWARD, H.Gest | BZ Siasies cients 6 <6 x. ave CORE 294 XLII. Notes from the St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under the Fishery Board for Scotland).—No. XI. By Prof. M‘Inrosn, M.D., DD RS, OCC. ise ehers micieco aft el clacjarote eieealeisiopio’s utc peo enema 296 XLUI. British Fossil Crinoids. — I. Historical Introduction. II. The Classification of the Inadunata Fistulata. By F. A. Barner, B.A., F.G.S., Assistant in the British Museum (Natural History). (UME OO NG) Wot ocheagoae boeo uaa ncoomoonedgumU Tasca a 0d anc - 506 XLIV. Descriptions of new Species of Kast-African Butterflies. By My NARYISHARPE 23h... toegie > le tie eu os oe erate 039 New Books :—A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. By ArtHuRr SmirH Woopwarp, F.G.S8., and CHARLES DAVIES SHERBORN, F.G.S.—North-American Geology and Paleontology for the use of Amateurs, Students, and Scientists. By 8S. A. Mirner.—A | Catalogue of North-American Paleozoic Crustacea, confined to the non-Trilobitic Genera and Species. By AnTHony W. WEG Se; bdasdo sup pebooriens ooudineo Crea ado esos. 4 387—340 Proceedings 0 the Geological Society .......2..-.0+» «emesis 341 On Bucephalus Haimeanus, by M. L. Huet ; On the Formation of the Antherozoids in Ludorina elegans, by M. P. A. Dangeard 341—343 NUMBER XXIX. XLV. The “British Area” in Marine Zoology. By the Rev. Canon Norman, M.A., DiGi, PLS. Ge... os. aie oe oo eerie 346 XLVI. New Species of Indian Butterflies. By Colonel C. SwitHony PiL.S., Z59., Gel avn te aes ctes sc ers ote tn eee 353 XLVII. New Scarabeide in the British Museum. By CHARLES ©; WATERBOUSHY « ¢.00).o6 sie ote oem ae aif «scale i ata) dear 365 XLVIII. British Fossil Crinoids—II. The Classification of the Inadunata Fistulata (continued). By F. A. Barurr, M.A,, B.G.S. (CBlate KV aa be ib oe tas Oe oatinge Wits «6.0 «ole ln enema 373 CONTENTS. Vil Page XLIX. On some new and imperfectly-defined Species of Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary Nautili contained in the British Museum (Natural History). By ArtHur H. Foorp, F.G.S., and G. C. Crick, Assoc.R.S.M., F.G.S., Assistant in the Geological Depart- TATED CEOS a VU SEUTING Geter. ares a) ose tiojsiers, Siti e aie eseusiisisyseres) &:a\'alelinvet ste. 388 L. Further Descriptions of new Coleoptera of the Family Scara- beide in the British Museum. By CuHaries O. WATERHOUSE .... 409 New Book :—Memoir on the Anatomy of the Humpback ‘Whale (Megaptera longimana, Rudolphi). By Joun SrrurHers, M.D. 415 On Excavations made in Rocks by Sea-Urchins, by J. Walter LAGRIEES 6 olic init NRGIE EE tao cc cca onc) Din DES nertr cao anOgCS Ov Urc 416 NUMBER XXX. LI. On the Morphology and Phylogeny of the Organization of tron CSCOC Hamm Es ya Os TAU Siviei ches cov yer vveveler tl cleo: sys'(eieqe sors) oe) oles shot on 417 LIT. Notes on some Ganoid Fishes from the English Lower Lias. By A. Smiru Woopwarp, F.G.S., F.Z.S., of the British Museum Natanalescinstory, inCreate: 66 VLG iyo wisepsicrsle-asislendhes saya vie er ot eielieters 430 LIII. Description of a new Genus and Species (Parymenopus Davisoni) of Mantodea from the Oriental Region. By J. Woop- Mason, Superintendent of the Indian Museum, and Professor of Comparative Anatomy in the Medical College of Bengal, Calcutta. irsrnbeee NAVAN SINUS) che cnctee te ate, tool veda ty eicrs Sisko) 9 elena win’s.0) aco/ausiie'e dea s 437 LIV. Description of Trienocorypha Dohertii, the type of a new Genus and Species of Mantodea. By J. Woop-Mason, Superin- tendent of the Indian Museum, and Professor of Comparative Anatomy in the Medical College of Bengal, Calcutta. (Plate DA NVIL TS IB) Sic pitges oi I etiSIG a Oe PROTO CC ee ee eee Or ener eta aks 439 LV. Further Descriptions of Butterflies and Moths collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa. By Emmny Mary SHarpr .. 440 LVI. On the Varieties of Chaleides ocellatus, Forsk. By G. A. Sta MENG CHIGED es ce eec arate siet simplex t, Allman (sp. MS. ?) (PI. III. fig. 2), dredged by H.M.S. ‘ Valorous ? in 1450 fath., North Atlantic, lat. 56° 11! N., 37° 41! W., consist of single funnel-shaped tubes attached to pebbles by a slightly expanded base. The internal chitinous processes 1n this species form hemi- spherical swellings, four being formed on the same plane. These isolated hydrothecee may be the initial stage of colonial forms, since solitary hydrothece of S. A//mant were found on shells from the Tizard Bank. Claus § places Stephanoscyphus mirabilis, Allman, and Spongicola jistularis, Schulze, in the family Spongicolide. * F. E. Schulze, “ Spengicola jfistularts, em in Spongien wohnendes Hydrozoon,” Archiv mikr. Anat. Bd. xiii. 1877, p. 795, ‘Taf. xlv.—xlvii. + Proc. Rey. Soc. Lond. 1876, vol. xxv. p. 223. vr { The specific name “ s’mplex” is on the bottle containing the speci- men; but I have not seen a published description of that species, § Claus, ‘ Grundziige der Zoologie ’ (1880), p. 262. Hydrozoa and Polyzoa from the China Sea. 15 The choice of this name is somewhat unfortunate, since, although the Mediterranean forms are commensal with sponges, the specimen from the China Sea has not formed an alliance of this nature. Claus ranks the Spongicolide under the order Tubulariz, and brackets the latter with the Gymno- blastea of Allman. But Allman defines the Gymnoblastea as Hydroida destitute of a hydrotheca, whereas in the Spongi- colidee the hydrotheca is a most conspicuous object. ‘The mis- interpretation probably arose from confusing the hydrotheca with the hydrophyton. ‘The sessile tubes (hydrothece) of Stephanoscyphus can scarcely be considered homologous with the tubes of Tubularia. In its general appearance Stephanoscyphus Allmani resembles a Calyptoblastic Hydroid of the Lafoéatype. Prof. Allman is of opinion that whether the ridges in the gastric cavity have a lumen or not, the Spongicolide should be separated from the Gymnoblastea and Calyptoblastea. Prof. Schulze concludes the paper embodying his researches on Spongicola fistularis with the following observations * : — ““ It seems we can speak from abundant evidence that Spon- gicola fistularis is the Scyphistoma form of an Acraspedote Medusa ; nevertheless I repeat that we must first investigate the whole generation-cycle before the true position of this form can be determined.” The specimen of Stephanoscyphus Allmani does not furnish us with any further data which would help to satisfactorily solve the problem of the systematic position of the Spongi- colide. Since there are objections to classing this family under the Gymnoblastea and Calyptoblastea, it will be advis- able to retain the order Thecomeduse (Allman), though this has been objected to by Claus. Order THECOMEDUS A, Allman. Family Spongicolide, Claus. Genus STEPHANOSCYPHUS, Allman. Stephanoscyphus mirabilis, Allman. Stephanoscyphus simplex, Allman. Stephanoscyphus Allmant, n. sp. Genus SPONGICOLA, F. E. Schulze. Spongicola fistularis, F. EK. Schulze. * Arch. mikr, Anat. Bd. xiii. p. 816, 16 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on POLYZOA. CHILOSTOMATA. Aitea truncata, Landsborough. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Eucratea chelata, Linneus. Tizard, 2 fath. Catenicella elegans, Busk. Tizard, 6 fath. Catenarta otophora, n. sp. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Farcimia cereus, Pourtales. Tizard, 6 fath. Scrupocellaria cyclostoma, Busk. Tizard, 27 fath. securtfera, Busk. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Caberea lata, Busk. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Bugula scaphoides, n. sp. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Didymia simplex, Busk. Tizard, 27 fath. Membranipora crassimarginata, Hincks, ‘Tizard, 27 fath. hastilis, n. sp. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Cribrilina radiata, Moll. ‘Tizard and Macclesfield, 5-30 fath. annulata, Fabricius, var. setosa (nov.). Tizard, 27 fath. Steganoporella magnilabris, Busk. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Thalamoporella Roziert, Audouin. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Smittipora antiqua, Busk. Tizard, 27 fath.; Macclesfield, 36 fath. Microporella ciliata, Pallas. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Malusti, Audouin. Tizard, 27 fath. violacea, Johnston, var. plagiopora, Busk. Tizard, 27 fath. coscinophora, Reuss. ‘Tizard, 35 fath. Chorizopora Brongniartiz, Audouin. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Tubucellaria cereotdes, Ellis & Solander. Tizard, 27 fath. Lepralia foraminigera, Hincks, var. ‘Tizard, 35 fath. lonchea, Busk. ‘Tizard, 27 fath.; Macclesfield, 36 fath. —— qguadrata, Busk. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. —— Poissonit, Audouin. Tizard, 27 fath. turrita, Smitt. Tizard, 27 fath. onucha, n. sp. Macclesfield, 36 fath. clecdostoma, Smitt. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Phylactella geometrica, n. sp. Macclesfield, 36 fath. Mucronella Thenardii, Audouin. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Smittia rostriformis, Kirkpatrick (var.). Tizard, 27 fath. reticulata, J. MacGillivray. Tizard, 27 fath. Porella malleolus, Hincks. Tizard, 27 fath. Schizoporella Cecilii, Audouin (var.). Tizard, 27 fath. unicornis, Johnston. Tizard, 27 fath. Hydrozoa and Polyzoa from the China Sea. 17 Schizoporella venusta, Norman. Tizard, 27 fath. lyncoides, Ridley. Tizard, 27 fath. Mastigophora Dutertrei, Audouin. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Retepora monilifera, P. MacGillivray. Macclesfield, 27 fath. phenicea, Busk. ‘Tizard, 35 fath. pectinata, n. sp. Macclesfield, 27 fath. Cellepora Costazii, Audouin. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. CYCLOSTOMATA. Crista setosa, P. MacGillivray. Tizard, 27 fath. elongata, M.-Edwards. Tizard, 27 fath. Stomatopora granulata, M.-Edwards. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Idmonea pulcherrima, n. sp. ‘Tizard, 6 fath. Diastopora surniensis, Norman. Tizard, 27 fath. Lichenopora simplex, Busk. Tizard, 2 fath. capillata, n. sp. Garvan, 6 fath. CTENOSTOMATA. Valkeria uva, Linneus. Tizard, 27 fath. Flustrella flabellaris, n. sp. ‘Tizard, 32 tath. Cylindrecium dilatatum, Hincks (var.). Tizard, 27 fath. Buskia setigera, Hincks. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Pedicellinide. Barentsta gracilis, Sars. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. discreta, Busk. ‘Tizard, 27 fath. Loxosomide. Loxosoma crassicauda, Salensky (?sp.). Tizard, 27 fath. Catenicella elegans, Busk. The specimen consists only of a small fragment. The ceils are very minute and transparent ; but, apart from the differ- ence in size of the cells, the specimen possesses all the cha- racters of C, elegans. Hab. 'Tizard Reef, 6 fath. Catenaria otophora, n. sp. (Pl. V. figs. 1-1 c.) Zoarium slender. Zocecia in single series, not geminate, with horny joints; long, ovate, produced bclow into a hyaline tube forming an obtuse angle with the body ; front Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. v. 2 18 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on surface flat and punctured, dorsal surface smooth, ven- tricose ; lateral surfaces with three large round pores ; orifice subquadrate, with a concave lower border, A small vertically-placed avicularium with pointed mandible on each side of the oral end of the cell. Hab. Growing on Alge, Tizard Reef, 27 fath. Bugula scaphotdes, n. sp. (Pl. iV. fig. 1.) Zoarium reddish brown; branches slender, spreading hori- zontally ; about eight to ten cells to each internode ; zocecia alternate, boat-shaped, broad at the oral end, much contracted below, the area occupying almost the whole front of the cell ; small stalked avicularia very convex dorsally, and with curved beaks, rising from the narrow produced portion of the cell. Ocecium ? Stout branching chitinous tubes given off from the dorsum of each cell. Dimensions of zocecium: length ‘9 mm., breadth 2 mm. 5 » avicularia: length -(08mm., breadth 04 mm., height (including stalk) ‘(08 mm. Hab. Tizard Reef, 27 fath. Membranipora hastilis, n. sp. (Pl. V. fig. 3.) Zoarium incrusting. Zocecia large, oval; front entirely membranous ; operculum without a hinge ; placed transversely at the head of each zocecium an ear-shaped vibracular cell, toothed on one margin, with a vibraculum shaped like a double-edged spear. Hab. Incrusting coral; Macclesfield, 36 fath. In the position and shape of the vibraculum this species resembles certain forms of Cupularia. ‘The present form is simply incrusting, the zoarium not presenting any definite shape. Oribrilina annulata, Fabricius, var. setosa, n. var. (Pl. V. fig. 4.) The zocecia are large, with from 6-8 rows of pores on each side of a slightly marked central ridge. The proximal border of the orifice is pectinate. At the head of each zocecium a small square avicularian cell, with an acute vibraculoid mandible. Hab. Incrusting shell ; Tizard, 27 fath. Microporella coscinophora, Reuss, var. (Pl. IV. figs. 5, 5a.) Eschara coscinophora, Reuss, Foss. W. Tertiarb. p. 67, pl. viii. fig. 20; Stoliczka, Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Bd. xiv. Abth. 1, 1862, pl. ii. fig. 11, pl. ui. figs. 1, 2. Zoarium forming slender, flat, bilaminate branches, from 1 Hydrozoa and Polyzoa from the China Sea. 19 to 1:5 mm. in diameter; front surface of young marginal zocecia with from 4~—8 circular stellate pores; orifice semi- circular with straight lower border, at each end of which is a small avicularium with a small pointed mandible; in older cells the surface of the zocecium is sunk at the bottom of an oval depression, and one of the lateral avicularia rises on a calcareous stalk to a level with the general surface ; a row of small avicularia present along the margins of the branches, aud occasionally at the bases of the zocecia. Hab. Tizard Reef, 35 fath. The Tizard-Reef specimen closely resembles Stoliczka’s figure in Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Bd. xiv. pl. iii. fig. 1. Here there is a knob rising from the centre of a dark depression. Lepralia lonchea, Busk. Lepralia lonchea, Busk, Chall. Rep. p. 146. aed vestita, Hincks, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1885, xv. p. 256, pi. Ix. Mr. Waters, in his Supplementary Report on the ‘ Chal- lenger’ Polyzoa (p. 28), remarks that, without a more complete examination, he is unable to decide whether or not these two forms are identical. A plentiful supply of material enables me to state that the two species are syno- nymous. ‘The opercula vary slightly in appeararce, according to the mode of preparation; but the same variations (in appearance only) were obtained both in specimens from the Tizard Bank and from the ‘ Challenger’ collection. Further, Mr. Hincks’s description applies in every detail to the specimens from the China Sea. Hab. Tizard Reef, 27 fath. Lepralia foraminigera, Hincks, var. Lepralia foraminigera, Hincks, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1883, xi. p. 200, pl. vii. fig. 1. Hab. Incrusting coral, Tizard Reef, 35 fath. The variation consists in the presence of a_peristome laterally and behind the mouth, and of an avicularium shaped like the spout of a jug, with a long narrow acute mandible, on the front wall of the cell. Lepralia quadrata, Busk. (Pl. V. figs. 2, 2 6.) Mucronella quadrata, Busk, Chall. Rep. p. 156, pl. xvii. This species is removed from the genus Mucronella because 2% 20 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on it does not possess the feature characteristic of that genus, viz. a mucro. The process present on the proximal border of the orifice is a prolongation of the front wall of the zocecium, which fits into a concavity in the operculum. The operculum possesses a peculiar framework. The ovicells are of immense size in comparison with the zocecia, and the orifices and opercula of fertile zocecia are enlarged and modified. Hab. Tizard Reef, 27 fath. Lepralia onucha, n. sp. (PI. V. figs. 5, 5 a.) Zoarium incrusting. Zocecia dull brown, *8 mm. long by *5 broad; surface flattened, rising at the oral end; walls thick, opaque, smooth, glistening ; orifice rectangular, ‘2 mm. in length by ‘14 mm. in breadth, with slightly concave lower border, surrounded at the sides and back by a low peristome. Avicularia 0. Ocecium forming an ill-defined swelling at the back of the peristome. Operculum rectangular, °2 mm. in length by *14 mm. in breadth ; with a thick rim surrounding the proximal half, with knobs for muscle attachment; giving off from about the middle of the upper surface a chitinous claw, which fits posteriorly into a groove in the peristome. Hab. Incrusting coral ; Macclesfield, 36 fath. Phylactella geometrica, n. sp. (Pl. V. figs. 7-7 c.) Zoarium incrusting. Zocecia ovate-elongate, slightly ven- tricose ; front wall smooth, hyaline, bounded by an areolated margin; zocecia rising anteriorly to a tall cylindrical peri- stome; primary orifice quadrangular, with three denticles ; by the side of the peristome a shallow rudimentary avi- cularium (in many cases aborted or absent), with broad pyritorm mandible. Ocecium globose, punctured, hyaline. Hab. Incrusting coral; Tizard Reef, 35 fath. Mucronella Thenardit, Audouin. (PI. IV. figs. 2-2 6.) Flustra Thenardii, Audouin; Savigny, Descr. de l’Egypte, pl. x. figs. 38, 5a. Zoarium incrusting. Zocecia large, ventricose, with thick glassy walls, perforated by large round pores ; from the middle of the lower border of the orifice a stout tridentate or cross- shaped process arises. Orifice quadrate, with a central hammer-shaped and two Hydrozoa and Polyzoa from the China Sea. 21 lateral sharp incurved denticles ; gigantic avicularia, projecting obliquely forwards, with large spatulate mandibles. Ocecium subglobose, prominent, slightly flattened in front ; perforated by numerous pores, giving it a frosted appearance. Hab. Vizard Reef, 6 fath. Smittia rostriformis, Kirkpatrick. Hab. Tizard Reef, 27 fath. The specimen from the Tizard Reef varies slightly from the type specimen from Mauritius. The avicularium in the former does not project vertically upwards from the front of ocecium, but is situated obliquely along the border. Schizoporella Cecilit, Audouin, var. (PI. V. fig. 8.) The specimen illustrates in a striking manner the transition from the zocecial to the avicularian cell. The avicularia differ externally from the zocecia in the prolongation of the operculum into a broad spatulate mandible and in the presence of from four to six short spines round the upper margin of the cell. The notch in the orifice and the separ- able opercular shaft which fits into it are present both in the zocecial and avicularian cells. Hab. Incrusting coral, Tizard Reef, 6 fath. Retepora pectinata, n. sp. (PI. V. figs. 6-6 c.) Zoarium slender, branching freely without forming fenestra ; zocecia flat, smooth, rhomboidal, rising anteriorly to a tall tubular hyaline peristome, equal in height to the length of the cell: summit of peristome denticulate, within the margin a circle of horizontal denticles. On the front of the body of the cell a small avicularium with a short broad spatulate mandible. Dorsal surface vibicate, showing areas of the individual zocecia ; small avicularia scattered about. Ocecium very small, globular, hyaline, with a faintly marked vertical ridge, from each side of which radiate concentric striae. Chitinous appendages. Operculum quadrangular ; length °08 mm., breadth -06 mm. Hab. Growing on Retepora monilifera; Macclesfield, 27 fath. The single specimen of this beautiful species is about half an inch in height. In the mode of branching, and in the presence of a high tubular peristome, the specimen resembles Turritigera stellata, 22 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on Busk. The remarkable position of the ovicells in the latter species, as elucidated by Mr. Waters (Suppl. Rep. ‘Challenger’ Polyzoa, p. 22, pl.i. figs. 22, 25), separates Turritigera from Retepora. Retepora pectinata, though branching freely, and with the tubular peristome, is not classed under Turritigera, because its ocecium is in the usual position. Idmonea pulcherrima, n. sp. (PI. IV. figs. 6-6 0.) Zoarium decumbent, dichotomously branched ; the branches occasionally united by cross bars. Zocecia rather large, in alternate series of two or three, increasing in height from within outward, hyaline, punctured. Dorsal surface punctured, marked with longitudinal lines and faint concentric striw, with calcareous radical processes. Ocecium forming a flattened punctured inflation, whence arises a curved tube expanded at the orifice, and with the margins rolled out. Hab. Tizard Reef, 6 fath. In this species the ocecial orifice has become greatly modified. In the specimen all the orifices are turned in one direction, towards the periphery of the colony. Dastopora sarniensis, Norman. Diastopora sarniensis, Norman, Ann. Nat. Hist. (8) xiii. p. 89, pl. xi. fies. 4-6; Hincks, Brit. Mar. Pol. p. 463, pl. Ixvi. figs. 7-9. Hab. Growing on coralline; Macclesfield, 36 fath. The tubules do not project from the summit of operculate zocecia, as they generally do in British specimens, but are within the zocecial tubes and concentric with them. If these tubes are vasa deferentia, the specimen is moncecious, since ovicells are also present on the zoarium. Lichenopora capiilata, n. sp. (PI. IV. figs. 4, 4a.) Zoarium composed of confluent disks (meandrine), concave in the centre, with a somewhat thick laminar margin. Zocecia in uniserial radiating series, with two or three rows of cancelli between. Zocecial orifices oval, much produced on the central side, with from 6-12 fine setose processes on the margin ; numerous calcareous bristles growing from the body~ wall. Cancelli rounded, about half the diameter of the zocecia. Ocecia scattered, each forming a conical swelling, produced into a wide tubular orifice. Hab, Garvan Reef, 6 fath. Hydrozoa and Polyzoa from the China Sea. 23 Flustrella flabellaris, n. sp. (PI. IV. figs. 3, 3 a.) Zoarium brown, forming a flat soft flexible expansion, loosely adnate to the surface on which it grows, extending by narrow ligulate anastomosing processes. Zocecia large, long, hexagonal, 1:2 mm. by °6 mm., flattened, rising at the oral end to a tall tube (‘6 mm. in height in retracted state), with flat sides. Nospines. Ctenostome? ‘Tentacles of polypide 20. Hab. Growing over a sponge (Axinella) ; Tizard, 32 fath. Loxosoma crassicauda, Salensky, ? sp. Loxosoma crassicauda, Salensky, Ann. Sci. Nat. 6 série, vol. v. p. 2, pl. xii. figs. 1, 2; Etudes sur les Bryozaires Entoproctes, The specimens have the tentacles retracted, so that it is difficult to accurately determine the number of them. In general appearance, in the relation of the stalks to the polypides, in the arrangement of the buds, and in the absence of a basal peduncular gland, the specimens answer to the description of L. crassicauda. The material is scarcely sufficient for the purpose of making a satisfactory diagnosis. Hab, Growing on alge ; Tizard Reef, 27 fath. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. Pratre IIT. Fig. 1. Stephanoscyphus Allmani, n. sp., natural size. 1a. Hydrotheca, showing the polyp with gastral ridges and introverted tentacles, x 60 diam. 16. Section of hydrotheca, showing internal chitinous processes, X 60 diam. Fig. 2. Stephanoscyphus simplex, Allman, natural size. 2a. Section of hydrotheca, x 60 dian. Fig. 3. Zygophylax tizardensis, n. sp., natural size. 38a. Branch, x 40. 3b. Showing paired basal sarcothecee. 5c. Portion of a main branch, showing bundles of tubes from which arise sarcothecz. 3d. Hydrotheca, x 100 diam, PLATE LV. Fig. 1. Bugula scaphoides, n. sp., X 60 diam. ' Fiy. 2. Mucronella Thenardii, Audouin, 24a, Tridentate orifice, 26. Mandible. \ Fig. 3. Flustrella flabellaris, natural size. 3a. Ditto, x 60 diam. Fig. 4, Lichenopora capillata, X 4 diam, 4a, Zocecium, X 60. 40. Ocecium, X 30. Figs. 5, 5a. Microporella coscinophora, Keuss. : 1g. 6, Idmonea pulcherrima, natural size. 6a, Ocecium, 66, Ocecial orifice. 24 Mr. H. H. Druce on new Species of Lycenide. PLATE VY. Figs. 1, 1 a, 16. Catenaria otophora, n. sp. 1¢. Operculum. Fig. 2. Lepralia quadrata, Busk. 2a, Operculum, 26. Operculum of fertile cells. Fig. 3. Membranipora hastilis, n. sp. Fig. 4. Cribrilina annulata, Fabricius, var. setosa, Fig. 5. Lepralia onucha, nv. sp. 5a, Operculum. ig. 6. Retepora pectinata, n. sp., natural size. 6a, 6b. Anterior and dorsal surfaces, X 60 diam. 6c. Operculum. Fig. 7. Phylactella geometrica, n. sp. 7 a, Tridentate orifice. 7 6. Oper- culum. 7c. Mandible. Fig. 8. Schizoporella Cecilit, Audouin, var. Il1.—Descriptions of twelve new Species of Lycenide from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the Col- lection of Herbert Druce. By Hamiuron H. Druce, F.E.S. 1. Epiiola pinodes, sp. n. dg. Upperside dull black. Fore wing with a patch of scarcely perceptible dull bluish scales in and below the cell. Hind wing more or less covered with dull bluish scales, excepting the margins. Underside dull light reddish brown. Fore wing with the lower half black, extending from the base to near the outer margin. Hind wing with no markings. Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; legs black, with white spots; antennz black above, alternately spotted with black and white below. Expanse 12 inch. Hab. W. Africa, Lagos. This species is not nearly allied to any other, but in form and size approaches L, dunia, Kirby. 2. Lycenesthes lithas, sp. n. &. Upperside—Fore wing dull glossy brown, darker on the costal and outer margins; bright violaceous from the base along the inner margin, extending upwards into the cell and bordered by the lower median nervule. Hind wing bright violaceous, apex tipped with brown; the margin very nar- rowly black from the apex to the anal angle; the inner mar- gin covered with whitish hairs. Underside brownish white, with light brown lunular Mr. H. H. Druce on new Species of Lycenide. 25 markings, bordered outwardly with white, viz. a mark at the end of the cell, beyond that an irregular band reaching from the costa, where it is narrowest, and gradually widening towards the inner margin; beyond this a marginal row of lunules. Hind wing: a mark at the end of the cell and an irregular rather broad band beyond, darker towards the anal margin; a dark,spot near the base just below the subcostal nervure and a smaller one near the base close to the anal margin ; two small orange spots with silvery blue scales at the anal angle. Expanse 12 inch. Hab. W. Africa, Addah. This species is allied to Z. thyrsis, Kirby, but is violet in place of blue above, and on the underside the markings are much larger. 3. Pithecops stevrema, sp. n. 3 ¢. Upperside dull black, with a broad white oval band extending from the subcostal nervure in the fore wing to about the second subcostal nervule in the hind wing. Underside.—F ore wing white, with the costal margin very narrowly, the apex and outer margin rather broadly, black ; several small black spots on the costal margin. Hind wing white, with a large black spot near the centre of the inner margin; the outer margin rather broadly black. A row of black lunules common to the outer margins of both wings bordered inwardly and outwardly with white. Head, thorax, and abdomen black above, white below ; legs white ; antenne black, spotted with white below. Expanse 14 inch. flab. Solomon Islands, 4. Larinopoda aspidos, sp. n. 3. Upperside.—Fore wing white, the costal margin nar- rowly, the apex and outer margin rather broadly, bordered with dull blackish brown. Hind wing white, bordered with blackish brown from the apex to the anal angle. Underside.—F ore wing as above, with a brownish spot at the end of the cell adjoining the costal border. Hind wing bordered as above, with the dark patch near the apex (which is so conspicuous in L. /ércea, Hew.) included in the marginal border ; a large black spot between the cell and the inner margin, but no spot in the cell. 9. Upperside.—Fore wing as in male, but rather more nar- 26 Mr. H. H. Druce on new Species of Lycenidex. rowly bordered, the border scarcely reaching to the anal angle. Hind wings pure white, with the fringe only brownish. Underside.—Fore wings as above. Hind wings bordered with blackish brown from the apex to the anal angle, but less broadly than in the male, so that the apical patch is left almost free. There is also the black spot between the cell and the inner margin. Head black ; thorax and abdomen whitish ; legs and palpi yellowish red; antenne black, annulate with white. Expanse 14-13 inch. Hab. W. Africa, Lagos. This species, although allied to ZL. varipes, Kirby, can be readily distinguished by its much broader borders and by the absence of any spot in the cell of the hind wing below, in that respect approaching JL. lircea, Hew., from Old Calabar. I may also add that in the eight specimens I have examined (five males, three females) there is no appreciable difference in the width of the border, and the spots below are identical in all cases. 5. Spalgis lemolea, sp. n. &. Upperside.—Fore wing white, the base, costa, apex, and anterior margin rather broadly brown. Hind wing white, with a well-marked minute black line running along the mar- gin from the apex to the anal angle, thickening slightly at each nervule. Underside white, with rows of thin, irregular, brown lines, much as in S, eptus, Westw., but less thickly covered. The marginal black line present on hind wing as on upperside, also on fore wing from the apex to the anal angle. 2. Upperside.—F ore wing as in male. Hind wing bordered with brown from apex to the anal angle. Underside as in male, except that the marginal line is replaced by a small black dot at the extremity of each nervule. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown; antenne brown ; legs white, with black spots. Expanse, ¢ 14, 2 1,4) inch. Hab. W. Africa, Lagos. This species, although somewhat allied to S. eptws, Westw., on the underside, is distinguished, apart from its larger size, by the pure white wings. On the upperside the female of this species bears a close resemblance to Larinopoda muhata, Dewitz, as figured in ‘ Lepidoptera Exotica’ by Mr. H. G. Smith, Mr. H. H. Druce on new Species of Lycenide. 27 6. Spalgis pilos, sp. n. 9. Allied to S. lemolea, but the internal areas of both wings light straw-colour and the costal margin of the hind wing broadly bordered with brown from the base to the apex, where it joins the outer marginal border. Expanse 1+ inch. Hab. W. Africa, Gambia. This species can be at once distinguished from the pre- ceding by the broad border to the costal margin, as described above. I have no hesitation in placing these two species in the genus Spalgis, as they agree well in all generic characters with S. epius, Westw., notably the extremely short antenne and the pointed fore wing in the male. 7. Hypolycena liara, sp. n. 3. Upperside.—Fore wing black, with the basal third suf- fused with light blue; an oval patch of thick, shining, light brown scales at the end of the cell. Hind wing black, suffused with light blue from the third median nervule to the inner margin: tails white, with black lines down the centres: a dark red spot bordered with black at the anal angle. Underside whitish, with a transverse brown band common to both wings and a black marginal line. On hind wing a large black spot bordered inwardly with yellow between the first and second median nervules and a large crimson patch at the anal angle with a small black spot. Head white; thorax and abdomen covered with bluish- white hairs; palpi black above, white below; antenne and legs white, annulated with black. When held at an angle this species exhibits the brilliant purple gloss common to the group, but more especially towards the anal angle of the hind wings. Eixpanse 12 inch. Hab, W. Africa, Addah, Lagos. This species is distinguished by the light colour of the blue above. On the underside the markings are arranged as in H. antifaunus, Hew., but the tails appear much shorter and thinner. It has also the patch of scales on the fore wing above as in H/. naara, Hew. 8. Hypolycena hadiskos, sp. n. ¢. Upperside dull brownish purple. Hind wing with 28 Mr. H. H. Druce on new Species of Lycenide. three indistinct black marginal spots, bordered inwardly with white, towards the anal angle; the inner margin brownish, clothed with white hairs. Underside brownish white, with a brown band and markings arranged as in /7. hatita, Hew.; but, in addition to these, a short distinct brown line at the end of the cell in the fore wing and a small brown spot on the costal margin near the base on hind wing; fringe white; tails considerably shorter than in /, hatita. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ; legs and antenne whitish, annulated with black. Exxpanse 1? inch. Hab, W. Africa, Lagos. This species, which somewhat resembles H/. Buxton? on the upperside, would appear to be intermediate between H. hatita, Hew., and H. philippus, Fabr., on the underside. 9. Deudorix cerulea, sp. n. 6. Upperside.—Fore wing glossy blue, with a darker patch at the end of the cell; the apical third and the costal margin blackish brown. THHind wing glossy blue, with the costal margin blackish brown and the inner margin greyish, Underside light brown, with indistinct markings arranged as in D. diyllus, Hew., and a jet-black mark on the fore wing just above the centre of the submedian nervure. On the hind wing a black spot, bordered inwardly with yellow, between the first and second median nervules ; lobe black, with yellow above; the tuft of hairs attached to the inner margin of the fore wing below is black. ?. Upperside.—Fore wing dull light violaceous blue, the costa, apex, and outer margin broadly brown. Hind wing blue; costal margin and apex broadly, and outer margin nar- rowly, brown ; lobe black, bordered above with yellow. Underside as in male. | Head whitish ; antennee black, annulated with white; legs white, spotted in front with black. Expanse, ¢ ? 1,% inch. Hab. W. Africa, Lagos. On the underside this species is allied to D. diyllus, Hew., which also has the black mark as described above. Hewit- son’s figure (71) on pl. v. 6 of the Supplement to his Lyceenidee is almost unrecognizable. On the upperside it is distin- guished by the much larger areas of blue, the blue of D. diyllus being of a greenish hue. The hairy tuft on the inner margin of the fore wing below is yellow in D. diyllus. Mr. H. H. Druce on new Species of Lycenide. 29 10. folaus menas, sp. n. 3. Upperside.— Fore wing brilliant light blue, near J. dasis, Hew., in colour; apex and outer margin black, ex- tending to the lower median nervule ; costal margin narrowly black except at the base. Hind wing blue as above, the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle very narrowly bor- dered with black; a large triangular patch of thick black scales commencing just above the subcostal nervure and extending outwards along about one third of the first subcostal nervule and downwards to the blue; the costal margin shining greyish. Underside.—F ore wings pure white. Hind wings much as in J. culus, Hew. ?. Upperside.—Fore wings pure white, with the costal margin, the apical third, and the outer margin blackish brown, which extends to the posterior angle; the base suffused with light blue, extending well into the wing. Hind wing pure white, with the apex blackish brown and a well-marked dark line extending from the apex to the inner margin just above the lobe; beyond this and close to the margin a row of blackish markings reaching from the apex to the second median nervule ; the lobe brick-red, with a black spot and a few metallic blue scales; a large bright orange spot, bordered inwardly and outwardly with brown between the first and second median nervules, and another smaller orange spot between the submedian nervure and the first median nervule ; suffused with blue at the base, but not to the extent of the fore wing. Underside pure white, in some specimens a slight indi- cation of an outer-marginal line to fore wing. Hind wing asin male, but the red spot between the first and second median lighter in colour. Head white ; thorax bluish ; abdomen white ; legs white ; palpi white, tipped with black. Expanse, ¢ 14, ¢ 2 inches. Hab. W. Africa, Gambia. The orange spot between the submedian nervure and the first median nervule on the hind wing of female above appears somewhat variable, as in some examples it is very smail and in others replaced by a blackish mark. The female of this species bears a close resemblance to the female of L. ‘smenias, Klug (which is exactly like the male with the exception of the scaly patch on the hind wing at the base of the median nervules), from which it is distinguished by the well-marked . . . ~) . inner line on the hind wing above, by the greater suffusion 30 Mr. H. H. Druce on new Species of Lyceenide. of blue at the base, and by the orange spot on the hind wing above being invariably bordered on the inner side with brown. In J. vsmendas this spot is closer to the margin than in J. menas. In a male of this species from the same place the black lines on the hind wing below have entirely disappeared and likewise the yellow spots on the hind wing of a female above. 11. Jolaus lukabas, sp. n. 3g. Allied to Z. culus, Hew., but without the greenish gloss. Upperside.—Fore wing brilliant blue, with the costal mar- gin and apical third black. Hind wing blue as above, with four distinct marginal spots of black placed between the nervules, commencing between the submedian nervure and the first median nervule and continuing upwards. Underside pure white, with a trace of a short black line above the lobe only ; a very minute brick-red spot between the first and second median nervules ; lobe brick-red, with a large black spot on the outer edge; the tuft of hair which is attached to the margin of the fore wing below is yellow. Expanse 1,%5 inch. Hab. W. Atrica, Gambia. This species is distinguished from JZ. culus by the black- bordered costal margin and by being without the greenish gloss above, and by the absence of all lines on the underside. 1 YE Lolaus paneperata, sp. n. 3. Upperside: allied to Z. dukabas, but smaller; the costal margin bordered with black, as in that species. Underside.—Fore wing white, with two almost invisible greyish lines running parallel with the outer margin. Hind wing as in J. culus, Hew. ; the tuft of hair on the inner mar- gin below is black. Expanse 12 inch. Hab. W. Atrica, Lagos. This species can be distinguished from the preceding by its smaller size and by the difference in the colour of the tuft of hair attached to the margin of the underside of the fore wing. 13. Lolaus taspis, sp. n. 3. Allied to 7. dasis, Hew. Upperside rather darker blue, Mr. G. E. Dobson on a new Species of Crocidura. 31 with a brilliant greenish gloss; the shaped inner margin of the fore wing (which in J. casts is edged with white) blue; the shining patch near the base on the hind wing black in place of greyish, smaller, and not margined with white; the anal angle black. Underside.—F ore wings as in I. dass. Hind wings with the space, which is contained between the black line over the lobe and the inner margin, orange-red, with an irregular line of silvery blue through the centre. In J. dass the margin only is bordered from the lobe to the end of the black line. Head pure white. Expanse 1}—12 inch. Hab. W. Africa, Addah. Distinguished by the darker blue and the greenish gloss above and by the large patch of red at the anal angle below. We have specimens of J, ¢as¢s also from Addah. IV.—Description of a new Species of Crocidura from the Amur Region. By G. K. Doxsson, M.A., F.R.S. THE species of Crocidura are generally as characteristic of the tropical and subtropical parts of the Eastern Hemisphere as those of the genus Sores are of the temperate and subarctic regions. It is therefore interesting to record the discovery of a species of the first-named genus at so high a latitude as that through which the River Ussuri flows. The type of this species, which proves to have been hitherto undescribed, was found by me in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg. Crocidura lastura. Larger than C. araneus and differing from that species conspicuously in the much longer, denser, and darker coloured fur, which is almost the same on both surfaces, in the hairiness of the tail, which is well covered with short hairs from which long ones project, in the much larger size of the pes and manus, and in the remarkable elevation of the premaxillary bones. Whereas in C. araneus the anterior maxillary tooth exceeds the third incisor in cross section at the base, in this species the third incisor considerably exceeds that tooth in 32 Mr. G. E. Dobson on a new Species of Crocidura. cross section viewed from without; and while in this species the anterior maxillary tooth is close to and slightly internal to the last premolar, in C. araneus it is separated by a narrow space. ‘The anterior incisor has a well-developed posterior basal cusp, the tip of which is received into a well-marked depression in the anterior mandibular — tooth. These are the characters of the teeth in the type, a still imma- ture female. In astill younger female specimen, from Corea, x inwhich the front upper incisor has not quite descended, the anterior mandibular tooth has the notch well defined, the tip of the anterior maxillary tooth is about equal in vertical extent to that of the anterior basal cusp of the Jast premolar, while the third incisor does not equal the anterior maxillary tooth in vertical extent. The ears are comparatively smaller than in C. araneus and the upper internal fold of the conch is very shallow. Fur, as far as can be known from the examination of the specimen in alcohol, dark reddish brown on the upper surface, the extreme tips of the hairs beneath very faintly ashy. The tail is as densely covered with short fur, which forms a pencil at the extremity, as in average examples of Sorex vulgaris, of a dark brown colour, from which long, fine, greyish hairs project. The manus and pes are well covered with short brown hairs, some of which project beyond the claws. | Kars more densely clothed with short hairs than in C. araneus. No trace of a lateral gland, as, indeed, might be expected in a female specimen, especially in one not yet full-grown. Length, head and body 65 millim., tail 32, eye from end of muzzle 124; ear, length 8; elbow to end of middle digit without claw 194; manus 83, pes 133; distance between tips of first upper incisor and last premolar 5. The skull shows that the type is immature, for the basi- occipital suture is still open, and as it exceeds the largest specimens of C. araneus in the length of the forearm, manus, and pes, full-grown specimens must be considerably larger. Hab. Manchuria (Ussuri River, a tributary of the Amur), Corea (Fusan). The above description of this, the most northerly species of the genus as yet known, is taken from the type, which is —___ Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. 33 preserved in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, and from a specimen in the collection of the Royal Zoological Museum at Florence *. V.—Descriptions of new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. By CHARLES O. WATERHOUSE. Havine recently been engaged in incorporating numerous accessions to the Pectinicorn Coleoptera in the British Museum, I have found several species which do not appear to be described and which I have made the subject of this paper, adding to them a most interesting species of the genus Lucanus, kindly lent to me for description by Mr. A. Fry. Lucanide. LUCANINA» Lucanus laminifer. 3 var. max. Piceo-niger, eenescens, griseo-pubescens, nitidus. Man- dibulis capite cum thorace duplo longioribus, antice fortiter de- flexis, intus dentibus parvis numerosis, basi supra dente acuto introrsum directo armatis, apice incurvatis bifidis. Capite antice concayo, supra laminis tribus erectis ornato; clypeo acuminato, supra lamina transyersa instructo. ‘horace convexo, crebre sub- tiliter punctulato, lateribus medio leviter sinuatis. Elytris thorace latioribus, crebre subtiliter punctulatis. Femoribus rufo-macu- latis. Tibiis anticis quinque-spinosis, apice bifurcatis; inter- medils 3- vel 4-spinosis ; posticis bispinosis. Long. corp. 23 lin., mandib. 17 lin. 3 var. minor. Mandibulis capite dimidio longioribus, arcuatis, ante apicem dentibus duobus armatis, apice furcatis. Capite antice lamina parum elevata instructo; clypeo lamina nulla; ceteris ut in LZ. Westermanni. Pedibus minus acute spinosis; femoribus obsolete maculatis. Long. corp. 17 lin., mandib. 5 lin. @. Sat elongatus, angustus. Capite crebre rugoso. Thorace disco subtiliter parce punctulato, lateribus crebre sat fortiter punctatis, ante basin oblique excisis. Femoribus immaculatis ; tibiis anticis obtuse dentatis. Long. 15, lat. 6 lin. * See Giglioli and Salvadori, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1887, p. 581. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist, Ser. 6. Vol. v. 3 34 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. Hab. Assam, Munipur, 6000 feet (Wm. Doherty, Esq.). Coll A. Fry: This species 1s nearest to L. maculifemoratus. The largest form is quite unlike any other species, and the long deflexed mandibles somewhat resemble those of Cladognathus inclina- tus, having on the inner side about eighteen or twenty small teeth, with a rather larger one at the middle. On the top of the head are three large erect lamine, one in front, as in L. maculifemoratus, but larger and arched at the top, and two others (representing the usual posterior crest), wider than the anterior one, slightly oblique, arched at the top, with the outer angle produced. The smaller male closely resembles L. Westermanni, but is distinguished by the mandibles having two teeth in front of the middle (instead of one) before the apical fork. The female resembles that of L. maculifemoratus in its elongate narrow form, but is not quite so long, has the thorax more parallel at the middle of the sides, more strongly sinuate before the posterior angles, and with the disk almost smooth. The anterior tibiz are nearly as in L. maculifemoratus, with three or four teeth besides the terminal one, and with the apex not very much produced. I am indebted to Mr. Fry for the opportunity of describing this very interesting species. Prosopocelus Hanningtoni. 3. Niger, subsurdus, thoracis disco elytrorumque sutura nitidis. Mandibulis capite paulo longioribus, intus tuberculis tribus dis- tantibus instructis. Capite longitudine duplo latiore, antice lunato, pone oculos tuberculo parvo obtuso instructo ; clypeo pro- ducto. ‘horace transverso, subtiliter dense granuloso, lateribus fere parallelis, ante basin oblique fere recte truncatis. Elytris creberrime evidenter punctulatis. Long. (mand. incl.) 18 lin., g var. med. 2. Niger, nitidus. Capite fortiter punctato. Thorace subtiliter punctulato, ad latera fortius punctato, lateribus antice et postice rotundatis. Elytrisnitidis, subtiliter punctulatis, lateribus surdis, crebrius punctatis, punctis majoribus, Long. 12 lin. Hab. Kast Africa, Forests of Tiveta (Bishop Hanning- ton). This species is very near to P. senegalensis, but is broader and less convex; the head has the sides more parallel, the tubercle behind the eyes being more prominent ; the surface behind the eye is more distinctly punctured. ‘The epistome Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Pectinicorn Coleoptera, 35 is produced into a tooth which is more prominent than in allied species. ‘he mandibles are less flat than in P. sene- galensis, with a small tubercle on the inner margin near the base; a larger one in the middle, and a third near the apex ; and between this and the apex may be seen two very small tubercles. The thorax has the oblique part at the posterior angles almost straight, and not sinuate as in P. senegalensis. The elytra are very similar, but flatter and less narrowed at the base, moderately closely and distinctly punctured, but towards the sides the punctures are inconspicuous, on account of the very dull surface. The mentum is broader, more con- cave, and less punctured than in P. senegalensis. Three specimens of this interesting species were received from the late lamented Bishop Hannington. Metopodontus asteriscus, Th. This species is considered in Parry’s Catalogues of Luca- nide as synonymous with M. occipitalis. In the British- Museum collection there are several female examples from Borneo which agree with M.'Thomson’s description of J, asteriscus, and they all differ from the female examples of M. oceipitalis from the Philippine Islands in being less shining, and much more strongly punctured, and in having the black at the suture of the elytra narrower. If I am cor- rect in identifying these Bornean specimens with M. asteriscus, there can be little doubt that it should be considered a distinct species from J. occtpitalis. Metopodontus Repstorffi. Piceo-flayus, nitidus. Capitis lateribus, mandibulis plus minusve, thorace maculis tribus, elytrorumque sutura nigris. Corpore sub- tus pedibusque nigro ornatis. 3 var. min, Long. (mand. incl.) 13 lin, 2. Long. 113 lin. Hab. Andaman Islands (Repstorf’). This is very close to M. occzpitalis, but I think may well receive a distinctive name. ‘The mandibles of the male are as long as the head, pluridentate. The head is rather narrow, semicircularly emarginate in front, rather straight at the sides, with a small tubercle behind the eye. ‘Two oblique brown marks above indicate the ridges of the larger varieties. The thorax is densely granular and sparingly punctured, gently arcuate at the sides. ‘The elytra are moderately closely and very distinctly punctured ; the black at the ae is lanceo- 3 36 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. late in outline, very narrow towards the scutellum and at the extreme apex. ?. This resembles the female of JL. occipitalis, but is more strongly punctured throughout, the punctuation at the sides of the thorax (and especially at the anterior angles) being coarse and crowded together, whereas in Jf. occipitalis the punctures are separated from each other. ‘The spot on the disk is large, and in one specimen extends from the base to the anterior margin. ‘The elytra have the black at the suture very broad at the middle (about 2 lines in width), gradually narrowed to the scutellum and apex. Dorcivz. Lligus Repstorffi. 44. acuminato affinis et similis. Piceo-niger. 3 var, max. Sat nitidus. Mandibulis capite longioribus, arcuatis, depressiusculis, basi dente valido, medio dente parvo instructis. Capite thoraceque minus nitidis. Elytris fortiter punctato- striatis, interstitiis parce subtilissime punctulatis, marginibus rugoso-punctatis. Long. (mand. incl.) 143 lin. ¢ var, minor. Mandibulis medio dente nullo. Capite thoraceque fortiter punctatis. LElytris interstitiis crebre sat fortiter punc- tatis. Long. (mand. incl.) 8 lin. ©. Capite thoraceque crebre fortiter rugoso-punctatis, hoc lateribus arcuatis, ante basin oblique sinuatis. lytris striatis, interstitiis crebre fortiter seriatim punctatis ; lateribus leviter arcuatis. Long. 7-9 lin. Hab. Andaman Islands (Rapstorf’). This species is very similar to 4. acuminatus. The large males may at once be distinguished by the position of the tooth at the middle of the inner margin of the mandibles. The punctures on the thorax are rather larger. The elytra have the striz more strongly punctured, but the margin has only a narrow border of very strong punctuation. ‘The smaller males with simple mandibles have the head and thorax more strongly punctured than the females of 4. acuminatus. Aigus Curtisi. 3g. Nigro-fuscus, parum nitidus, subtus rufo-piceus. Mandibulis capite paulo longioribus, ad apicem arcuatis, basi dente sat valido acuminato, medio supra dente minore instructis. Capite sat opaco, antice trisinuato, subtiliter sat crebre punctulato, genis Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. 37 pone oculos productis. Thorace brevi, sat opaco, subtiliter sat crebre punctulato, lateribus leviter bisinuatis, fulvo fimbriatis, angulis posticis late rotundatis. Elytris sat fortiter striatis, sat crebre subtiliter punctatis, striis obsolete punctatis, marginibus ferrugineo-tinctis, fulvo fimbriatis. Pedibus fulvo-testaceo- hirsutis. Long. (mand. incl.) 104 lin. Hab. Sumatra (C. Curtis). This species might at first sight be supposed to be allied to 41. levicollis or Ai. Eschscholtzi, but in reality is nearest to 4. amictus. The head and thorax have the punctuation very fine and uniform. The thorax has the sides at the anterior angles impressed. ‘The punctuation of the elytra is fine, but not so fine as on the thorax ; at the sides the punc- tures are rather stronger and crowded. igus Parryt. Piceus, nitidus. 3 var. max, Capite magno, opaco; mandibulis capitis longitudine perpaulo brevioribus, intus prope basin dente valido angulato armatis. Thorace postice perpaulo angustato, discrete punctato, lateribus fulvo fimbriatis, angulis posticis oblique truncatis. Elytris striatis, striis obsolete punctatis, interstitiis 1°-8™ leevibus, marginalibus paree punctulatis. Pedibus hirsutis. Long. (mand. incl.) 8 lin. r 3 var. min, Capite minore, ad latera sat fortiter punctato. Man- dibulis basi dente acuto armatis. horace sat fortiter punctato, lateribus medio fere parallelis. Long. (mand. incl.) 4—44 lin. @. Capite thoraceque sat fortiter punctatis, hoc lateribus arcuatis. Long. 5 lin. Hab. Borneo, Sarawak. This species is very near 4. glaber, but is distinguished from that and allied species by the sparse punctuation and smooth elytra, these latter being impunctate even in the female, except the two lateral interstices. ‘The large males are remarkable for the size of the head. The largest male has the strong tooth at the base of the mandible angulated anteriorly, with a deep narrow incision in front of it. A rather smaller example has this tooth acuminate, with an emargina- tion on the inner margin of the mandible in front of the tooth, and between this emargination and the apex the man- dible is somewhat dilated. 38 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. igus Woodford. Fusco-niger, sat nitidus. 3d var. minor? Capite crebre fortiter punctato. Mandibulis sat depressis, capite vix longioribus, acuminatis, perpaulo arcuatis, basi intus dente brevi bilobo, medio tuberculo obtuso vix con- spicuo armatis. Thorace capite paulo latiore, leviter convexo, crebre fortiter punctato (disco in medio levi) antice parum angus- tato, angulis posticis oblique late rotundatis. Elytris leviter con- vexis, striatis, interstitiis sat crebre evidenter punctatis, basi lateribusque creberrime fortiter punctatis. Long. (mand. incl.) 9 lin, 9. Capite confertim fortiter punctato. horace antice paulo angustato, crebre fortiter punctato, lateribus vix arcuatis, serru- latis, confertim punctatis, angulis posticis oblique truncatis. Elytris basi thorace angustioribus, postice paulo ampliatis, con- vexis, tenuiter striatis, creberrime sat fortiter punctatis. Long. 74 lin. Hab. Solomon Islands, Alu (C. /. Woodford, Esq.). This species is quite unlike any with which I am acquain- ted. The comparatively straight acuminate mandibles have a double short tooth at the base, with a trace ef another at the middle. The elytra are striated, with the third and fifth interstices very narrow, distinctly and moderately closely punctured, more strongly punctured beyond the seventh stria, the base and the margins rugose. ‘The margins are beset with very short hairs, which are slightly separated from each other. Frevrin as. Nigidius divergens. Niger, nitidus. Capite antice leviter concavo, confertim punctato, oculorum canthis retrorsum directis, divergentibus, acutis. Tho- race bene convexo, supra parce subtiliter punctato, ad latera sat fortiter punctato; margine antico fortiter impresso, creberrime rugoso punctato, linea brevi mediana elevata instructo; disco medio linea fortiter punctata impresso, ante medium utrinque fovea impresso; lateribus subparallelis, pone angulos anticos incisura parva, Elytris sulcatis, sulcis fortiter punctatis, inter- stitiis costiformibus leyvibus. Long. (mand. excl.) 103 lin, Hab. Lake Nyassa (Thelwall). Very near N. bubalus. The mandibles as in that species ; very closely and coarsely punctured on the inner side of the erect horn, which has the tip turned in nearly at right angles » Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Pectinicorn Coleoptera. 39 and obtuse. The head is closely punctured with large punc- tures, with a smooth spot behind each mandible, and a dull bare patch on the vertex. The ocular canthus is large, acu- minate, directed outwards and backwards; between the canthus and the base of the mandible are two nearly equal swellings in the margin. ‘The thorax has the anterior border coarsely punctured, as in N. bubalus, but this border is much broader. The stronger punctuation at the sides does not extend on to the disk, so that it is not visible from above. There is a distinct small triangular emargination just behind the anterior angles. The sulci of the elytra have a series of rather large punctures, with a line of fine punctures on each side on the sides of the intervening coste. Nigidius Welwitschit. Niger, nitidus. Capite creberrime punctato, lateribus antice paral- lelis, oculorum canthis arcuatis, postice acutis. Thorace transverso, disco antice subtrilobato, subtiliter parce punctulato, margine antico et impressione discoidali fortiter punctatis; lateribus fere parallelis, fortiter punctatis. Elytris sulcatis, sulcis for- titer punctatis, interstitiis lateralibus costiformibus. Long. 53 lin. flab. Angola (Welwitsch). The mandibles are rather small, closely punctured, with the horn short and curved. The head is coarsely and closely punctured, the sides in front nearly straight, with a slight dentiform projection just before the anterior angle ; the canthus is arcuate, acute posteriorly. The thorax has the anterior part of the disk trilobate, the border strongly punctured ; the sides straight, strongly angular before the posterior oblique truncature ; rather strongly punctured, the punctures rather near together, crowded together near the front angles at a spot a little removed from the margin. The elytra are sul- cate, the sulci strongly punctured, but the punctures in the first and second sulci are smaller; on each side of the median line of punctures there is a line of fine punctures. ‘The first and second interstices are not much raised, the others are costiform. This species is very near NV. nitidus, Th., but has the head of a different form. 40 Prof. M‘Intosh’s Notes from the VI.—Notes from the St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under the Fishery Board for Scotland) —No. X. By Prof. M‘INTOSH, NAD LD. ERS. ace. [Plate VIII.) 1, On Abnormal Hydromeduse. 2. On the Occurrence of the Ctenophores throughout the Year. 3. On a Heteropod (Atlanta) in British Waters. 1. On Abnormal Hydromeduse, Two examples of abnormal Hydromeduse having precisely similar structure were procured by the midwater-net in August 1886 in St. Andrews Bay. They occurred amidst swarms of Thaumantias, Bougainvillia, Oceania, Stomo- brachium, Cyanea, Aurelia, Pleurobrachia, Beroé, and other forms.