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Zoological Society, June 6.-Mr. G. Busk, vice-president, in the chair. Prof. Owen, F.R.S., read a paper on Dinornis, being the seventeenth of his series of communications on these extinct birds. The present paper gave a description of the sternum and pelvis, and an attempted restoration of the whole skeleton of Aptoruis defossor.-?mí. Flower, F.R.S., gave a description of a specimen of the so-called Risso's Dolphin which had been taken in a mackerel-net near the Eddystone Lighthouse, and of a second specimen of the same dolphin subsequently purchased in Billingsgate Market. After a searching investigation of the history of this supposed species, Prof. Flower came to the conclusion that the differences usually held to separate it from the Delphinus griseus of Cuvier were untenable, and that the species should be correctly designated Grampus griseus.-A second paper was read by Prof. Flower on a specimen of the Ringed or Marbled Seal, which had been obtained on the coast of Norfolk, being the first certain instance of the occurrence of this seal in the British seas. To this was added some remarks on the difficult questions presented by the synonymy of this species, which, after full consideration, Prof. Flower came to the conclusion ought to be called Phoca hispida.-A paper was read by Prof. W. Peters, giving a description of the Bats collected by Mr. F. Day, in Burmah. The collection contained a very interesting new form of Rhinolophi, which Dr. Peters proposed to caXLPkyllo* rhina trifida. -A communication was read from Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., containing the description of a new species of Teius (Teius rufescens) from Mendoza, founded on five specimens of this lizard living in the Society's Gardens.-Mr. A. G. Butler communicated a Monograph of the Lepidoptera hitherto included in the genus Elymnias.-A second communication was read from Mr. Butler, containing a revision of the species of Butterflies formerly included in the genus Terias {Pierince).-A paper by Dr. J. E. Gray was read, containing a reply to Mr. Theobald's observations on Dr. Gray's paper on the families and genera of Tortoises, printed in a recent part of the Society's “Proceedings.”
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Societies and Academies . Nature 4, 134–136 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004134a0
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