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1"- % ibn THE JOURNAL THE LINNEAN SOCIETY ZOOLOGY M IM ^^s VOL VIII LONDON: SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S APARTMENTS, BURLINGTON HOUSE; AND BY LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS & GREEN, AND WILLIAMS AND NORGATE 1865 PRINTED BY TAYLOK AND FRANCIS, EED LION COUBT, FLEET STEEET LIST OP PAPERS Page AiiLis, Thomas, F.L.S Notice of a nearly complete Skeleton of a Dinoniis, presented by Dr Gibson to the Museum of tbe Yorkshire Philosophical 50 Society Further Note on a Skeleton of Dinornis robustus, Owen, in the York Museum 140 Baikd, W.,M.D.,F.L.S Description of a Rapacea of new British Annelide, belonging to the Tribe GxubQ = Annelida errantia of Milne-Edwards (Plate I.) new Description of several Annelides= Tribe British On new Species and Varieties of Tubicolous LunvoRA of Grube, in the Museum (Plates I & Collection of the 10 11.) Tubicolous Annelides, in the Collection of the British Museum Part Description of a New 157 Variety of Lepidonottts cirrattis parasitic in the Tube of Chcetopteriis insignis 161 Contributions towards a Monograph of the Species of Annelides belonging to the Aphroditacea, containing a List of the Species, known and a Description of some new Species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum 172 BiiACKWALL, John, F.L.S Facts relative to the Movements of Insects on Dry, Polished, 136 Vertical Surfaces CoBBOLD, T Spenceb, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S Note on Caesiums 22 Brief Notice of results obtained by Experiments with Entozoa 141 On Animal Individuality from an Entozoological point of view 163 Remarks on the best Methods of displaying Entozoa in Museimis 170 , HAI.IDAY, A H., A.M., F.L.S On Dicellura, a new genus of Insects belonging to the Stirps Thysanura, in the order Neuroptera 162 Hewitson, W C, Esq., F.L.S List of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Mr Wallace Eastern Archipelago in the 143 HiNCKS, Rev W., F.L.S On Cygnus Pass7nori, a supposed new American Swan IV ^^^* KiBK, John, M.D., F.L.S On the "Tsetse" Fly of Tropical Africa (Glossina worsitans, Westwood) Marshall, Rev 149 T A Corynodinorum Mecensio Owen, Captain Samuel R On 24 F.L.S J., the Surface-fauna of mid-Ocean RUTHEEFOBD, WiLLIAM, M.D The (Esophagus of the Ruminantia 202 Shobtt, John, M.D., F.L.S Account of a Heronry, and Breeding-place birds, in 53 (Plate III.) of other Water- Southern India A brief Account of the 94 Myrmica Kirhii as found in Southern India 100 Smith, Fbedekick, Esq Descriptions of New Species of Hymenopterous Insects from the Islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and Guinea, collected by Mr A R Wallace (Plate IV.) Walker, Francis, Descriptions of New 61 F.L.S New Species of the Dipterous Insects of New Guinea Descriptions of some 102 New Island of Salwatty, near Species of Dipterous Insects from the New Guinea 130 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON On By Oygnus Passmori, a supposed new American Swan the Eev W Hincks, F.L.S., Prof Nat Hist IJniv of Toronto [Eead January Mr Passmore, 21, 1864.] who is an experienced and intelligent observer of the objects which his occupation brings under his notice, obtained a Swan diu-ing the last winter, which appeared to him so remarkable that he called my attention to it, and requested my opinion as to the species to which it belongs On examining it with care, I came to the conclusion that it has not yet been described and although the comparison of further specimens would be very desirable, I venture to lay the observations I have made before the Linnean Society, and to name the new species, from its discoverer, Oygnus Passmori I regret that I did not see the bird until after it had been prepared, when it was no longer possible to obtain all the measurements which I should wish to give but as the sternum, with the trachea, was placed in my hands, and I had also two specimens of the same parts taken from the Oygnus huccinator, I find myself able to give abundantly sufl&cient characters, accompanied by an taxidermist, of Toronto, ; ; interesting correction of the labours of The Swan which I now introduce resembles in LINN PBOC its my predecessors to the notice of naturalists general aspect Oygnus buccinator of Kichardson, — ZOOLOGY, VOL VIII 2t EEV W HINCKS ON CY&NUS PASSMOEI having, like it, the beak, legs, and feet black, and a colour on little the plumage of the head and upper parts of the neck ; but the new though our specimen is apparently a mature bird, is conand smaller in size, and the colour is a light dirty The grey, slightly tinged with ferruginous about the crown same grey tinge is also seen on the tips and inner webs of the quill-feathers of the wings The prominence of the forehead between the eyes is subangular; and there is a difference, best expressed by a figure, in the course of the line bounding the beak species, siderably lighter from the eye to the opening of the mouth In these remarks, I assume that the name Gygnus buccinator must continue to be given to the Grreat Northern Swan, our commonest species, which, from its peculiar cry, is popularly called the Trtimpeter, notwithstanding that two species have been for a time included under the one name, and that it happens that the sternum and trachea communicated by Sir John E-ichardson to Mr Yarrell, and by him described and figured in the 17th volume of the Society's Transactions ' ' species, (pp 1-4, have belonged to a specimen of the tab 1), appear to new and the very remarkable corresponding parts of the true Gygnus luccinator l-emain, so far as I can ascertain, as yet If I undescribed am right in conjecturing that the peculiarities to be pointed out in the trachea are immediately connected with the distinguishing cry of the bird which has given cause for the name, and in supposing that Sir J Eichardson's descripmade from a true Trumpeter, though the trachea procured was obtained from one of a species then confounded with that at least the preserved specimen referred to by Mr Yarit I think I rell in his description must have been a Trumpeter specific tion was probably — shall — be which justified in it is applying the received name to the bird to most appropriate, and bestowing a new one on the smaller species now first distinguished "When, having carefully noted the wide difference between the sternum and trachea in the two species under comparison, I turned to Mr Yarrell's figure already referred to, it was with no small surprise that I found it corresponded very nearly with what I took to be the trachea of new species, instead of that of the true Trumpeter My first the impression was that wrong marks might have been affixed to the specimens, or that I might have confused them, although the com- but on consulting Mr Passdoubt by producing the sternum of a second Trumpeter, procured at the same time with that in my hands ; and, being a female, its agreement with that previously parative size made this improbable more, he was able to remove all ; ; ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY Ixvi Donors Titles Nunneley Use On the (T.) 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Januaet ; Frice 13 2« JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY ZOOLOGY Vol VIII No 30 ^^ CONTENTS:-s%Jrt-^.i^* I ^ Page The CEsophagus of the Iluminantia>>.^iB5&£"^ipLi^M RuTHEEPOED, M.D., Eesident Surgeon, Boyarinfirmary, Edinburgh formerly Demonstrator of Anatomy at the Eoyal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh ; President of the Eoyal Medical Society II Descriptions of III IV (Plate III.) 53 New Species of Hymenopterous Insects from the Islands of Sumatra, Sula, Grilolo, Salwatty, and New G-uinea, collected by Mr A E Wallace By Eredebick Smith, Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum (Plate IV.) 61 Account of a Heronry, and Breeding-place of other "Water-birds, in Southern India By John Shoett, M.D., F.L.S 9-i A brief Account of the Myrmica Kirhii as found in 100 By John Shoett, M.D., E.L.S Southern India V Descriptions of of New New Guinea Species of the Dipterous Insects 102 E.L.S By Eeancis Walkee, Additions to the Library xlix Index to Proceedings, Vol VIII Ixix LONDON: SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S APAETMENTS, BUELINaTON HOUSE AND BY LONQMAN, GEEEN, LONGMAN, EOBEETS, & GEEEN, and WILLIAMS AND NOEGATE 1865 NOTICE Henceforward the Zoological and Botanical portions of the Journal will be published separately Each volume will consist of Eight numbers, instead of Four The price of each separate number, whether Zoological or Botanical, will be 2s to the public, and Is Gd to Eellows Each volume of eight numbers, when subscribed for and paid in advance, will be charged 12s to the public, and 9s to EeUows Any Candidate for admission as a Eellow must be proposed on a written Certificate, to be signed by three or more Fellows, from their personal acquaintance with him, or knowledge of his character or writings Fellows, on their election, pay an Admission Fee of £6, and are thenceforth liable to an annual Contribution of J63, which may be compounded for at any time by one payment of £30 in lieu of aU future contributions FeUows residing abroad, and not compounding, are required to provide such security for the payment of their annual Contributions as shall be satisfactory to the Council The Fellows are entitled to receive, ffrafis, aU Volumes, or Parts of Yolumes, of the Transactions and Journal, that may be published after they shall have paid one yearly Contribution, or after their Election, if they shall have made Composition in lieu of Annual Payments and they may be supplied with any of the Yolumes published before their Election, at a reduction of 25 per cent, : under the common selling prices The set of the first twenty vols, of the Transactions will be supplied to Fellows at the price of £20 Members are requested to apply at the Apartments of the Society, to Mr Kippist, Librarian, for such volumes as they may be entitled to, or be desirous to purchase but no volume can be delivered gratis to a Fellow whose yearly Contributions are in : arrear, nor can any be delivered unless applied for within five years from the time of publication The Library is open to the Fellows and their friends daily, between the hours of 10 and 4, and on Meeting-days at p.m With certain restrictions, Fellows are allowed to borrow Books from the Library Communications intended to be made to the Society may be addressed to the President, or to the Secretary, at the Society's Apartments, Bvirhngton House, Piccadilly, London DkckmbkuS Trice 4s JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS 01" THE LINNEAN SOCIETY ZOOLOGY Vol VIII & 32 Nos 31 CONTENTS ' >' Proceedings, Vol IX Index to the Proceedings ' .' ' Page ex -'^ Descriptions of New Species of tlie Dipterous Insects of New Guinea By Pbancis Walker, Esq., F.L.S 109 II Descriptions of some New Species of Dipterous Insects from the Island of Salwatty, near New Guinea By Ebanois Walkee, Esq., F.L.S, 130 III Facts relative to the Movements of Insects on Dry, Polished, Vertical Surfaces ByJoH]srBLACKWALL,E.L.S 136 IV Further Note on a Skeleton oiDinornis rohustus, Owen, in the Y ork Museum By Thomas Allis, Esq., F.L.S 140 V Brief notice of results obtainedby Experiments withEntozoa By T.SpencebCobbold,M.D.,F.E.S., F.L.S 141 VI A List of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Mr Wallace in the Eastern Archipelago By W C HewITSON, Esq., F.L.S 143 VII On the "Tsetse" Fly of Tropical Africa {Glossina morsitans,'W e&twood) By John Kirk, M.D., F.L.S 149 VIII On new Tubicolous Annelids in the Collection of the British Museum Part ByW.BAiBD,M.D.,F.L.S 157 IX Description of a New Variety of Lepidonotus cirratus, ' parasitic in the Tube of Chcetopterus insignis By W Baibd, M.D., F.L.S X On Dicellura, a new genus Stirps Thysanura, 161 of Insects belonging to the in the order Newoptera By A H HALinAT, A.M., F.L.S 162 XI On Animal Individuality from an Entozoological point ofview ByT.SpENCEECoBBOLD,M.D.,F.E.S.,F.L.S 163 XII Remarks on the best Methods of displaying Entozoa in Museums By T Spencee Cobbold, M.D.,F.E.S., F.L.S 170 XIII Contributions towards a Monograph of the Species XIV of Annelides belonging to the A'phroditacea, containing a List of the known Species, and a Description of some new Species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum By W Baied, MD 172 On the Surface-fauna of mid-Ocean By Major Samuel E J Owen, F.L.S 202 '-\ Index, Title, and Contents of Vol VIII ,> ^j^ ^ LONDON: SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S APARTMENTS, BURLINaTON HOUSE AND BY LONGMANS, GEEEN, EEADEE, AND DYEE, AND WILLIAMS AND NOEGATE 1865 NOTICE i>^ Henceforward the Zoological and Botanical portions of the Journal will be published separately Each volume will consist of Eight numbers, instead of Eour The price of each separate number, whether Zoological or Botanical, will be 2s to the public, and Is 6cl to Fellows Each volume of eight numbers, when subscribed for and paid in advance, will be charged 12s to the public, and 9^ to Fellows Ant Candidate for admission as a Fellow must be proposed on a written Certificate, to be signed by three or more Fellows, from their personal acquaintance with him, or knowledge of his character or writings Fellows, on their election, pay an Admission Fee of £6, and are thenceforth liable to an annual Contribution of JB3, which may be compounded for at any time by one payment of £30 in lieu of all future contributions Fellows residing abroad, and not compounding, are required to provide such security for the payment of their annual Contributions as shall be satisfactory to the Council The Fellows are entitled to receive, gratis, all Volumes, or Parts of Volumes, of the Transactions and Journal, that may be published after they shall have paid one yearly Contribution, or after their Election, if they shall have made Composition in lieu of Annual Payments and they may be supplied with any of the Volumes published before their Election, at a reduction of 25 per cent, under the common selling prices : The set of the first twenty vols, of the Transactions will be supplied to Fellows at the price of £20 Members Society, to are requested to apply at the Apartments of the Mr Kippist, Librarian, for such volumes as they may or be desirous to purchase but no volume can be delivered gratis to a Fellow whose yearly Contributions are in arrear, nor can any be delivered unless applied for within five years from the time of publication be entitled to, : The Library is open to the Fellows and their friends daily, between the hours of 10 and 4, and on Meeting-days at P.M "With certain restrictions, Fellows are allowed to borrow Books from the Library Communications intended to be made to the Society may be addressed to the President, or to the Secretary, at the Society's Apartments, Burhngton House, Piccadilly, London ... length, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, of Length of the head in the meeting of the mandibles ^ , -r, Back ,, , f , 01 the eye to tip ol the line of the J Passmori I C huccinator... over the upper part of the feet, leaving a hollow space in the centre free from them The anterior portion of the body is convex, the lower flattened The segments of the anterior part are of considerable... taking the structure of the operculum as one of his chief generic characters, only two species of the genus Cymospira had then been described One of these, the type of the genus, was the Serpula