146 Zoological Society. 



Dimensions. 



Inches. Inches. 



Height at shoulder ...... 54 Breadth of neck 16 



Length of body 44 Breadth of fore-arm 6 



Length of neck 17 Breadth of thigh 6 



Length of head 19 Breadth of fore-leg 2 J 



Length of tail 25 Breadth of hind-leg ...... 3 



Length of hind-quarter . . 19 Length of honis 37 



Depth of chest 30 Breadth asunder at base . . 1 



Length of fore-arm 16 Breadth asunder at tips . . 9 J 



Fore knee to foot 15 Length of ears 10 



Croup to hock 36 Breadth of head 9 



Hock to foot 18J 



A specimen of a marine snake (JPelamys bicolor) presented to the 

 Museum by the Rev. William White, Wesleyan Missionary to the 

 New Zealand Association, and which, with several others, had been 

 picked up dead upon the beach on the west coast of that country, 

 was upon the table ; also another portion of the birds collected by 

 Charles Darwin, Esq., to which Mr. Gould in continuation drew the 

 attention of the Members. 



January 23. — Richard Owen, Esq., in the Chair. 



A selection of the Mammalia procured by Captain Alexander du- 

 ring his recent journey into the country of the Damaras, on the South 

 West Coast of Africa, was exhibited, and Mr. Ogilby directed the 

 attention of the Society to the new and rare species which it con- 

 tained. 



Among the former were the Herpestes melanurus and Cynictis 

 Ogilbii of Dr. Smith, the Canis megalotis, &c. The latter consisted 

 of five new species, which Mr. Ogilby characterized as follows : 



Macroscelides Alexandri. Fur long and fine, very dark blue- 

 black at the root, but pointed with pale sandy- red above, and white 

 beneath; ears pretty large, subelliptical, and red behind; whole under 

 lip red ; tarsi white ; tail long, hairy, and very much attenuated : 

 length 5 J inches ; tail 4| inches. 



Macroscelides melanotis. Of a rather larger size than the for- 

 mer, with large head, dark brown or black ears, rather sandy under 

 ip, dunnish white throat and abdomen, but pale reddish brown chest ; 

 colour of the upper parts much the same, but rather more ashy ; tarsi 

 light brown ; tail mutilated : length 6 inches. 



Chrysochloris Damarensis. Brown, with a silvery lustre both above 

 and below ; a yellowish white semicircle extends from eye to eye, 

 under the chin, covering the whole of the cheeks, lips and lower jaw ; 

 a very marked character which, as well as the peculiar shade of the 



