70 Miscellaneous. 



the Scarabccus longimanus forma a distinct genus in a separate small 

 group: Eucheirus, Kirby, Hope; Propomacrus, Newman. The ge- 

 nus contains two Bpecies, B. longimanus ( Scarabecus longimanus, L. 

 Fabr.) and j£. blmucronalus (Svaraba't/s bunucronalus, Pall., Propo- 

 macrus Arbaccs, Newman). 



IDENTITY OF THE SHANNON WITH THE LOUGH NEAGH COREGOXUS. 



The examination of more specimens of the fish described as Core- 

 gonus clupeoides, Nills. ? in the 'Annals,' vol. ii. pp. 2GG and 421, 

 pi. 1 G, has proved its identity with the Cor. Pollan. Different as the 

 figures and descriptions of these Coregoni may appear, I have now 

 seen individuals (so liable are they to variation) exhibiting all the 

 intermediate characters. — W. Thomfson. 



PREVENTIVE AGAINST MADNESS IN ELEPHANTS. BY CARL FREIHERR 



VON HUGEL. 



The announcement in the Berlin papers of the tragical end of 

 M. Tourniaire's Elephant*, certainly renders it desirable to know 

 some means of preventing similar misfortunes, which have already 

 occurred so frequently in Europe. The state of the Elephant which 

 drives it to madness is termed by the Indians Mosti, literally, in- 

 toxicated by sexual stimulus or by spirituous liquors, and as soon 

 as the keeper of the Elephants observes the symptoms of the mosti 

 coming on, he has a never-failing means of restoring the animal con- 

 fided to his care immediately to his senses. He places before it a 

 vessel with three seers (a seer is somewhat more than a pound) of 

 fluid butter, called Ghie, which the Elephant swallows and again be- 

 comes sober. When on great festivals Elephants are intoxicated 

 with brandy for the purpose of fighting them, they are rendered sober 

 as soon as desired by the same means. Ghie has moreover the same 

 effect on Dromedaries and Camels when they are mosti. A portion 

 of Ghie poured down their throats soon restores them to their usual 

 state. — Wiegmann's Archiv. 



ARE THE CLOSTERIJE ANIMALS OR PLANTS? 



Ehrenberg enumerates the following reasons for considering the 

 Closterice as belonging to the Animal Kingdom. They enjoy volun- 

 tary motion, they have apertures at their extremities, they have 



* Poisoned with hydrocyanic acid. Our readers will also remember the 

 fate of Mr. Cross's Elephant, which it became necessary to shoot from the 

 same cause. 



