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ftaviroHtru. It was remarked that one of the cockroaches was an 

 example of Blatta americana. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited several boxes of Exotic Insects : 



1. A number of species of " stick insects," Phaamidae and their 

 allies, including the beautiful Diiira riolescens, and the Bornean 

 Heteropterus f/iayi, which was not a true Phasmid. One of the 

 phasmids measured more than 10 inches from its head to the 

 extremity of its abdomen, viz., Phryt/ani^tria sarnientosa from 

 Queensland. 



2. A box of Mantidf/i mainly from the Malay region, 



3. A box of large and conspicuous Coleoptera mostly from 

 Borneo, and including the curious " fiddle " beetle Mormolyce 

 phi/llodes. 



4. A box of Burmese Coleoptera including some beautiful 

 Biiprestid(B and several species of the large and eccentric shaped 

 Sayra genus. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited a considerable number of sketches from 

 life in colour of the heads of various specimens of Orang and 

 Chimpanzee, which had been in the Zoological Society's Gardens 

 during the past twenty years, and gave an interesting account of the 

 animals sketched. 



He said that the first sketch was of an Orang received when 

 about 10 years old and measured at that time two feet six inches 

 high, had an arm expanse of 6 feet, a span of 8 inches between 

 finger and thumb of the hand, and the mid finger with a circum- 

 ference of 4 inches. Another sketch showed the head of the same 

 animal at the age of 21 j^ears. It now had an arm expanse of 

 between 8 and 9 feet, could span some 12 inches and had developed 

 large cheek collosities on the [face. These last had begun to show 

 when the animal was about 16 years old and had been supposed to 

 be a sign of adult development, but recently it had been found from 

 a series of investigations made in Paris that this development was 

 a sign of senility. Mr. Frohawk referred to another sketch and 

 remarked that the hair of that example was extraordinarily long, 

 reaching 2 feet in some parts of the body. A sketch of the head of 

 a Mandril was referred to ; the long tusks resembled those of a lion 

 and were knife-edged on the inner side ; the animal was naturally 

 very savage. He then remarked on the characters and gave personal 

 reminiscences of the various chimpanzees whose portraits were 

 shown, pointed out the peculiarities of the different races, and 

 referred to one animal which perfectly well understood the numerals 



