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proposed for it the generic name Okapia, from its native name "Okapi". 

 The scientific name of this mammal would therefore be Okapia Johnstoni^ 

 Mr. Sclater having already given it a specific name based on the pieces of 

 its skin previously received. — Sir Harry Johnston, who was himself pre- 

 sent, gave an account of the facts connected with his discovery of this animal. 

 Sir Harry also stated that during his last excursion to the north of Mount 

 Elgon he had found large herds of a Girafie in this country which appeared 

 to be distinct from previously known forms of this mammal in having five 

 bony protuberances on the head, four placed in pairs and one anterior in the 

 middle line. Four examples of this animal were now on their way home, 

 and would soon be here to settle the validity of this presumed new species. — 

 The Hon, W. Rothschild, M.P. , exhibited and made remarks upon spe- 

 cimens of a mounted male and two unmounted males and a female of the 

 rare Abyssinian Goat [Capra ivalie Rüppell] , and of the Abyssinian Wolf 

 [Canis simensis Rüppell] , which had been obtained by Capt. Powell-Cotton 

 during his recent visit to Abyssinia. — Mr. Oldfield Thomas exhibited a 

 pair of antlers which had been sent home by Mr. Charles Hose , who had 

 obtained them from Central Borneo. They appeared to differ from the ant- 

 lers of all other known deer in being highly complicated and many-branched, 

 with the upper portion curved forward, and the brow-tines developed into 

 broad horizontal paddle-like structures. From this character it was proposed to 

 term the species Cervus spatulattis. — Mr. R. Shelf ord, C.M.Z.S., exhibited 

 a series of lantern-slides, exemplifying mimicry amongst Bornean insects, 

 especially amongst the Longicorn division of the Coleoptera. — A commu- 

 nication was read from Mr. J. E. S. Moore containing an account of his 

 recent researches on the Mollusca of the Great African Lakes. — A commu- 

 nication from Capt. H. N. Dunn contained field-notes on eight species of 

 Antelopes, specimens of which he had met with during his recent sojourn 

 on the White Nile in connection with the "Sudd" expedition, — A commu- 

 nication was read from Dr. R. Bowdler Sharp e on the birds collected by 

 Donaldson Smith during the early part of 1S89 in Northern Somaliland. 

 Specimens of 103 species were contained in the collection. — A communi- 

 cation from Mr. Constantin Satunin, C.M.Z.S., contained a description of 

 a new species of Hedgehog from Transcaucasia, proposed to be named Eri- 

 naceus calligoni. To this was added a revision of the species of the genus 

 Erinaceus of the Russian Empire. — A communication was also read from 

 Mr. J, Lewis Bonhote on the evolution of pattern on birds' feathers, in 

 which it was attempted to show how all the various patterns on the feathers 

 had been derived from a common origin, and were passing or had passed 

 through a definite series of stages before reaching the shapes in which they 

 were found, — Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, F,Z,S., read the first part of a paper 

 prepared by himself and Mr. Robert Standen, entitled "The Mollusca of 

 Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly 

 through the collections made by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European 

 Telegraph Service, 1893 — 1900." The area embraced was determined by 

 an imaginary line (for which reasons were given) drawn obliquely from Cape 

 Ras El Had, below Maskat (lat. 22° 50' N,), and Panjim, India (lat, 16°). 

 This was the first attempt towards a complete catalogue of the Mollusca of 

 this region, between 900 and 1000 species being named, of which over one- 

 third ^yere of very r estricted distribution. — P, L, Sclater, Secretary. 



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