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the vague tales broughtback by the few Greek and Roman travellers 

 who at that time penetrated beyond the Ganges, and proposed 

 therefore to call the new Gibbon by the name of Hylobates Choro- 

 mandus, the name of one of the supposed tribes of men described by 

 Pliny. The šame gentleman afterwards exhibited and described the 

 skin of a new species of Colobus, or four-fingered monkey from Africa; 

 for which he proposed the specific name of Colobus leucomeros, on 

 account of the white colour of the thighs, the ręst of the animal being 

 a deep shining black. 



Dr. Smith exhibited some small Quadnipeds, forming part of the 

 collection obtained during his recent expedition into South Africa. 

 They consisted of some new or rare species belonging to the genera 

 Macroscelides, Chrysochloris, Pteromys, and Otomys. Dr. Smith en- 

 tered into some interesting details respecting their habits, ■vvhich ■will 

 be published in his forthcoming work on African Zoology. 



