﻿Bibliographical 
  Notice. 
  647 
  

  

  subspecies 
  are 
  described, 
  amongst 
  them 
  the 
  Kilimanjaro 
  lion. 
  Lions 
  

   abounded 
  in 
  the 
  steppe-zone, 
  but 
  only 
  two 
  examples 
  were 
  shot, 
  and 
  

   one 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  diseased, 
  its 
  nasal 
  cavity 
  being 
  tilled 
  with 
  Penta- 
  

   stomids 
  and 
  Nematodes. 
  Concerning 
  the 
  very 
  asymmetrical 
  skull 
  

   of 
  a 
  giraffe 
  with 
  large 
  exostoses 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side 
  and 
  the 
  right 
  

   ossicone 
  much 
  thicker 
  and 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  left, 
  Dr. 
  Lonnberg 
  makes 
  

   the 
  interesting 
  suggestion 
  that 
  the 
  asymmetry 
  was 
  brought 
  about 
  

   by 
  the 
  giraffe 
  always 
  butting 
  with 
  the 
  right 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  A 
  

   very 
  similarly 
  deformed 
  skull 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  by 
  Major 
  Powell- 
  

   Cotton 
  in 
  S. 
  Lado. 
  Considering 
  that 
  thirteen 
  bird-collectors 
  have 
  

   visited 
  Kilimanjaro, 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt 
  did 
  well 
  to 
  find 
  seventy-five 
  species 
  

   new 
  to 
  the 
  district, 
  three 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  one 
  new 
  subspecies 
  ; 
  his 
  

   bionomic 
  notes 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  ornithologist. 
  It 
  was, 
  of 
  

   course, 
  amongst 
  the 
  Invertebrata 
  that 
  the 
  largest 
  haul 
  of 
  new 
  

   species 
  was 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  majority 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  insects. 
  The 
  

   adult 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  CEstrid 
  larvae 
  which 
  infest 
  the 
  East- 
  

   African 
  rhinoceros 
  was 
  successfully 
  bred, 
  and 
  proves 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  new 
  

   species, 
  Spathicera 
  meruensis 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  this 
  fly 
  

   is 
  a 
  good 
  mimic 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  Sphegid 
  wasp, 
  as 
  was 
  noted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  A. 
  

   Weave 
  in 
  N.E. 
  Rhodesia. 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt 
  neglected 
  no 
  method 
  whereby 
  

   his 
  collections 
  might 
  be 
  increased 
  ; 
  on 
  setting 
  fire 
  to 
  the 
  grass 
  in 
  

   the 
  prairie 
  zone 
  he 
  observed 
  hundreds 
  of 
  insects 
  fleeing 
  before 
  the 
  

   flames 
  and 
  smoke 
  ; 
  amongst 
  them 
  were 
  numerous 
  Phasmidae, 
  which, 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  cryptic 
  habits 
  and 
  appearance, 
  had 
  till 
  then 
  

   defied 
  the 
  closest 
  scrutiny 
  of 
  the 
  collector. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   interesting 
  memoirs 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  peculiar 
  growths 
  on 
  acacia- 
  

   trees 
  inhabited 
  by 
  ants 
  are 
  discussed. 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt 
  believes 
  that 
  

   the 
  ants 
  have 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  galls, 
  1 
  ' 
  but 
  

   that 
  they 
  have 
  merely 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  strictly 
  normal 
  structures 
  

   which 
  happen 
  to 
  be 
  suitable 
  as 
  shelters 
  and 
  nesting-places. 
  Thus 
  

   he 
  brings 
  his 
  observations 
  into 
  line 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  recent 
  workers 
  

   on 
  " 
  myrmecophily 
  " 
  in 
  plants, 
  and 
  consequently 
  is 
  in 
  opposition 
  

   to 
  the 
  school 
  typified 
  by 
  Belt 
  and 
  Beccari. 
  

  

  Enough, 
  perhaps, 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  these 
  volumes, 
  

   besides 
  containing 
  a 
  wealth 
  of 
  information 
  for 
  the 
  pure 
  systematist, 
  

   bristle 
  with 
  points 
  of 
  general 
  interest 
  for 
  all 
  naturalists. 
  It 
  is 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt 
  is 
  more 
  to 
  be 
  congratulated 
  on 
  the 
  

   energy 
  and 
  zeal 
  with 
  which, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  attacks 
  of 
  malaria 
  and 
  

   blackwater 
  fever, 
  he 
  formed 
  these 
  immense 
  collections, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  

   catholicity 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  studies 
  of 
  his 
  collections, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  

   rapidity 
  with 
  which 
  these 
  volumes 
  have 
  been 
  published. 
  To 
  bring 
  

   to 
  a 
  successful 
  issue 
  a 
  monograph 
  of 
  this 
  nature 
  within 
  four 
  years 
  

   is 
  a 
  work 
  of 
  which 
  any 
  man 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  proud. 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  only 
  

   two 
  words 
  of 
  adverse 
  criticism. 
  No 
  good 
  map 
  accompanies 
  the 
  

   volumes. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  pity 
  that 
  the 
  proofs 
  of 
  those 
  non-British 
  zoologists, 
  

   who 
  elected 
  to 
  write 
  their 
  memoirs 
  in 
  English, 
  were 
  not 
  more 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  revised 
  ; 
  we 
  should 
  then 
  have 
  been 
  spared 
  such 
  barbarisms 
  as 
  

   " 
  youngs 
  " 
  (for 
  " 
  young 
  ones 
  "), 
  " 
  splitted 
  up," 
  and 
  " 
  changements." 
  

  

  Pv. 
  S. 
  

  

  