Q74 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
gone over and named, and was now exhibited for the first time in its 
entirety. Mr. Herbert Druce alluded to some of the Lepidoptera which 
are most characteristic of the Gambia region ; and Mr. Harting made some 
remarks upon the birds, pointing out the wide geographical range of some 
of the species which had been collected. 
Mr. Clement Reid exhibited several specimens of fossil plants from a 
newly-discovered Pleistocene Deposit at South Cross, Southelmham, near 
Harleston. 
Mr. D. Morris exhibited specimens of the fruit of Siderorylon dulet- 
ficum, the so-called “ miraculous berry” of West Africa, belonging to the 
Sapotacea. Covered externally with a soft sweet pulp, it imparts to the 
palate a sensation which renders it possible to partake of sour substances, 
and even of tartaric acid, lime-juice, and vinegar, and to give them a flavour 
of absolute sweetness. The fruit of Thaumatococcus, Phrynium Danielli, 
possessing similar properties, was also shown, and living plants of both had 
lately been received at Kew from Lagos, through Governor Moloney. 
Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited living plants of Antiaris towicaria (the 
Upas-tree) and Strophanthus Kombe, both of them poisonous, to show the 
similarity of the foliage. 
On behalf of Dr. Buchanan White, a paper was then read by Mr. B. D. 
Jackson, entitled a ‘‘ Revision of the British Willows.” 
The meeting adjourned to June 20th. 
ZooLoeicaL Society oF Lonpon. 
May 21, 1889.—Prof. FLowrr, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the 
chair. 
Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on a mummied Falcon 
(probably a Kestrel) from a tomb at Thebes, procured by Mr. A. G. 
Scott; and some photographs of groups of Sea-birds and Seals taken on 
the shores of Antipodes Island, Antarctic Ocean. 
Mr. Sclater also called attention to a specimen of a Leaf-insect living in 
the Society’s Insect House, which had been received from the Seychelles, 
and presented by Lord Walsingham. It was not quite fully developed, but 
was believed to be referable to Phyllium gelonus, Gray. 
Mr. Martin Jacoby read a list of the species of Coleoptera of the families 
Crioceride, Chrysomelid@, and Galerucida, of which specimens had been 
collected in Venezuela by M. Simon, and gave descriptions of the new 
species. 
A communication was read from Mr. A. G. Butler, containing the 
description of a new extinct genus of Moths belonging to the Geometrid 
family Huschemide, based on a fossil specimen obtained from the Kocene 
