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front, closely and coarsely punctured, the front margin scarcely 

 reflexed, interrupted in the middle. Lamellse of the antennae not 

 very long. Thorax very convex, one-fifth broader than long, with 

 a trace of an impression on each side of the disk, rounded anteriorly, 

 parallel at the sides in the middle, very slightly constricted before the 

 diverging posterior angles. The surface is densely and very coarsely 

 punctured and rugulose, except on each side of the base, where it is 

 even and much less coarsely punctured. The punctuation of the 

 elytra (as compared with allied S[>ecies) is rather strong and very 

 dense at the sides and humeral region. There are no distinct striae 

 except at the base, and two short ones at the side, near the shoulder. 

 The posterior coxae are concave for about half their length. 

 Punctures on the prosternum large and deep, moderately close to- 

 gether, but very irregular. 



9. Rhytidonota plicata, Kraatz. Nubia. 



10. AsPiDOSTERNUM METALLicuM, Fabr. W. Africa. 



11. Sternotomis BOHNDORFi, Waterhouse. E.Africa. 



12. QuiMALANCA REGALis, Fabr. W. Africa. 



13. Ceratites jaspideus, Serville. W. Africa, 

 Has been received from most parts of Africa. 



14. Petrognatha gigas, Fabr. W. Africa. 



15. DiAPROMORPHA trifasciata, Oliv. Pt. Natal. 



February 7, 1888. 

 Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of January 1888 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of January were 64 in number. Of these 38 were acquired 

 by presentation, 1 by exchange, and 25 by birth. The total number of 

 departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 147. 



Mr. E. G. Loder, F.Z.S., exhibited a tusk of an African Elephant, 

 and made tiie following remarks : — 



The Elephant-tusk exhibited this evening is (as far as I can ascer- 

 tain) the heaviest that has ever been seen in this country. 



Its weight is 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 16 lbs. := 184 lbs., as will be seen by 

 the accompanying " weight account " signed by the warehouse- 

 keeper of the London and St. Kalherine Docks. The length of 

 the tusk along the curve is 9 ft. 5 in., the maximum circumference 

 22^ inches. 



It was shipped from Bombay to London, so that it probably 

 came from the east coast of Africa, possibly from Zanzibar, 



