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lata scabrosa incompleta, articulo 3° quam scapo dimidio bre- 
viore, 4” adhuc breviore, ceteris brevissimis. Thorax post 
medium tuberculo acuto armatus. Elytra thorace fere duplo 
latiora, absque cristis, apice rotundata. Mesosternum pro- 
ductum, conicum. Tibie intermedia extus oblique sulcate. 
Ungues parum divaricati. 
The incompleteness of the ridge limiting the cicatrice of the scape 
(it is, in fact, very short) would remove this genus from the group 
to which Achthophora belongs, but in all its other characters it agrees 
with the group. The claws in three species of Achthophora which 
I have examined are as feebly divaricated as in the new genus. 
Eusyntu ETA BREVICORNIS. 
Supra Suligineo-nigra, vertice vittis duabus latis, thorace lineis 
duabus dorsalibus, scutello, elytris fascia lata mediana et macula 
magna apicali, cinereo-albo tomentosis: antennis articulis 
nonnullis basi, fronte genisque, corpore subtus et pedibus 
cinereis. Thorax grosse ruguloso-punctatus. Elytra basi 
late grosse et aspere, versus apicem sparsim grosse, punctata. 
Long. 16-20 millim. 
Three examples—two in Mr. Fry’s collection. 
November 5, 1889. 
Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made 
to the Society’s Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, 
and September, 1889 :— 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of June was 100, of which 18 were by birth, 
53 by presentation, 19 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 7 were 
received on deposit. The total number of departures during the 
same period by death and removals was 111. 
Amongst these is a fine male specimen of the Cocoa-nut Land- 
Crab of the East Indies (Birgus latro), presented by Commander 
Alfred Carpenter, R.N., and received June 14th. 
This Crab, which has been placed in the Insect-house, feeds well 
on vegetable-marrow and other fruits. Itis the first specimen received 
of this interesting species’. 
The registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the 
month of July were 152 in number ; of these 55 were acquired by 
presentation, 39 by purchase, 4 by exchange, 42 by birth, and 12 
were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 
the same period by death and removals was 117. 
Among these special attention may be called to the following :— 
1. A Short Python (Python curtus), from Malacca, presented 
July 2nd by Mrs. Bertha M. L. Bonsor ; new to the Collection. 
1 See notice in the ‘ Field’ of July 13th, 1889 (vol. Lxxiy. p. 45). 
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