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belong to this family, and form a section of it which has a soft thin 

 skin. 



The genus Edwardsia, Quatrefages (Ann. des Sci. Nat, xviii. 65, 

 1842), and Solanthus of Gosse (Ann. Nat. Hist. xii. 18.53, p. 15"), 

 may also belong to this tribe, and form a section characterized by 

 the middle portion of the skin of the body being thickened, so as to 

 form an imperfect tubular polyperoid, into which the soft anterior 

 and posterior portion of the body are retracted for protection. 



The Edwardsia vestita of Forbes (Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 244. t. viii. 

 1842, and xii. 42, 1843) is most probably a Cerianthus, which forms 

 a tube of agglutinated sand, like many Annelides, for the base of its 

 body. 



February 28, 1867. 



Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to several recent 

 additions to the Society's Menagerie, amongst which were — 



1 . A male example of the wild Swine of Formosa (Sus tawanus, 

 Swinhoe), received by the ship ' Island Queen,' January 17th, having 

 been obtained for Mr. Swinhoe by Mr. Gregory, H.M. Yice-Consul 

 at Tamsuy, and forwarded to the Society by Mr. Swinhoe. 



This animal was stated by Mr. Sclater to be very nearly allied to, 

 if not identical with, Sus leucomystax of Japan, of which the Society 

 had previously possessed a female specimen, and was apparently very 

 different from the curious red pig of the savages of Formosa, of 

 which Mr. Swinhoe had sent three examples to the Society on the 

 25th of October, 1866, in the 'Maitland,' and which had been spoken 

 of as Siis taivanus in a former communication on the subject (P. Z.S. 

 1866, p. 419). 



2. A pair of Saiga Antelopes {Saiga tatarica, Pallas), received 

 on deposit in November 1866, and recently purchased, as being ap- 

 parently likely to do well in the Society's Menagerie. A drawing 

 by Mr. Wolf was exhibited (Plate XVII.) showing the peculiar 

 sheep-like appearance of this singular Antelope. 



Mr. W. H. Flower exhibited a skull of the newly described Tapir 

 of Panama {Elasmognathus bairdi, Gill, Pr. Acad. Sc. Phil. 1866, 

 p. 183), belonging to the collection of the Royal College of Surgeons, 

 and pointed out the characters which distinguish it from Tapirus 

 americanus and T. malayetisis, the most prominent of which was 

 the complete osseous septum between the nasal apertures. Mr. 

 Flower did not propose to give any further description of this animal 

 at present, as it was understood that Professor Gill was preparing a 

 complete account of it. The skull had been obtained by a collector 

 at one of the stations of the Panama liailwav. 



