1867-] MR. p. L. SCLATER ON THE GIRAFFE. 391 



StAPHYLINUS HESPERUS, n. sp. 



S. ater, cenescens, puhe fusca sat dense vestitus ; capita crebre punc- 

 tata ; thorace creberrime subtiliter cequaliter punctata, subtiliter 

 marginato ; scutello dense piceo tomentoso ; elytris thorace dimidio 

 brevioribus, crebre sat fortiter rugulosis ; abdomine sat crebre 

 punctata, segmentis 2°-4'" macula aurea tomentosa basali ; pedibus 

 piceis, geniculis tarsisque rufescentibus, tibiis anticis aurea cilia- 

 tis ; aiitennis piceis, articulo ultima riifo. L. (i-7 Un. 



Huh. Sub lapidibus prope Angram in ins. Terceira sat copiose 

 lectus. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXIII. 



Fig. 1. Tarphius wollastoni, n. sp., p. 386. 



2. Heferoderes azorkus. Tarn., p. 375. 



3. Agahus godmanni, n. sp., p. 385. 



4. AcaU^s drouetii, n. sp., p. 387. 



5. Attahis miniatocollls. Tarn., p. 387. 



6. Laparocerus azoricus, Drouet, p. 388. 



7. Neocncmis occidentalis, n. sp., p. 389. 



8. Elastrus dolosus, n. sp., p. 386. 



9. Asynonychus godmanni, n. sp., p. 389. 



April 11, 1867. 



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



Mr. P. L. Sclater stated that the living Lyre-bird {Metiura su- 

 perba) alluded to by Dr. Bennett in his communication to the Society 

 on this subject in March last year* had safely arrived in this 

 country a few days since in the ship * La Hogue,' under the care 

 of Mr. Ross, its proprietor, by whom it had been deposited in the 

 Society's Gardens. From the statements in Dr. Bennett's letter 

 it would appear that this bird was now about two years and seven 

 months oldf . 



Mr. Sclater also reported the birth in the Society's Menagerie on 

 the 1 7th ult. of a young male Giraffe, being the sixteenth that had 

 been bred in the Society's Gardens. The event was of more than 

 usual importance, as the fire of the 6th of November last, and the 

 subsequent death of the adult male (aged 21 years) on the 22nd of 

 January, had reduced the Society's stock to a single female. Mr. 

 Sclater laid before the Meeting the following list of the Giraffes that 



* See p. Z. S. 1866, p. 167. 



t This bird has since been purchased for the Society's collection. — P. L. S. 



