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tive than its fossil relatives. These last characters went some way to support 

 the assumption that Africa was the original home of the Giraffidae. — A 

 communication was read from Mr. G. A. Boule nger, F.R.S., containing 

 an account of a second collection of Fishes made by Dr. W. J. An sorge in 

 the Niger Delta. The species — 56 in number — were enumerated, four of 

 them being described as new. — A communication from Dr. A. Günther, 

 F.R.S., contained a final account of the Fishes collected by the late Mr. R. 

 B. N. Walker, C.M.Z.S., on the Gold Coast. Several new species belong- 

 ing to the families C/iromidae, Siluridae, and Cyprinidae were described. 



December 2nd, 1902. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November 1902, and called 

 special attention to a female Equine Antelope [Hippotragus equinus), from 

 Bechuanaland, presented on November 29th by Major C. F. Minchin, D.S.O. 



— Mr. Sclater called attention to the specimen of the Greater Bird of 

 Paradise [Paradisea apoda) now living, in full plumage, in the Society's 

 Gardens. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., exhibited the lower jaw of a 

 Wombat which had died in the Society's Gardens. The molar teeth on both 

 sides of the jaw had grown inwards so as to confine the tongue below them. 



— Dr. Hans Gadow, F.R.S., gave an account (illustrated by lantern- 

 slides) of his recent expedition to Southern Mexico. He described the Valley 

 of Mexico, and discussed the question of the Axolotls and their metamor- 

 phosis. He also gave an account of his ascent of the Volcano of Orizaba, 

 and of the two types of iierra caliente met with on the Atlantic and Pacific 

 slopes, and pointed out the various phases of animal life met with in these 

 different localities. — Dr. Einar Lönnberg, C.M.Z.S., contributed a series 

 of notes, illustrated by photographs, of the variations observed in the Elk 

 in Sweden, more especially as regards the form of the antlers. These the 

 Author classed in three groups — "palmate," "intermediate," and "cervine.' 

 The last were comparable to the type lately described as Alces Bedfordiae. 

 These differences, in the Author's opinion, were not attributable either to 

 age or to degeneration; neither did they seem to indicate racial distinction. 



— A communication was read from Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., calling 

 attention to a photograph of a skull and antlers of a Reindeer obtained by 

 Mr. H. J. Pearson in Novaia Zemlia. On account of the palmation of the 

 antlers differing markedly from that of the known races of the Reindeer, 

 Mr. Lydekker was of opinion that the specimens belonged to a new race, 

 which he accordingly named Rangifer tarandus Pearsoni. — Mr. H. R. Hogg, 

 F.Z.S., read a paper on the Australian Spiders of the subfamily Sparassinae. 

 It contained descriptions of twenty-five new species and a list of those pre- 

 viously known. Two of the species were made types of new genera, for 

 which the names Neosparassus and Eodelena were proposed. — A communi- 

 cation from Mr. W. F. Lanchester contained an account of the Crusta- 

 ceans of the groups Anomura, Cirripedia, and Isopoda (marine forms) collected 

 during the "Skeat Expedition" to the Malay Peninsula in 1899 — 1900. — 

 A communication from Mr. F. F. La idi aw contained an account of the 

 Dragonflies of the Subfamily Caenagrionmae collected during the "Skeat 

 Expedition" to the Malay Peninsula. Prosticta Foersteri and Teinobasis 

 Kirhyi were described as new species, and it was pointed out that the 

 former belonged to a genus hitherto known only from the Philippines and 

 Celebes. — Mr. R. I. Pocock, F.Z.S., described a new species of Marine 



