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2. Zoological Society of London. 
17th January, 1893. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 
that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of Decem- | 
ber 1892. — Mr. F. C. Selous exhibited and made remarks on the head 
of a hybrid Antelope between the Sassaby (Bubalis lunata) and Hartebeest | 
(B. caama); also a head of a female Koodoo (Strepsiceros kudu) with horns, | 
and heads of some oder South-African Antelopes. — Mr. O. Thomas 
exhibited some examples (from the Baram River, Sarawak, collected by 
Mr. Hose) of the Monkey that he had lately described as Semnopithecus cru- 
ciger, and stated that, in spite of the confirmation afforded by these speci- 
mens, Mr. Hose thought that this species might possibly be only an erythrism 
of S. chrysomelas. — A communication was read from Mr. E. Y. Watson, 
entitled »A proposed classification of the Hespertidae, with a revision of the 
Generac. This contained a preliminary classification of the Æesperüdae, 
including the numerous modern genera, which were arranged under three 
subfamilies according to the sexual differences, the resting posture, the 
antennae, the spurs on the hind tibiae, and the position of vein 5 (relative 
to veins 4 and 6) of the fore wing. The subfamilies were named Pyrrhopy- 
ginae, Hesperiinae, and Pamphilinae, and the two last were subdivided into 
sections without names. In all 234 generic names were dealt with, of which 
49 were treated as synonyms, while 45 new genera were described. Complete 
diagnoses were given of all the admitted genera. — A communication was 
read by Mr. E. E. Austen, entitled » Descriptions of New Species of Dip- 
terous Insects of the Family Syrphidae, in the Collection of the British Mu- 
seum, with Notes on Species described by the late Francis Walker«. This 
communication contained descriptions of twenty-three new species belonging 
to the division Bacchint, and of one belonging to the Brachyopimi (genus 
Rhingia). An attempt was made to divide the genus Baccha, as at present 
existing, into three groups, based chiefly upon the shape and markings of 
the abdomen. The true position of the remarkable genus Lycastrirhyncha, 
founded by Bigot on a species from Brazil, and afterwards cancelled by its 
author in favour of RAingia, was established. It was shown that this genus 
had nothing to do with A/ngia, but was one of the Hristalini, closely allied 
to Eristalis. It was also shown that the genus Lycastris, founded by Walker 
for a species from India, was not identical with RAëngia (as had been like- 
wise suggested by Bigot), but belonged to the Xylotind, and was allied to 
Criorrhina. — A communication was read from Mr. Gilbert C. Bourne, 
containing descriptions of two new species of Copepodous Crustaceans from 
Zanzibar, proposed to becalled Canthocamptus Finni and Cyclops africanus. — 
Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on the typical specimen of a rare 
Argentine bird (Xenopsaris albinucha) described by the late Dr. Burmeister 
in 1868. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 
III. Personal- Notizen. 
Necrolog. 
Am 14. Januar starb in Frankfurt a/M. Prof. Dr. F. C. Noll, der 
langjährige verdienstvolle Herausgeber des »Zoologischen Gartens«. 
Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 
