1886.J THE SECRETARY ON AODITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. fd'J 



In the upper jaw the first incisor is short, and almost imper- 

 ceptibly larji;er than the other incisors. Canine long and curved. 

 The premolars form an almost unbroken series with the canine and 

 first molar. First premolar very small, scarcely higher than fourth 

 incisor ; second a little larger ; third premolar the largest, the 

 middle cusp being as high as the molars. The molars are rather 

 feeble, with relatively low crowns and blunt cusps ; last molar very 

 narrow, 



la the lower jaw the canine is a little shorter than that in the 

 upper. Fourth molar only a little smaller than third. Incisors and 

 premolars as in upper jaw. 



Compared with Ph.. minima the brain-case is higher, but narrower, 

 and the arcus zygomatiais longer. Ph. apicalis has larger bulltB 

 ossece, but shorter foramina incisiva ; the third premolar in that 

 species is almost rudimentary, and the second premolar larger than 

 the two other premolars together. In both these species the crests 

 on the brain-case are scarcely developed, and the postorbital pro- 

 cesses wanting. 



Hab. Herbert Vale, Northern Queensland ; one specimen, a full- 

 grown male, collected by Ur. Lumholtz, January 1883, is preserved 

 in the Zoological Museum at Christiana. 



The specimen was dug out from a hole in the ground, and its 

 habits seemed not to be arboreal \ 



Clu-isliania, 15th November, 1886. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LX. 



Fig. 1. Phascologah virr/iiiia, natural size. 



2. Skull, natural size. 



3. Canines and premolars, tliree times natiiral size. 



December 21, 1S86. 

 Prof. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of November 188() : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's xMena- 

 gerie during the month of November was 1G6, of which 6-4 were by 

 presentation, 22 by purchase, 16 by birth, 4 were received in ex- 

 change, and GO on deposit. The total number of departures dunng 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 107. 



• My friend, Mr. Oldfield Thomas, informs me, on the authority of M. Huet, 

 of Paris, that the original t;)-|je of this species, the locality of which was un- 

 known, appears to hare been lo.*t ; and as the animal has been overlooked ever 

 since its first description, I liavc thought it worth while to figure and redescribe 

 it from the beautiful speciuion obtained in Queensland by Dr. Lumholtz. 



