1889.] INSECTS FROM MOUNT KINIBALU. 393 



lata scabrosa incompleta, articulo 3'° quam scapo dimidio hre- 



viore, 4*° adhuc breviore, ceeteris irevissimis. Thorax post 



medium tuherculo acuto armatus. Elytra tliorace fere duplo 



lafiora, absque cristis, apice rotundata. llesosternum pro- 



ductum, conicum. Tibice intertnedicB extus oblique sulcatce. 



Ungues parum divaricati. 



The incompleteness of the ridge limiting the cicatrice of the scape 



(it is, in fact, very short) would remove this genus from the group 



to which Aclithophora belongs, but in all its other characters it agrees 



with the group. The claws in three species of Achthophora which 



I have examined are as feebly divaricated as in the new genus. 



EUSYNTHETA BREVICORNIS. 



Supra fuligineo-nigra, vertice vittis duahus latis, tliorace lineis 

 duabus dorsalibus,scutello,elgtris fascia lata mediana et macula 

 magna apicali, cinereo-albo tomentosis : antennis articulis 

 nonnullis bast, fronte genisque, corpore subtus et pedibus 

 cinereis. Thorax grosse ritguloso-punctatus. Elytra hasi 

 late grosse et aspere, versus apicem sparsim grosse, punctata. 

 Long. 16-20 millim. 



Three examples — two in Mr. Fry's collection. 



November 5, 1889. 

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



The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, 

 and September, 1889: — 



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

 gerie during the month of June was 100, of which 18 were by birth, 

 53 by presentation, 19 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 7 were 

 received on deposit. The total number of departures during the 

 same period by death and removals was 111. 



Amongst these is a fine male specimen of the Cocoa-nut Land- 

 Crab of the East Indies (Birgus latro), presented by Commander 

 Alfred Carpenter, E,.N., and received June 14th. 



This Crab, which has been placed in the Insect-house, feeds well 

 on vegetable-marrow and other fruits. It is the first specimen received 

 of this interesting species ' . 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of July were 152 in number ; of these 55 were acquired by 

 presentation, 39 by purchase, 4 by exchange, 42 by birth, and 12 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period by death and removals was 1 1 7. 



Among these special attention may be called to the following : — 



1. A Short Python {Python curtus), from Malacca, presented 

 July 2nd by Mrs. Bertha M. L. Bousor ; new to the Collection. 

 ^ See notice in the ' Field' of July 13th, 1889 (vol. Ixxiv. p. 45). 



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