1899.] THE SECBETABT ON ADDITIOIfS TO THE MENAGERIE. 427 



examples and a female in the collection from Estcourt having only 

 four spots. 



58. Gegenes letterstedti Wallengr. 



c? 6 , Machako's, 3rd and 10th July; $ $ . Kikuyu, 17th and 

 19th July, 1898. 



" 5 . Qreenish-white ova." {R. 0.) 



59. Paenaba mathias Fabr. 



c? c? , $ , Machako's, 23rd and 25th June ; Kikuyu, 8th Septem- 

 ber, 1898. 



60. Paenaea bobbonica Boisd. 



c? , Ngongo, 6450 feet, Masailand, 3rd August, 1898. 

 A very fresh and brightly coloured example. 



61. Rhopaiocampta foeestan Cramer. 

 Machako's, 3rd July, 1898, 



62. Ehopalocampta pisisteatus Fabr. 

 Kikuyu, 6400 feet, 17th July, 1898. 



EXPLAl^JATION OF PLATE XXV. 



Pig. 1. Chrysophanus abbotti, c?, p. 423. 



2, 2 a. Scolitaiitides crawahayi, (J , p. 422. 



3, 3 a. Everes kedonga, 5 , P- 422. 



4. Phrissura nyasana, 2 , p. 425. 



5. Aorcea astrigera, (^ , p. 421. 



,, 6. Pyrgus machacoaiia, J , p. 426. 

 7, 8. Kedestes wallengr eni, var. S, 2 > P- '^26. 



April 18, 1899. 

 Prof. G. B. Howes, LL.D., F.E.S., V.P., iu the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1899 :— 



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

 gerie during the month of March was 83, of which 43 were by 

 presentation, 31 by purchase, 3 were born in the Gardens, and 

 6 were received on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 98. 



Amongst the additions may be specially noticed : — 



1. A female of the Kiang or Wild Ass of Tibet, received on 

 deposit March 11th and subsequently purchased. The Kiang 

 makes a good addition to the Society's series of the Horse-family 

 (Equidai), only two examples of this scarce animal having been 

 previously in the Gardens. These were also females, of which one 



