1898.] OK MAMMAXS TEOM NrASALAlfD. 391 



by the pattern on the abdomen, of which the form also is different. 

 In S. dufourii the pale posterior extremity shows on its posterior 

 border five distinct pale points ; the present species shows only 

 three, and those somewhat irregularly defined. The present Spider 

 is also of much larger size than either of those mentioned, the 

 length given of 8. dufourii being 12 millim., and that of 8. madagas- 

 cariensis 11 millim., whereas 8elenops diversus measures 'iiy length 

 10 lines, or nearly as possible 21 millim. 



EXPLANATION 0-P THE PLATES. 



Plate XXX. 



Fig. 1. Byhlia hoydi, sp. n., cS > P- 375. 

 la. „ „ „ cS , underside. 



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•^' )i )> " X ■ 



2a. „ „ „ 2 , underside. 



3. Pajpilio bennetti, sp. n., cJ, p. 381. 



4. Poecilocerus sokotranus, sp. nov., c? P- 384. 



Plate XXXI. 



Fig. 1. Selenops diversus, sp. n., 2. P- 390. 



1 a. „ „ „ Genital apertures. 



2. Nephila bennetti, sp. n., J , p. 387. 



2a. ,, „ ,, Genital apertures. 



3. Gasteracantha sodalis, sp. n., $ , p. 388. 



4. Tetragnatlia boydi, sp. n., p. 389. Oepbalothoras and eyes. 

 4a&46. ,, „ „ Falx and fang in two positions. 



May 17, 1898. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.E.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On a small Collection of Mammals obtained by Mr. Alfred 

 SharpBj C.B., in Nyasaland. By Oldfield Thomas, 

 F.Z.S. 



[Keceived AprU 23, 1898.] 



Now that Sir Harry Johnston has left Nyasaland, the efforts he 

 made to investigate the fauna of that country are fortunately 

 being continued by his successor in the post of Commissioner and 

 Consul-Geueral, Mr. Alfred Sharpe, C.B., to whom the British 

 Museum is already indebted for a certain number of specimens. 

 These, among which the most noticeable is the little Antelope 

 described as Rapliiceros sTiarpei, have already been mentioned in 

 previous papers. 



In October 1897 Mr. Sharpe made a trip to the northern 



