586 THE SECRETAllY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE, [NoV.15, 



Amongst these may be specially noticed : — 



1. Two examples of Forster's Luug-Fish (Ceratodus forsteri) from 

 Queensland, purchased of Mr. D. O'Connor, who has successfully 

 conveyed from Australia to England four fine living specimens of 

 this remarkable Dipnoan, believed to be the first ever brought to 

 Europe alive. 



2. A young pair of White-tailed Gnus ( Connocho'tes gnu), pre- 

 sented by Mr. C. D. Eudd, E.Z.S., who kindly brought them from 

 his park at Fernwood, Newlands, near Cape Town, in order to 

 make a change of blood in the small herd of these Gnus in the 

 Society's Gardens. 



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

 gerie during the month of July was 273, of which 46 were by 

 presentation, 12 by birth, 62 by purchase, and 153 were received 

 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same 

 period, by death and removals, was 116. 



Amongst these may be specially noticed : — 



1. A young male Lesser Koodoo (Strepsiceros hnherhis) from 

 Somaliland, purchased July 1st. 



So far as we know this is the third specimen of this beautiful 

 Antelope that has reached Europe alive. Two former ones were 

 received by the Society in 1886 and 1889 (see ' List of Animals,' 

 1896, p. 160). 



2. A pair of Jackals, obtained on the same occasion, which are 

 new to the Society's collection, and appear to be referable to the 

 species distinguished by Dr. Noack (Zool. Gart. xxvii. p. 234, 1886) 

 as Canis harjenhecld. They seem to belong to the group of Canis 

 mesomelas, but are immediately distinguishable by their large elon- 

 gated ears and long limbs. 



3. A female example of an apparently new African Monkey of 

 the genus CercojntJiecus, received from Congoland by the Zoological 

 Society of Antwerp, and obtained from that Society in exchange 

 on July 2nd. 



This Monkey appears to belong to " section d. Melanochiri " of 

 the arrangement proposed by me, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 250, and may 

 perhaps come nearer C. albogulans than to any other species, but 

 it is immediately distinguishable by its dark head and the large 

 fluffy white elongated ruff on each side of the throat. It may be 

 provisionallj' named Cercopithecus I'Jwesti after Mons. L'hoest, the 

 distinguished Director of the Jardin Zoologique d'Anvers, and 

 characterized as follows : — 



Ceecopithecds l'hoesti, sp. nov. (Plate XLVIII.) 



Above, back ferruginous brown with narrow transverse lines of 

 black ; head black with slight whitish freckles ; sides of face and 

 neck covered with elongated ruff-like hairs, white ; throat w hite : 

 belly cinereous : all four limbs dark cinereous, blackish on the 

 outsides : tail cinereous, above blackish. Size of C. albogularis. 



Hah. Congoland. 



