1892.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 579 



Length 2|-3 lines. 



Head very elongate, the vertex impunctate, the frontal elevations 

 moderately raised, broadly trigonate, bounded by a transverse groove 

 behind ; the eyes large ; clypeus broadly flattened ; labrum large ; 

 antennae extending below the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the lower 

 three joints as well as the terminal three black, the first joint very 

 long but slightly curved, the second less than half the length of 

 the third, the following joints nearly equal, the apical two joints 

 shorter ; thorax but slightly broader than long, the sides nearly 

 straight and slightly rounded before the middle, the angles in shape 

 of a small tubercle, the surface flattened, scarcely perceptibly punc- 

 tured and minutely granulate, the middle of the disc with a very 

 indistinct longitudinal depression near the base ; elytra narrowly 

 elongate, fulvous, very closely and more distinctly punctured than 

 the thorax, the interstices slightly wrinkled ; underside and the 

 femora pale fulvous, tibiae and tarsi black, clothed with yellowish 

 pubescence ; prosternum invisible between the coxae. 



Three specimens are contained in my collection. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIX. 



Fig. 1. Cryptocephalus dohrni, p. 566. 



2. ¥helotious brunneus, p. 567. 



3. hifasciatus, p. 568. 



4. aneicollis, p. 568. 



5. Ivongius nigromaczdatus, p. 569. 



6. Hemylotictis geniculazus, p. 572. 



7. Rhypavida striaticollis, p. 571. 



8. Diphaulacosoma Itsvipenne, p. 574. 



9. Mlianus scutellatus, p. 577. 



10. Antsianaka elegantula, p. 576. 



11. Mimastroides madagascariensis, p. 578. 



12. Malacosoma flavicorne, p. 576. 



Novemher 15, 1892. 

 Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following report from the Secretary on the additions to the 

 Menagerie during the month of October was read : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of October were 135 in number. . Of these 104 were acquired 

 by presentation, 14 by purchase, 1 by birth, 1 by exchange, and 15 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period by death and removals was 121. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1. A very fine male Ostrich {Struthio ctimelus), presented by 

 Her Majesty The Queen, and received October 7th. 



This is one of the largest Ostriches we have ever had. It 

 measures 4 ft. 10 in. in height at the back, and about 4 ft. 3 in. in 

 total length, whereas the male now next to it in the Gardens, which 

 we obtained from the Zoological Society of Antwerp in May last, 

 measures only 3 ft. 8 in. in height and about 2 ft, 2 in. in length. 



