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and a third (P. Crawshayi) from the forests at the foot of Mount Kenya allied 

 to P. valida, but more rufous and with a whitish dorsal spot. 



March 6th, 1900. — The Secretary read a report on the additions that 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of February 

 1900, and called special attention to two Tcheli Monkeys [Macacus tcheliensis), 

 presented by Dr. S. W. Bushell, C.M.G., C.M.Z.S., on February 10th. — 

 A report was read, drawn up by Mr. A. Thomson, the Assistant-Super- 

 intendent of the Society's Gardens, on the lepidopterous insects exhibited in 

 the Insect-house during the year 1899, and a series of the specimens reared 

 in it was laid upon the table. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., described 

 eight new species of Reptiles and Batrachians from Borneo, which had been 

 forwarded to him by Mr. R. Shelford, the Curator of the Sarawak Museum. 

 One of them formed the type of a new genus proposed to be named Leptu- 

 rophis. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., read a description of the brain of 

 the Siamang [Hylobates syndactylus), based upon a specimen taken from an 

 animal which had recently died in the Society's Gardens. The form of the 

 brain did not appear to differ materially from that of other species of Hylo- 

 bates. — A communication from Miss E. M. Bowdler S harp e contained a 

 list of 29 species of Butterflies of which specimens had been collected by 

 Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote in the Bahama Islands in 1898. Of these one species, 

 viz. Papilio Bonhotei, was described as new. — A communication was read 

 from Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote, containing an account of the Mammals collec- 

 ted by Mr. T. H. Lyle, in Siam. The collection comprised specimens of 

 20 species, one of which, viz. Petaurista Lylei, was described as new, and the 

 others were enumerated in the paper. A large series of specimens of a Squir- 

 rel, Sciurus Finlaysoni, was contained in the collection, and from an exami- 

 nation of them the author was able to corroborate Mr. Thomas's remarks (P. 

 Z.S. 1898. p. 245) that, so far as our present knowledge is concerned, the 

 variations met with in this species follow, apparently, none of the ordinary 

 laws which are usually supposed to govern such cases. — Mr. G. E. H. Bar- 

 rett-Hamilton, F. Z.S. , contributed a paper on a small collection of Mam- 

 mals brought home by Capt. H.H. P. Deasy from Central Asia. The most 

 interesting specimens were three examples of the rare Euchor entes naso, a 

 novelty to the collection in the British Museum, and specimens of new species 

 of Vole and Jerboa. The Vole, for which the name Microtus lama was pro- 

 posed, was characterized by an external form and appearance similar to those 

 of M. Stracheyi, but possessed teeth and skull like M. Roylei. The new Jer- 

 boa [Dipus Deasyi) was, similarly, like D. Loftusi Blanford, externally, but 

 internally nearer to D. lagopus Licht. — Mr. Martin J a co by read a paper 

 on new species, one hundred in number, of Phytophagous Coleoptera from 

 South and Central Africa. Three of the species were made types of new ge- 

 nera, viz., Microhermesia hirticollis, Odontiomorpha minuta, and Estcourkana 

 bif asciata. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



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 Académie der Wissensch. in St.-Petersburg angestellt bin, bitte ich alle für 

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