No. 200. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.^ 



FelDruary 24th, 1920<. 



A. Smith Woodward, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair.. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., read a Report on the Additions 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January, 

 1919. 



Mr. R. L PococKL, F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks on a 

 photograph of a young Pigmy Hippopotamus, and drew attention 

 to the striking difference in the shape of the ear, which is longer 

 and narrower than in the adult animaL 



Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.Z.S., exhibited photographs of a 

 female Mole-Flea (Hystrichopsylla talpce), and drew attention to 

 the presence of two spermathecse, a feature in the anatomy of 

 the genital organs of this flea which appeared to have hitherto 

 escaped notice. He also pointed out that clinging to the abdo- 

 men of the flea by means of the sucker-discs were a number of 

 hypopial nymphs of one of the Tja^oglyphidse. 



Mr. E. G. BoULENGER, F.Z..S., comm.unicated a paper dealing 

 with the geographical distribution and classification of some 



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