No. 203. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



AprU 13th, 1920. 



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

 in the Chair. 



Mr. R. I. PocoCK, F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks on tAvo 

 specimens of Pournier's Hutia {Capro'mys pilorides), now living 

 in the Society's Menagerie. 



Mr, R. I. PococK, F.R.S., gave an exhibition, illustrated by 

 lantern-slides, to show the differences in external characters 

 between the Ratel (Mellivora) and the Wolverine (Gtdo). He 

 pointed out that Mr. Gerrit Miller's suggestion that the two 

 genera were related was quite unsupported by the facts. 



In the absence of the Author, Prof. Arthur Willey, F.R.S. , 

 his paper on " An Apodous Amia ccdva " was taken as read. 



Mr. H. A. Baylis, M.A., and Lt.-Ool. Clayton Lane, M.D., 

 gave a resicme, illustrated with lantern-slides, of their paper on 

 " A Revision of the Nematode Family Gnathostomidse." 



Prof. H. Maxwell Lefroy, F.Z.S., communicated a paper by 

 Mr. A. M. Altson on " The Life-history and Habits of Two 

 Parasites of Blowflies." 



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