No. 8. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON.^ 



May 17th, 1904. 

 Howard Saunders, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1904, 

 and called special attention to a fine specimen of the Boatbill 

 {Canchroma cochlearia) obtained by purchase; to two Cheetahs 

 {C^ncelurics jtdmtus), from the Soudan, presented by Col. B. 

 Mahon, O.B., F.Z.S. ; and to two Keas (JSfestor notahilis), presented 

 by Mr. T. E. Doune. ' ^ 



Dr. W. T. Calman, F.Z.S., exhibited a specimen of a blind 

 crustacean {Mimidopsis polymorpha), from a subterranean lake in 

 the island of Lanzarote, Canaries, collected by Mr. Fairfax 

 Prevost. The species was described in 1892 by Dr. Koelbel of 

 Vienna, from specimens collected by Prof. Simony, but appears 

 to have been overlooked by recent writers on the gToup to which 

 it belongs. The lake in which it is found is salt and communicates 

 with the sea, the water rising and falling with the tide. All the 

 other species of the genus, over 100 in number, are inhabitants 

 of the deep sea, none being recorded from a depth of less than 

 about 100 fathoms. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., exhibited the body of an example 

 of Chlamydosaurus kingi which had died in the Menagerie some 

 years ago, and made remarks on the absence of femoraf pores. 



Mr. Oldfield Thojias, F.R.S., exhibited, on behalf of the 

 President, a sketch of a hind and fawn of P^re David's Deer 

 (Elaphurus davidiamis) from Hainan. 



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