Mr, F. E. Beddaud, F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks upon 

 a skull of the Cape Crowned Crane {Bcdearica clwysopelargihs) 

 showing paired lateral and a single median bony bosses, suggestive 

 of those of the horn-bearing vertebrates. 



Mr, R. E. Holding exhibited and made remarks upon a series 

 of 1 2 photographs of the horns of the Wapiti Stag living in the 

 Society's Gardens, taken in fortnightly intei'vals from the shedding 

 of the horns on March 30th, 1903, to the first week in October, 

 when they were clear of velvet. — Mr. Holding also exhibited a 

 fine pair of the shed horns of the Irish Red Deer, having 14 points 

 and weighing 8 lbs. 



Mr. R. I. PocoCK, the Su,perintendent of the Gardens, exhibited 

 and made remarks upon living specimens of hairless varieties of 

 the Common House-Mouse {Mus musculus) and the Brown Rat 

 {M. decumamis). — Mr. PococK also exhibited and made remarks 

 upon some young examples of the Egyptian Fat-tailed Gerbille 

 {Pachyuromys dupresi)^ born in the Menagerie. 



A commvxnication from Lt.-Col, J, Malcolm Faavcett con- 

 tained descriptions of ten species of Butterflies, mainly from high 

 elevations in the N.E. Himalayas. Eight of them were new 

 species or varieties and were diagnosed as follows : — 



MeLIT^A TIBET an a, Sp, n. 



Hah. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. 



Allied to the var. of M. sindura Moore (desciibed by Elwes in 

 Trans. Ent, Soc. 1888, pt. iii. p. 336), which = M. sikkimerisis 

 Moore, but difl^ers from it in its much paler coloration, and the 

 presence on the upperside of pale ochreous bands and spots, and 

 more prominent fuscous markings. 



AllGYNNIS CLAUDIA, Sp. n. 



Mab. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 1 5,000 ft, elevation. 

 Allied to A. clara Blanchard, but differs from it in its rounder 

 wings, smaller size, and paler coloration on upperside ; the outer 

 margins of both wings are broadly fuscous, containing a sub- 

 maxginal series of pale spots, withoict the submarginal and 

 marginal fine black lines beyond them as in A. clcn'ct. 



LYCiENA AKiANA Moore, var. arene, var. n, 

 JIab. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. 

 Differs from Z. ariana Moore, fi'om the N,W, Himalaya, in 

 being smaller, and in the discal row of black spots on the under- 

 side being minute, fewer in number, and obsolete in some 

 specimens in the hind wing, and in the discal white spots at apex 

 of cell of hind wing being larger, 



Lyc^na pheretes Hlibner, var. pharis, var. n. 



Hab. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. 



This form difFei's from the var. asiatica of Elwes in having 

 fe vver discal black spots on foi'e wing, and in the size and length 

 of the pale cellular spot on hind wing underside. 



