1905. ] MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON A NEW GOLDEN MOLE. 57 
May 16, 1905. 
G. A. BouLencer, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, 
in the Chair. 
The Secretary read the following report on the additions that 
had been made to the Society’s Menagerie in April 1905 :— 
The registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the 
month of April were 205 in number. Of these 67 were acquired 
by presentation and 19 by purchase, 104 were received on deposit, 
9 by exchange, and 6 were born in the Gardens. The total 
number of departures during the same period, by death and 
removals, was 126. 
Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to :— 
A young female Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus troglodytes), 
deposited on April 8th. 
A young female Giraffe from Northern Nigeria, probably 
belonging to the race known as Giraffa camelopardalis peralta, 
purchased on April 7th. 
A young male Huanaco (Lama huanacos), from Punta Arenas, 
Tierra del Fuego, presented by Mr. Moritz Braun and Capt. R. 
Crawshay on April 10th. 
A pair of Concave-casqued Hornbills (Dichoceros bicornis) from 
India, purchased on April 4th. 
Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., exhibited examples of a new 
- Golden Mole from Knysna, Cape ‘Colony, which had been obtained 
by Mr. Grant in connection with Mr. C. D. Rudd’s exploration 
of South Africa, and which he proposed to name in honour of 
Mrs. Rudd, who had taken much interest in the results of the 
exploration. 
AMBLYSOMUS CoRRIZ Thos.*, Abstr. P. Z.S. No. 20, p. 5, 
May 23, 1905. 
Rather smaller than A. hottentotius. General colour dark 
smoky blackish, darker than in 4. iris, with a beautiful iridescent 
sheen, greenish to coppery violet, over the whole upper surface. 
Sides and belly not or scarcely lighter, a slight brownish tone 
occasionally present along the centre of the abdomen. Hairs of 
back 8-9 mm. in length, their bases dark slaty grey, them ends 
lighter and more brownish grey subterminally and their tips 
iridescent blackish brown. Crown and forehead like back. Cheeks 
paler, greyish or yellowish, but not conspicuously contrasted. 
Limbs and upper surface of hind feet smoke-grey. 
Skull (Pl. XVI. + fig. 3) in its general characters like that of 
* (The complete account of the new species described in this communication 
appears here ; but since the name and preliminary diagnosis were published in the 
‘ Abstract,’ the species is distinguished by the name being underlined.—Hprror. | 
+ P.Z.S. 1905, vol. i. p. 254. . 
