No. 74. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDIiNTGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON;^ 



IToveniber 9th, 1909. 

 S. F. Harmer, Esq., M.A., F.R.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 months of May, June, 

 July, August, and September, 1909. 



The Secretary exhibited the frontlet of a Mishmi Takiii 

 {B'udorcas taxicoloi') obtained in 1903 in N.E. Saikwa, Upper 

 Assam, and lent by Mr. J. D. Berrington, of Abergavenny. 



The Secretary also exhibited a carved figure of a Takin, made 

 by a Khamti who had shot the animal. The figure had been 

 presented to the Society by Mrs. Brian Hodgson, and was referred 

 to in the late Mr. B. H. Hodgson's original description of the 

 Takin. 



Prof. E. A. MiNCHiN, V.P.Z.S., exhibited two specimens of a 

 Cystice7'cio.s-stsige of a Tapeworm found by him in the body- 

 cavity of the Rat- Flea {Ceratophyllus fasciatics). 



Dr. R, T. Leiper, F.Z.S., exhibited specimens of some rare 

 Helminths of Man, including a new ISTematode Worm found in 

 abscesses in natives of Trinidad, viz. : — 



Lagochilascaris minor, sp. n. 



An Ascarid with three jaws split along theii' inner surfaces and 

 separated from body by a deep furrow. Small cuticular labia 

 intermedia. Narrow keel of cuticle projecting from body in 



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