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The Secretary exhibited, and made some additional remai'ks 

 npon the photographs of the young living Okapi that were shown 

 at the previous Scientific Meeting. 



June 17th, 1919. 



Prof. Ernest W. MacBridb, D.Sc, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report on the Additions 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the mouth of May 

 1919 :— 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of May were 169 in number. Of these 52 were acqviired 

 by presentation, 15 wei'e deposited, 5 were received in exchange, 

 95 were purchased, and 2 were born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



1 African Hunting-Dog {Lycaon cctjjensis), cf (S. Africa), 

 purchased on May 7th. 



1 Mikado Pheasant {Calo2)h((sis mikado), deposited by H.G. 

 The Duke of Bedford, K.G., on May 14th. 



1 Secretary-bird {Serpentarlus seiyeiitarius), fi-om South Africa, 

 purchased on May 7th. 



1 South-African Amphisba3na(iI/o»07;»eZiis capensis), new to the 

 Collection, from South Africa, deposited on May 28th. 



Miss L. E. Cheesman, F.E.S., exhibited some living specimens 

 of Light-giving Beetles from Cuba. 



Mr. E. Heron-Allen, F.R.S., exhibited a series of lantern- 

 slides demonstrating some of the results obtained in the 

 experiments he had been cairying out in collaboration with 

 Mr. Arthur Eahland, P.R.M.S., on the cultivation of Verneui- 

 lina poly sir opha Reuss, in hypertonic sea-water and gem sand. 



PROC. Zool. Soc— 1919, No. XVI. 16 



