142 MR. OSCAR NEUMANN ON MAMMALS [Juiie 17, 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. 



10) of JBlalcistonia atirea, $ , p. 133. 



„ ¥,p. 132. 



, Aganippe pulleinei, $ , p. 128. 



» ?. 



, „ latior, p. 126. 



, „ subtristis, p. 126. 



, „ smeatoni, p. 126. 



, Idiosoma sigillatum, p. 125. 



, Anidiops inanstridgei, p. 125. 



, Dyarcyops andre^vs^, p. 130. 



, Arbanttis gilliesii, 'p. 125. 



, Aname tasmanica, p. 140. 



, Chenisfonia tepperi, p. 137. 



June 17, 1902. 



Prof. G. B. Howes, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of May 1902 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of May 1902 were 141 in number. Of these 26 were 

 acquired by presentation and 64 by purchase, 6 were born in the 

 Gardens, 44 were received on deposit, and 1 in exchange. The 

 total number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 131. 



Amongst the additions attention may be specially directed to : — 



1. A fine example of the scarce and little-known Southern 

 Anaconda (Uunectes notceus Cope) from Paraguay, deposited by 

 the Hon. Walter Rothschild, F.Z.S., May 2nd, new to the 

 Collection. 



2. A female Hartebeest from Angola, acquired by purchase 

 May 13th, apparently not different fx'om the species of the Cape 

 Colony, Bubalis caama. 



3. Six Rviddy Flamingos {^Phcenicopterus ruber) from Cuba, 

 purchased May 29th. 



4. Three American Bisons {Bison americamis) from the Woburn 

 Herd, presented by the President of the Society, and received 

 May 31st. 



Mr. Oscar Neumann exhibited some specimens of Monkeys 

 (Cercopithecus) and Hyiuxes (Procavia), belonging to species 

 discovered during his recent journey through North-east Africa and 

 during his earlier journey through German and British East 

 Africa. Among the Hyraxes exhibited were examples of Procavia 

 erlangeri, the black-headed Hyrax from Harar and the sources of 

 the Wabbi, Procavia matschiei from the south coast of Lake 

 Victoiia, and Procavia (Ileterohi/rax) thomasi from Kafia and 



