XOTES FROM THE CAIRU INSECT HOUSE. 709 



November 9, 1915. 



Dr. S. F. Harmer, M.A., 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 October 1915 :- — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of October was 162. Of these 98 were acquired 

 by presentation, 24 were received on deposit, 15 in exchange, 11 

 by purchase, and 14 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 206. 



Amongst the additions sjjecial attention may be directed to : — 



1 Hairy Tree-Porcupine {Coendu insidiosus), from Venezuela, 

 presented by Hugo Pam, C.M.Z.S., on October 4th. 



2 Larger-streaked Spider-hunters {Arachnothera magna), from 

 the Himalayas, new to the Collection, presented by Alfred Ezra, 

 F.Z.S., on October 1st. 



1 Red-faced Crake {Neocrex erythrops), new to the Collection, 

 presented, with a number of other birds from Venezuela, by 

 Hugo Pam, C.M.Z.S., on October 4th. 



1 Japanese Robin [Erithacus akahige), from Japan, and 

 1 Yellow- colla.red Ixulus (Ixulns Jlavicollis), from the Hima- 

 layas, both new^ to the Collection, deposited on October 13th. 



1 Greater Amethyst Sunbird {Chalcomitra amethystina), from 

 South Africa, new to the Collection, presented hj Alfred Ezra, 

 F.Z.S., on October 20th. 



1 Sauvage's Tree- Frog {Phi/llomedusa smmiagii), from Cordova., 

 Argentina, new to the Collection, presented by Wilfred A. 

 Smithers, C.M^.S., on October 20th. 



Prof. H. Maxwell Lefroy, M.A., F.Z.S., Curator of Insects, 

 read a report on the House-Fly Investigations carried out during 

 the present year in the Society's Gardens. 



It is hoped that this report will be published in full in the 

 ' Proceeding's' for 1916. 



Notes from the Caird Insect ITouse. 



Mr. C. J. C. Pool, Assistant Curator of Insects, read the 

 following notes upon species recently bred and exhibited : — 



Orthoptera. 



M A N T I D M. 



Sphodromantis gnttata. 



The female Mantid deposits her eggs in a case made of a 

 gummy secretion. The eggs are in regular rows inside the case, 

 which is attached to a. twis: or to the bark of a tree. There is an 



