THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 479 



EXHIBITI02TS AND NOTICES. 

 March 20tli, 1923. 



Prof. E. V. MacBride, F.R.S., Yice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following- Report on the Additions to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of February, 1923 ; — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of Febi'uary were 141 in number. Of these 76 were 

 acquired by presentation, 27 were deposited, 17 were purchased, 

 and 21 wei'e born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



2 Illiger's Marmosets {Mystax iUigeri), from the Upper 

 Amazons, new to the Collection, deposited on Februa,ry 6th. 



1 Banded Coati {JVasua vittata), from British Guiana, pre- 

 sented by The Viscount Dunsford on February 13th. 



4 Reindeer {Rangifer tarandus), from Finland, purchased on 

 February 24th. 



2 Eared Vultures {Otogyps auricularis), from South Africa, 

 purchased on February 16th. 



Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.R.M.S., F.Z.S., exhibited a speci- 

 men of a caterpillar (? Gharagria virescens) infected Avith the 

 Entomogenous fungus Oordyceps robertsii, which he had recently 

 received from Tauranga, New Zealand. The specimen showed 

 the long stroma of the fungus growing out through the tissues 

 of the joint between the head and first segment of the thorax of 

 the caterpillar, and bearing at its free end the densely packed 

 perithecia ; the whole aerial stem bearing a strong resemblance 

 to a miniature bullrush. The native names for this so-called 

 plant-caterpillar are " aweto," " pepeaweto," and " hotete '" ; and 

 the burnt ashes of these fungus-infested caterpillars, powdered 

 and mixed with water, were used in ceremonial tattooing of rank 

 and tribe. 



Mr. M. A. C. HiNTON, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, the skin of a Lioness showing considerable development 

 of mane. 



April 10th, 1923. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Vice-Pi'esident, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary exhibited, and made remarks upon, a series of 

 photographs of the deep-level reservoirs of the Society's new 

 Aquarium. 



