No. 86. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF TUE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON/^ 



June 14th, 1910. 



Dr. S. F. Harmer, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary read a Report on the additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May 1910. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., exhibited drawings to 

 illustrate an apparently unrecorded instance of ant-mimicry by 

 the larvae of a species of Mantis from Axim, on the Gold Coast. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., read a paper "On the 

 Cutaneous Scent-glands of Ruminants," based pi'incipally upon 

 work done at the Prosectorium on animals that had died in the 

 Gardens. The paper was illustrated by lantern-slides showing 

 the macroscopic structure of the preorbital, pedal, and inguinal 

 and other specialised glands of most of the genera of this group 

 of Ungulates. The author pointed out that the structure of the 

 feet, whether furnished with special glands or not, supplied 

 valuable data for classifying the geiiera of Antelopes and Deer ; 

 and showed that with some modifications, such as the removal of 

 Tetraceros fi-om the Cephalophinje to the Ti'agelophinje, of 

 Dorcotragus from the Antilopinfe to the Neotragina^, and of 

 Fa/)dholops, Saiga, and ^Epyceros from the Antilopin^, the sub- 

 families usually admitted were valid groups. In the case of the 

 Deer it was interesting to note thsitRucervus^PanoUa, Elaphnrua, 



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