/"(is iiiK si:i |{|•:•|•Alt^ o.\ addi'iion.s ki tiik .MiCN.VfiKiui:. [ M.-iy "24, 



aniiiiiil, it is donbtful if wo know of any otlier hprl)ivorons type 

 of mammal in Jiuassic times. The long- jawed many-toothed 

 small forms were pi-obably insectivorous, the short-jawed Mvilti- 

 tuberoulates for the most part carni^oious. The pecviliar cutting 

 premolars and molars of the latter probably were used for cutting 

 the scaly skins of lizards, and the tubercular molai-s for crushing 

 tlie bones. Possibly in Eocene times they became extinct owing 

 to the development of the Creodonts. a better carnivorous type. 



• Litcratiirp referred io. 



R. Owes. '•On tlie Skull ami Dentition of a Triassic Maiiinial 

 {7'riii/lodo/i lon<j<fvus (Jwen) from South Africa." Q. J. CJ. S. 

 vol. x\. 1884. p. 14(i. 



H. G. Seelky." — '' The Reputed j\l animals from the Karroo Forma- 

 tion of Cape Colony." Phil. Trans. 1895, p. 102."). 



11. Broom. — '' On the Affinities of TriUjlodou." Tr. S. Afr. Phil. 

 Soc. vol. xvi. pt. 1, 1905, p. 73. 



J. W. GiDLEY. — " Notes on the Fossil Mammalian Genus Ptilodas, 

 with Descriptions of new Species." Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, 

 vol. xxxvi. No. 1689, 1909, p. 611. 



May '24. 1910. 



hi'. IlicNuv \N'ooinvARi>, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on tlie additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April, 1910: — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of April la.st was 249. Of these 148 were 

 acquired by presentation, 52 by purchase, 26 were received on 

 de|)osit, 9 in exchange, and 14 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of dejiartures during the .same period, l)y deaths 

 and removals, was 158. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be tlirected to :-- 



I Lar Gibbon {/fi/lohaies lar), from Siam, presented on April 

 li'.th by Lt. Stephen St. L. I\U)ore, R.N. 



1 Tayra {O'alera harhara) and 1 Kinkajou {Cercolepips caiidi- 

 volvulus), from Manaos, presented on Ai)ril 14th by E. Salis 

 Schwabe, E.sq., C.M.Z.S. 



1 Mouk-Seal {Moiiachus (dhlrenter), from Madeii'a, presented 

 on April 9th by Godfrey Williams, Esq., F.Z.S. 



1 Bay Duiker {Cephalophus dorsalis), 1 Zech's Mole- Rat 

 {(Jeorychus zechi), new to the Collection, and 1 Beautiful Wood- 

 Tlawk {Dryotriorchis spectabilis), from Obuassi, S. Ashauti, 

 presented on April 1st by Cajjt. C. 11. Armitage. 



