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Dr. R. Broom, O.M.Z.S., exhibited specimens of two rare 

 South African Golden Moles. The one was described as a new 

 species of Beniatismos, B. leschce. Hitherto the Giant Moles of 

 the Eastern Cape Colony have been referred to B. trevelT/ani, hut 

 the present type from St. Cathberts, Isolo, differs from B. tre- 

 velyani and agrees with B. transvacdensis and B. villosa in having 

 the temporal bulla markedly projecting from the side of the 

 skull. The skull measures 35-6 mm. in length and 21-4 mm. in 

 width, being thus veiy appreciably smaller than B. trevelyani. 



The other specimen exhibited was one of the rare mole 

 Chrysochloris sdateri. Hitherto it has been only known from 

 the Nieuwveld and from Basutoland — localities 350 miles apart. 

 The present specimen was from New Bethesda, 130 miles nearer 

 to Basutoland than the original locality. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will be 

 held on Tuesday, February 19th, 1918, at 5.3Q p.m., when the 

 following communications will be made : — 



Professor E. W. MacBride, M.A„ D.Sc, F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



The development of Echinocardmm cordatttm^ 

 Captain G. D. Hale Carpenter, ¥I.D. 



An African Civet attacking Human Beings. (Communi- 

 cated by Pi*ofessor Poulton, F.B.S,) 



L. A. Lantz (Moscow). 



Reptiles from the River Tajan. (Communicated by G. A. 

 Boulenger, F.R.S., F.Z„S.) 



The following papers have been received : — 



Miss Maude L. W. Cleghorn, F.Z.S., F.L.S., F.E.S. 



First Report on the Inheritance of Visible and Invisible 

 Characters iu Silkworms, 



