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MiCROTUS (EOTHENOMYS) MELANOGASTEE, ELEUSIS, Subsp. n. 



Tail comparatively long ; m^ with four inner angles. 

 Head and body 98 mm. ; tail 55 ; hind foot 17 ; skull 24-7. 

 Hah. E. of Chao-tung-fu, N. Yunnan. Tyi^e. Male. No. 2696. 



MiCROTUS (EOTHENOMYS) OLITOR, Sp. n. 



Near M. melcmogaster, but no extra internal angle on m'. 

 Head and body 82 mm. ; tail 34 ; hind foot 16 ; skull 24. 

 Ilah. Chao-tung-fu. Type. Eemale. No. 2714. 



MiCROTUS (Oartomts) alcinous, sp. n. 



Like M. (C.) eva, but colour very much darker. 



Head and body 90 mm. ; tail 56 ; hind foot 17 ; skull 24. 



Hab. Wei-choe, Si-ho R. Type. Male. No. 2631. 



The tSECRETARY presented a paper by Mr. E. P. Stebbing, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S,, entitled " Game Sanctuaries and Game Protection, 

 in India," in which the author discussed the question of the 

 formation of Game Sanctuaries and what had been already done 

 in this direction in various parts of the country. Suggested 

 additions to the pi'oposed New Indian Game Act were given, 

 and " close seasons " for certain species recommended as being- 

 necessary for the preservation of the game of the CQu.ntry. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, November 7th, 1911, at half -past Eight 

 o'clock P.M., when the following communications will be made : — 



1. R. I. PococK, F.E.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Lantern exhibition on the ]\Ioulting of the Arctic Fox. 



2. D. Seth- Smtth, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



On the Moulting of the King Penguin {Aptenodytes pennanti) 

 in the Society's Gardens. (With lantern illustrations.) 



3. T. E. GuNN, F.L.S. 



On the Presence of Two Ovaries in certain British Birds, 

 more especially the Falconidaj. (With lantern illustrations.) 



