1899.] THE SECRETAET OJ! ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. .595 



5. On the Dates of the ^ Encyclopedie Methodique': Addi- 

 tional Note. By C. Davies Shbrborn and B. B. 

 Woodward. 



[Eeceived March 27, 1899.] 



To the ' Proceedings ' of this Society, 1893, pp. 582-584, we con- 

 tributed a note on the dates of this book : information has now 

 come to hand which enables us to correct some doubtful points 

 and to complete the information. 



T. VIII. part 2, Insectes (livraison 77 of the Encyclopedie), was 

 published in -July 1812, not [?1814]. Pp. 1-45 of 

 T. VIII. pt. 1 was written by B. E. Manuel. 

 T. IX. part 2, Insectes (livr. 95), was published in July 1824. 

 Of this part 2, pp. 329-706, 708-711 were by 

 Godart ; pp. 706, 707 and all extra-European Hesper- 

 ides were by Latreille, to p. 793 ; from Castnia to end 

 by Godart. 

 T. X. Insectes, came out in two parts as follows : — 



Pt. 1, pp. 1-344. 1825 (livr. 96). 

 Pt. 2, pp. 345-832. 1828 (hvr. 100). 

 Hist. Nat. des Zoophytes, by Lamouroux, Bory, and Eudes- 

 Deslongchamps : 



Pt. 1. pp. 1-376. 1824 (livr. 95). 



pp. 377-819. Oct. 1827 (livr. 98). 

 Hist. Nat des Vers : 



T. II. pt. 2 was published along with Vol. III. in Sept. 

 1832 (not 1831). 



May 16, 1899. 

 W. T. Blanpoed, Esq., LL.D., P.E.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1899 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of April was 87, of which 20 were by 

 presentation, 6 by birth, 35 by purchase, and 26 were received on 

 deposit. The total number of departures during the same pex'iod, 

 by death and removals, was 87. 



Amongst the additions the following are worthy of special 

 notice : — 



A young male Giraflfe, believed to be about eleven months old, 

 purchased of Mr. C. Eeiche, of Alfeld, on April 1st. This Giraffe 

 belongs to the Soutliern form, Giraffa cameloparclalis capensis 

 {cf. P. Z. S. 1897, p. 277), and was obtained by Mr. Eeiche's 

 agents in the Transvaal, probably from the adjacent district of 

 Portuguese East Africa. 



