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June 18, 1907. 

 G. A. BouLENGER, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions that 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie in May 1907 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of May were 220 in number. Of these 103 were acquii-ed 

 by presentation and 37 by purchase, 68 were received on deposit, 

 3 in exchange, and 9 were born in the Gardens. The total number 

 of departures dviring the same period, by death and removals, 

 was 208. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



An Elegant Mongoose (Galidia elegcms) and a Broad-banded 

 Mongoose {Gcdidictis striata), the latter new to the Collection, 

 from Ambinaninbrano, E. Madagascar, presented by Archdeacon 

 Kestell-Cornish on May 28th. 



Two Oapybaras {Hydrochcerus capyhara) and a Brazilian Tapir 

 {Tapirus americanus) from Venezuela, presented by Mr. H. G. O. 

 Bax- Ironside on May 30th. 



A pair of Indian Onagers [Eqitus onager iiidicus) from Bokhara 

 and N. Khorassan, presented by Capt. Keyes on May 7th. 



A Black-gloved Wallaby {Macropus irma), two Cervine Kan- 

 garoos (il/. cervimts), two Owen's Kangaroos {M. magnus), and 

 two Woodward's Kangaroos {M. ivoodwardi), the last two species 

 new to the Collection, from Australia, deposited on May 3rd. 



A Collection of Birds from Venezuela, including 13 Felicia's 

 Humming-birds {Amazilia felicice), a Blue-chinned Humming- 

 bird {Eitcephala ccerulea), two Buby-crested Humming - birds 

 {Chrysolam'pis moscliitus), three Prevost's Humming-birds [Lam- 

 pornis prevosti), a Shining Tanager (CaUiste vitreolina), and an 

 Orange-browed Tanager {Euphonia elegantissima), new to the 

 Collection, presented by Messrs. A. and H. Pam on May 27th. 



An Owl-Parrot {Stringops habroptilus) from New Zealand, 

 deposited on May 28th. 



Two cocks and a hen Great Bustards {Otis tarda) from Spain, 

 presented by Mr. W. J. Buck, C.M.Z.S., on May 6th. 



Mr. C. J. Gahan exhibited a remarkable luminous insect 

 recently presented to the British Museum by Mr. J. Kempthoi-ne, 

 of Great Crosby, near Liverpool, who brought it alive from Manaos 

 in Brazil. Perfectly larva-like in form, neai-ly an inch and a half 

 long, mostly of a creamy-yellow colour, but with the head and 

 anal segment of a darker, reddish-brown tint, the insect glowed 

 with a I'ich fire-red light from the head and fore part of the first 

 body-segment, while it had a pair of bright green lights on each 

 of the following segments except the last — 11 pairs in all. The 

 anal segment, much narrower than the others and used as a 

 support in walking, was the only segment of the body that was 



