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Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., F.Z.S., directed attention to a figure 

 of the type of Elephas afrlGanus cyclotis with which he was un- 

 acquainted at the time of reading his paper on Africa.n Elephants 

 (P. Z. S. 1907, p. 380). He also exhibited and described the skin 

 of a Leopard brought home by Mr. Stanley Tomkins from Uganda, 

 remarkable for the shortness of the limbs and tail and the Jaguar- 

 like pattern of the markings. 



Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., Secretary to the Society, 

 gave an account of observations made by himself and Mr. R. I. 

 Pocock, Superintendent of the Gardens, on the Feeding of Ser- 

 pents in Captivity. He described the different habits of Python- 

 like, non-poisonous and poisonous Colnbrine and Yiperine Snakes, 

 and stated that he and Mr. Pocock had found no evidence as to 

 the existence of a specific fear of Snakes in the case of any 

 vertebrates except Piimates, and that, amongst Primates, Lemurs 

 were distinguished from true Monkeys by their complete indifier- 

 ence to Snakes. 



Mr. 0. Tate Regan, M.A., F.Z.S., read a paper containing 

 descriptions of some new Loricariid fishes, viz. five species of 

 Plecostomtts and an Otocinclus from Eastern Brazil and two 

 species of Arges from Colombia. 



Lt.-Ool. N. Manders, F.Z.S., presented a communication entitled 

 " Notes on Mayer's Pigeon," in which the habits of this neaily 

 extinct bird were described. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Prosector to the Society, 

 communicated the results of his observations on the structure of 

 the rare Madagascar mammal, GalicUctis striata. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will be 

 held on Tuesday, the 26th November, 1907, at half-past Eight 

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



1. The Rev. 0. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., F.R.S., C.M.Z.S. 

 — On some New and Little-known Araneidea. 



2. Mr. M. Jacoby, F.E.S. — Descriptions of new Species of 

 South American Cry^ptoctplialini. 



3. Dr. K. Andersen. — A Monograph of the Chiropteran Genera 

 Uroclerma, Enchisthenes, and Artibeus. 



4. Mr. E. S. Russell, M.A. — Environmental Studies on the 

 Limpet. 



5. Mr. F. E. Beddard, M.A., F.R.S.— Contributions to the 

 Knowledge of the Anatomy of the Batracliian Family Felobatidce. 



