No. 167. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



April 3rd, 1917. 



Prof. E. W. MacBride, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Yice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Tlie Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



Mr. C. J. Gahan exhibited a living example of the " Death- 

 Watch " Beetle (Anobiuni tesselatuvi), and demonstrated its 

 response to sharp taps, such as could be made with the point 

 of a pencil on the table. 



Mr. 0. Davies SnERBORy, F.Z.S., exhibited an autograph of 

 Captain Bligh of ' The Bounty.' 



Mr. C. Tate Regan, M.A., F.Z.S., exhibited a Piraya (Serra- 

 salmo piraya) from the Ainazon, and gave a short account of 

 the habits of this ferocious fish. 



Mr. Alfred Ezra, F.Z.S., gave a lantern exhibition illustrating 

 Big-Game Shooting in Oooch Behar, Assam, and the Bhutan 

 Duars, India. 



Mr. R. H. Burne, M.A., F.Z.S., presented his paper entitled 

 " Notes on some of the Viscera of an Okapi {Okapia johnstoni 



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