47 transverse ridges upon them. Good South African and 

 Nyasa Sable horns were ordinarily about 45 to 50 inches in 

 length, while those of the East African Sable were not known 

 to reach 40 inches. The female horns of H. n. variani were 

 35 inches long. 



In colour the face of the new form diflered conspicuously by 

 the almost complete obliteration of the usual prominent white 

 streaks rvmning from the anteorbital white tufts forwards to the 

 sides of the muzzle, the whole of the upper side of the face being 

 therefore deep black, with the exception of the anteorbital tufts 

 themselves, which were white as usual. In both male and 

 female a few odd light hairs alone indicated the ordinary position 

 of the streaks. 



The type-specimen would be registered as B.M, No, 16,2,21.1. 



Mr. 0. Tate Regan, M;A., F.Z.S., exhibited, by means of 

 lantern-slides^ a series of drawings of larval Fishes from the 

 Antarctic. 



The development of Myctophum antarcticuvi was compared 

 with that of the northern M. glacicde and larval Nototheniidse 

 were described. 



Mr. R. I. PocoCK, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Curator of Mammals, 

 exhibited the successive Antlers of a Virginian Deer {Odocoileus 

 cmiericanus) that had died of cancer in the Society's Gardens, and 

 attributed the degeneration shown to this disease. 



Prof. H. G. Plimmer, F.R S., F.Z.S., Pathologist to the Society, 

 read his Report on the Deaths, which occurred in the Society's 

 Gardens during 1915, and on the Blood-parasites found during 

 the same period. 



Prof. E. B. PouLTON, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., presented a paper 

 on a collection of Moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather, 

 containing descriptions of ten new genera and a large number of 

 new species by Sir George F. Hampson, Bt., F.Z.S., and others. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, February 22nd, 1916, at half-past Five 

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



