498 MR. OLBFIELD THOMAS OX A 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



March 19, 1912. 



S. F. Harmer, Esq., M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S., 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. A. RA.DCLYFFE DuGMORE, F.R.G.S., gave a lantemi exhi- 

 bition of a large number of photographic studies of wiki animals 

 in British East Africa and Newfoundland. This very beautiful 

 series of pictures was briefly described by Mr. Dugmore, who 

 dwelt particularly on the advantage to be gained by hunting with 

 the camera, and showed that it was a sport as well as a means of 

 securing interesting and valuable material. 



Messrs. E. Gerrard & Sons sent for exhibition : — 



(a) A very fine head of a cow .Sable Antelope {Hippotragus 

 niger), shot by Major E. 0. F. Garraway, C.M.G., which was of 

 interest in that the mane was white instead of the normal dark 

 brown, and in the horns also being near the record for length. 



{h) The skull of an Isabelline Bear [Ursns isabeUimis) witli 

 eight well-marked incisors in the lower mandible instead of the 

 normal six. 



(c) The skull of a Leopairl (Fells parclus) with an injury to the 

 nasals and premaxillary bones which had arrested the shedding 

 of the milk-canines and the growth of the permanent canines. 

 The skull was quite adult and the remaining teeth were fully 

 developed and normal. 



{d) The skull of a Lion {Fells leo) showing a severe injury or 

 disease of the left side of the palate and the upper mandible, 

 which had not affected the o-rowth of the teeth. 



Tino neiv Genera and a new Species of Vlverrlne Carnivora * . 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited an example 

 of a Viverrine Carnivore from Tonkin which had a striking 

 external resemblance to the common JJemlgalusf hardwlekei, but 

 which differed so much in the skull and dentition as to necessitate 

 its being considered a distinct genus. Reason was also given for 

 rega.rding the Bornean " Hemlgale " hosel as representing a third 

 genus of the group. 



The following was Mr. Thomas's account of the animals re- 

 ferred to : — 



" Commencing with the known species, from Borneo, I propose 



* [The complete account of these new genera and the species is given here, but 

 since the names and preliminary diagnoses were given in tlie ' Abstract,' they arc 

 distinguished by being underlined. — Editor.] 



t JJptter, but erroneonsly, known as JJemigale. 



