18 



with long level cutting-edges instead of points, their series 

 above forming nearly a half-circle. Cheek-teeth proportionally 

 small. 



Hah. Tonkin. 



Ty2)&- Young male. Original number 11. 



Mr. Thomas at the same time proposed to distinguish " Hemi- 

 gale " hosei, described by him in 1892, as a special genus to be 

 called 



DiPLOGALE, gen. n. 



Pattern of coloration normal, not banded. 



Skull with parallel-sided, square-fronted muzzle, the tooth- 

 rows nearly parallel. P^ with double root. 

 Type. Diplogale hosei {Hemigale hosei, Thos.). 



Mr. Guy Dollman exhibited a Monkey, belonging to the rare 

 genus lihinopithecibs, from Tonkin, which he considered to 

 represent a new species and proposed to call 



Rhinopithecus avunculus, sp. n. 



Size smaller than in R. bieti, M.-Edw. ; tail longer. 

 Colour of dorsal surface black, underparts yellowish buff ; tail 

 black overlaid with yellowish white, terminal tuft v/hite. 

 Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 520 mm. ; tail 660 ; hind foot 165 ; ear 40. 

 Skull: greatest length 109 mm. 

 Hah. Yen-bay, Tonkin. 

 Type. Adult female. Original number 8. 



Mr. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, F.R.G.S., gave a lantern exhi- 

 bition of a large number of photographic studies of wild 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. 



Mr. Edward W. Shann, B.Sc, read a paper, communicated by 

 Prof. S. J. Hickson, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.Z.S., entitled " Observations 

 on some Alcyonaria from Singapore, with a brief Discussion on 

 the Classification of the Family Nephthyidje." This collection 

 was made by Mr. W. F. Lanchester and the late Mr. F. P. Bedford 

 during their residence in Singapore. All the specimens had been 

 obtained in shallow water, from low water-mark to a depth of 

 about 10 fathoms, and. of the eleven vSpecies dealt with in this 

 paper, representing six difierent families, four were described 

 as new. A brief historical summary of the genera Nephthya, 

 Dendronephthya, and Stereonephthya was given, together with 

 the author's reasons for retaining the definitions of these genera 



