Bathyergus janetta, sp. n. 



Size much less than in B. mariiimus. Geneial ground-colour 

 as in that species, hut the top of the head and the dorsal area 

 slaty black. 



Skull of male 48*5 mm. in basilar length, and of female 40'5 ; 

 both old. 



Type. Female. ISTo. 545. 



Lepus capensis granti, subsp. n. 



Colour above as in true L. ccqyensis, below as in L. c. centralis ; 

 ear-fringes whitish. Nape vinaceous. 

 Ty2:>e. Male. No. 561. 



A new generic name, DesmocKlhcs, was applied to the Gerbille 

 hitheito known as Gerhillus or Pachyui'omys auricularis Smith. 



Mr, F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., read a paper on the Arteries of 

 the Base of the Brain in certain Mammals, based on observations 

 he had made on individuals that had died in the Society's 

 Menagerie. 



Mr. G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S., gave descriptions of three new 

 species of Fishes discovered by the late Mr. J. S. Budgett in the 

 Niger, during the recent expedition on which he contracted 

 the fatal illness which has terminated a most promising career. 

 Two species belong to the Mormyi^s : 1 . Mm^cusenius budgetti, 

 allied to M. petherici and psittactcs, with D. circa 32, A. 25, 

 Lat. 1. 67, 12 scales round caudal 23eduncle ; 2. GnatJionemus gilli, 

 allied to G. cyprinoides, with D. 33, A. 31, Lat. 1. 85, 14 scales 

 round caudal peduncle, and oiigin of dorsal fin corresponding to 

 that of anal. The third species is a Silurid of the genus Syno- 

 dontis, named aS'. resupinatus, from the ventral surface being 

 darker than the dorsal, and unique in the character of the 

 maxillary barbel, which combines a broad fringe with short obtuse 

 branches. 



In a second paper, Mr. Boulenger described the type specimen 

 of the Siluiid Fish, Clarices Iceviceps Gill, which had been 

 entrusted to him by the Smithsonian Institution. Clarias kings- 

 leyce Gthr. proved to be identical with this species. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will be 

 held on Tuesday, the 16th February, 1904, at half- past Eight 

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



1. Mr. CynTL Orossland, F.Z.S.— On the Marine Fauna of 

 Zanzibar and British East Africa. — Polycha^ta, Part III. 



