1905.] MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON A >fEW GOLDEN MOLE. 57 



May 16, 1905. 



G. A. BouLENGER, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions that 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie in April 1905 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of April were 205 in number. Of these 67 were acquired 

 by presentation and 19 by purchase, 104 were received on deposit, 

 9 by exchange, and 6 were born in the Gardens. The total 

 number of departures during the same period, by death and 

 removals, was 126. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



A young female Chimpanzee (^Ardhro'pojnthecus troglodytes), 

 deposited on April 8th. 



A young female Girafie from Northern Nigeria, probably 

 belonging to the race known as Giraffa camdojiardalis peralta, 

 purchased on April 7th. 



A young male Huanaco {Lama hioanacos), from Punta Ai-enas, 

 Tieriu del Fuego, presented by Mr. Moritz Braun and Capt. R. 

 Crawshay on April 10th. 



A pair of Concave-casqued Hornbills [Dichoceros hicornis) from 

 India, purchased on April 4th. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Il.S., exhibited examples of a new 

 Golden Mole from Knysna, Cape Colony, which had been obtained 

 by Mr. Grant in coiuiection with Mr. C. D. Rudd's exploration 

 of South Africa, and which he proposed to name in honour of 

 Mrs. Rudd, who had taken much interest in the results of the 

 exploration. 



Amblysomus corri/e Thos. *, Abstr. P. Z. S. No. 20, p. 5, 

 May 23, 1905. 



Rather smaller than A. hottentottus. General colour dark 

 smoky blackish, darker than in A. ms, with a beautiful iridescent 

 sheen, greenish to coppery violet, over the whole upper surface. 

 Sides and belly not or scai'cely lighter, a slight brownish tone 

 occasionally present along the centre of the abdomen. Hairs of 

 back 8-9 mm. in length, their bases dark slaty grey, their ends 

 lighter and more brownish grey subtei'minally and their tips 

 ii-idescent blackish brown. Crown and forehead like back. Cheeks 

 paler, greyish or yellowish, but not conspicuously contrasted. 

 Limbs and upper surface of hind feet smoke-grey. 



Skull (PI. XYI. t fig. 3) in its general characteis like that of 



* [The complete account of the new species described in this communication 

 appears here ; but since the name and preliminary diagnosis were published in the 

 'Abstract,' the species is distinguished bj^ the name beina; underlined. — Editoe.] 



t P. Z. S. 1905, vol. i. p. 254. 



