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strings, apparatus, etc—£8. Total, £32.” It was presented to the 
South African Museum in 1875 by Mr. John Broadway. 
Mr. Scuater also exhibited a series of photographs of birds and 
their nests taken by Mr. R. H. Ivy, in the neighbourhood of Graham’s 
Town. Among them were the following: Cossypha bicolor the 
Piet-mijn-vrouw—Monticola rupestris, the nest of which contained 
an egg of the solitary cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) distinctly visible in 
the photograph owing to its darker colour—Dryoscopus cubla, the 
Puff-back Shrike, showing the bird with its powder-puff-like feathers 
of the back erected—Tockus melanoleucus, the Horn-bill—Pratincola 
torquata, the South African Stonechat—Cestropus natalensis, the 
Lark-heeled Cuckoo, which differs from most of its relatives, in 
building its own nest and hatching its own young. 
Dr. J. D. F. Giucurtist exhibited : 
(1) A Gadoid fish, belonging to the genus Haloporphyrus and 
probably a new species, found by the Government steamer in trawl- 
ing about 40 miles off Cape Town, in over 100 fathoms. 
(2) Four fishes showing luminous organs, viz.: a Monocentris 
from shallow water, Mossel Bay ; an Argyropelecus, a Paraliparis, 
and a Scopelus from over 100 fathoms off the Cape Peninsula, 
probably all new species. 
(3) A number of new Alcyonarians which had been procured by 
the Government steamer and described by Prof. Hickson, F.R.S. 
These included the new genus, Acrophytwm claviger, and three new 
species—Heteroxeina capensis, Sarccphytum trochiforme, Gorgoma 
capensis. 
(4) Specimens of Verztellwm illustrating the difference in size 
of the fauna of the east and west coasts of Africa, the eastern forms 
being larger than those from the west coast. 
(5) A specimen of Agriopus torvus. 
(6) A new species of Anchovy from East London, this being the 
second species of the genus Hngraulis discovered in South African 
waters. 
Dr. F. Purcenu exhibited specimens of all the known South 
African species of ‘ Peripatus,’’ including, in addition to the three 
previously described forms, four others recently described by himself 
in the “Annals of the South African Museum,” making seven 
Wat alll, Wale, = 
Peripatopsis capensis (Grube), with 17 pairs of legs. ) 
P. balfouri (Sedg.), with 18 pairs of legs. , from the Cape Peninsula. 
P. leonina, Pure., with 21-22 ,, sis j 
P. Sedgwicki, Pure., with 20 ,, i. 
P. clavigera, Pure., ,, 
7 99 be) 
P. moseleyi (Wood-m.), with 20-22 pairs of legs.) from Natal and the Eastern 
Opisthopatus cinctipes, Pure., with 16 ,, ) parts of Cape Colony. 
from Knysna. 
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