96 MR. C. J. C. POOL ON THE 



February 20th, 1917. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Vice-President, 



in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the Additions 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January 

 1917 :— 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of January were 118 in number. Of these 49 were 

 acquired by presentation, 58 were received on deposit, 5 by 

 purchase, 4 in exchange, and 2 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 128. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to :— 



1 White-bellied Hedgehog {Erinaceus albiventris), new to the 

 Collection, from Dakar, Senegal, presented by Mrs. C. H. A. 

 Reaney on January 20th. 



1 Greater Double-collared Sunbird {Cinnyris afe?*), new to the 

 Collection, from South Africa, presented by Alfred Ezra, F.Z.S., 

 on January 4th. 



1 Three-lined Snake (Trimerorhinus tritceniatus), new to the 

 Collection, from Nakuro, British East Africa, presented by R. 

 Holmes on January 19th. 



12 Beautiful Tree-Frogs {Hyla pulchella), new to the Collection, 

 from Cordova, Argentine, presented by W. A. Smithers, C.M.Z.S.. 

 on January 29th. 



Mr. D. Seth- Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, exhibited the 

 trachea from a male Anseranas sernipalmata, showing its extra- 

 ordinary convolution, which had been described by Latham so 

 long ago as 1797. The exhibitor stated that neither in this 

 species nor in Phony gama keraudreni, another species with a 

 greatly developed convoluted trachea, did the birds produce any 

 great volume of sound, ( such as might be expected from so 

 elaborate an arrangement. 



Notes from the Caird Insect House. 



Mr. C. J. C. Pool, Assistant Curator of Insects, read the 

 following notes upon species bred and exhibited : — 



Lepidoptera. 

 The Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata). 

 Vast numbers of larvae were collected in North London district 



