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Cucurbitacees, croissant depuis longtemps a JSvis Cheri, a 
31oka. 
Cette plante n'a domic jusqu’a present que des Heurs 
males, elle est originaire de l’Afrique Sud. C’est le Sphaeroai- 
cyos Meyeri. 
31. P. Le Miere demande des renseignenients an sujet dn 
PJianalyue de 3Iadagascar. C’est, dit-on, un mammifere de 
la grosseur d‘un petit chicn. 31. Granclidier dit qu’on lie le 
rencontre que dans le Sud de 3Iadagascar, et que l’animal 
n’est pas conuu. ITne espece de Civette qui existe a 3Iada- 
gascar, d’apres un catalogue trouve dans les papiers de M. 
Telfair, s’appelle Falanun, nom qui se rapprocherait assez de 
celui indique plus liaut par 31. Le 31iere. 
Le Secretaire fait lecture de la lettre suivante qu’il a re- 
< ue du Dr. Grav : 
> «' 
British Museum, August 2nd 1872, 
“ To L. Bouton, Eiqre.. 
“ Secretary. 
“Dear Sir, 
“ Dr. Baird died in tlie early part of this year; therefore 
1 opened the letter to him thinking that it was intended for 
the Department. 
“ The box containing the insect arrived this morning. It 
belongs to the genus Zephrovia which I characterized and 
described in Griffith's edition of Cuvier's Animal Kingdom. 
3ir. "White has described several species of this genus, which 
were in the British 31 use urn in 1855), in the third volume of 
the 3rd series of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History 
of 1859. He figures four species, your specie is very like 
Zcphronia Acteo/i brought by 31adame Pfeiifor from 3!nda- 
gascar which agree with it in size and form, but is not so 
