PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
GENERAL MEETINQS FOE SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
1901, vol. I,
(JANUARY— APRIL.)
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LONDON :
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LIST
OP THE
COUNCIL AND OFFICERS
OF THE
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
1901.
7
COUNCIL.
{Elected April 29th, 1901.)
His Grace The Duke oe Bedeokd, President.
"William Bateson, Esq., F.E.S.,
Vice-President, William T. Blaneoed, Esq.,
LL.D., E.R.S., Vice-President. Geokge a. Bottlengeb, Esq.,
E.E.S. William E. de Winton, Esq. Heebeet Deuce, Esa. Chaeles Dettmmond, Esq., T7'ea-
surer. SiE Joseph PAtEEE, Bt,, F.R.S.,
Vice-President. De. Chaeles H. Gatty, LL.D. Peofessoe Geoege B. Howes,
LL.D., F.E.S., Vice-President. Lt.-Col. Leonaed H. Iebt.
Sir Hugh Low, G.C.M.G. Geoege S, Mackenzie, Esq.,
C.B. The Loeb Medway. P. Chalmees Mitchell, Esq.,
D.Sc. SiE Thomas Paine. HowAED Saundees, Esq., F.L.S.,
Vice-President. Philip Lutley Sclatee, Esq.,
M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Secretary. Dr. David Sharp, F.R.S. Olbfield Thomas, Esq., F.E.S. De. Heney Woodward, F.R.S.,
Vice-President.
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
P. L. Sclater, Esq., M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Secretary/.
Feank E. Beddard, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Vice-Secretary and Prosector.
Me. Clarence Bartlett, Superintendent of the Gardens.
Mr. Arthur Thomson, Head-Keeper and Assistayit Super- intendent.
Me. F. H. Wateehouse, Librarian.
Me. John Baeeow, Accountant.
Mr. W. H. Cole, Chief Cleric.
Me. George Arthur Doubleday, Cleric of Publications.
LIST OF CONTENTS.
January 15^ 1901.
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The Secretary. E.eport on the Additions to the Society's
Menagerie in December 1900 1
Mr. "W. E. de Winton. Exbibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of the large Grrey Meerkat {Oynictis selousl). (Plate I.) 2
Mr. Lydekker. Exhibition of the skull of a Fox (Canis vulpes) with two canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw 3
Mr. Gr. A. Boulenger. Notice of a Memoir on the Fishes of Lakes Tanganyika and Kivu, obtained during the Tan- ganyika Exploring Expedition 3
1. On the Fishes collected by Dr. W. .1. Ansorare in the Niger
Delta. By G. A. Boule>-gee, F.E.S. (Plates II.-IY.) 4
2. On some new and interesting Exotic Spiders collected by
Messrs. G-. A. K. Marshall and R. Shelford. By the Eev. OcTAVius Pickaed-Cambridge, M.A., F.E.S. , &c. (Plate Y.) 11
3. Notes on the Anatomy of Picarian Birds. — No. IV. Oa
the Skeletons of Bucorvus cafer and B. abi/ssinicus ; with Notes on other Hornbills. By F'rank E. Beddard, M.A., F.E.S., Prosector and Vice-Secretary to the Society 16
4. On some Butterflies from the White Nile collected by
Capt. H. N. Dunn of the Egyptian Army. By Arthur
G. Butler, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. ." 25
5. On the Muscles and Joints of the Giant Golden Mole
(CJirifsochloris treveJyani). By F. G. Parsons, Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital .... 26
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February 5, 1901.
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Mr. Howard Saunders. Address on the occasion oÂŁ the
decease of Queen Victoria 35
The Secretary. Eeport on the Additions to the Society's
Menagerie in January 1901 35
Mr. Sclater, Eemarks on a mounted specimen of Prejevalsky's Horse (Equics prejevalsJcii) in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 35
1. On the Mammals of the Balearic Islands. By Oldfield
Thomas, F.Z.S. 35
2. On the Structure of the Horny Excrescence, known as the
' Bonnet ' of the Southern Eight Whale (Balcena australis). By W. Gr. EiDEwooD, D.Sc, F.L.S., Lecturer on Biology at the Medical School of St. Mary's Hospital. (Plate VI.) 44
3. A List of the Batrachians and Eeptiles obtained by
Dr. Donaldson Smith in Soraaliland in 1899. By G. A. BouLENGER, P.E.S. (Plate VII.) 47
4. On an apparently new Species of Zebra from the Semliki
Forest. By P. L. Sclatee, M.A., Ph.D., F.E S., Secretary to the Society 50
5. On a Second Collection of Mammals made by Mr. Th. H,
Lyle in Siam. By J, L. Bonhote, B.A 52
6. On the Birds collected during the " Skeat Expedition " to
the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900. By J. L. Bonhote B.A 57
7. On a Freshwater Annelid of the Genus Bothriomuron,
obtained during the " Skeat Expedition " to the Malay Peninsula. By Prank E. Beddard, M.A., F.E.S. . . .". 81
February 19, 1901.
Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.E.S. Exhibition of a skin of a female Monkey {Cercopithecus schmidti) bearing a pair of super- numerary mammse g^^
Dr. W. G. Eidewood. Exhibition of some microscopic slides
of the hair of Johnston's Zebra (Equus johnstoni) §7
Prof. J. C. Ewart. Eemarks on the microscopic structure of
the hair of Johnston's Zebra (Equus johnstoni) 37
1. Notice of an apparently new Estuarine Dolphin from
-Borneo. By E. Ltdekker. (Plate VIII.) 88
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2. Note on the Kashmir Ibex {Capra siUrica sacin). By E.
Lydekker. (Plate IX.) 91
3. Description of a new Freshwater Crustacean from the
Soudan ; followed by some Eemarks on an allied Species, By Dr. J, G. DE Man, of lerseke, Zeeland, Holland. (Plate X.) 94
4. A Contribution to the Myology aud Visceral Anatomy of
CJilamydophorus truncatus. By R. H. Bubne, B.A., P.Z.S., jAnatomical Assistant in the Museum of the Eoyal College of Surgeons 104
5. Notes on the Broad-nosed Lemur, Hapalemur simus. By
Prank E. Beddaed, M.A., P.E.S 121
6. On some Characters of the Skull in the Lemurs and
Monkeys. By C. I. Porstth Major, P.Z.S. (Plates XI.-XIII.) : 129
7. Descriptions of some new Species of Phytophagous Coleo-
ptera of the Pamily Chlamydce. By Martin Jacobt, F.E.S. (Plate XIV.) ' .' 153
March 5, 1901.
The Secretary. Eeport on the Additions to the Society's
Menagerie in February 1901 165
The Secretary. List of the specimens of the Quagga that
have lived in the Society's Menagerie 165
Mr. Arthur Thomson. Eeport on the Insect-house for 1900 . 166
Capt. Stanley S. Flower, F.Z.S. Exhibition of some photo- graphs of animals taken in the Gbizeh Gardens 169
Dr. Einar Lonnberg. Exhibition of photographs of a skull
of the Musk-Ox from East Greenland 169
1. On some Extinct Eeptiles from Patagonia, of the Genera
Miolania, Dinilysia, and Oenyodectes. By A. Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.E.S., F.Z.S. (Plates XV.-XX.) . 169
2. Note on the Innervation of the Supraorbital Canal in the
Cat-fish (CJdmcera monsirosa). By E. H. Burne, B.A., F.Z.S., Anatomical Assistant in the Museum of the Eoyal College of Surgeons 184
3. Contributions to the Knowledge of the Structure and
Systematic Arrangement of Earthworms. By Frank
E. Beddard, M.A., F.E.S 187
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4. On some new Trap-door Spiders from China. By E. I.
PococK, E.Z.S. (PiateXXI.). 207
5. On the Clitellum and Spermatophores of an Annelid of
the G-enus Ahna. By Feank E. Beddaed, M.A., F.E.S. 215
March 19, 1901.
Mr. Sclater. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, specimens of
Mammals obtained by Sir Harry Johnston in Uganda . . 222
Mr. Sclater. Exhibition of Lepidoptera collected in St. Lucia,
West Indies, by Major A. H. Covvie, F.Z.S 223
Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S. Exhibition of a mounted head
and horns of the Sable Antelope 224
Dr. G. Stewardson Brady, C.M.Z.S. Notice of a Memoir on a Collection of Ostracoda belonging to the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen 224
1. On the Hymenoptera collected in IVew Britain by Dr.
Arthur AVilley. By P. Camiieok 224
2. On Lemur mongoz and Lemur rubriventer. By C. I. Forsyth
Majoe, F.Z.S. (Plate XXII.) .' 248
3. Descriptions of new Freshwater Fishes discovered by Mr. F.
W. Styan at Ningpo, China. By G. A. Boulengee, F.E.S. (Plates XXIII. & XXIV.) 268
4. A Note upon Galago garnetti. By Feakk E. Beddaed,
M.A., F.E.S., Prosector and Vice-Secretary to the Society 9-j^
April 2, 1901.
Prof. F Jeffrey Bell. Exhibition of two specimens of an
iichnioderm, Astropliyton davatum, in sexual congress . . 276
Mr. E. E. Holding. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, some
maltormed horns of the Japanese Deer 276
^'" M \ ^""P^- ^'^^^"<^ «^ ^ ^^'^'^^oi^^ «^ the Lingual
Myology of Parrots ^ ^^^
^^iJ/^m). Ey W B.Benham, D.Sc, M.A.. F.Z S Pro-
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2, On a Collection of Lizax-ds from the Malay Peninsula, made
by Members of the " Skeat Expedition," 1899-1900. By E. P. Laidlaw, B.A., Assistant Lecturer and Demon strator at Owens College 301
3. On the Pterylosis of the Giant Humming-bird {Patagona
gigas). By Professor D'Arcy Wentworth Thompsoi^, C.B., P.Z.S 311
April 16, 1901.
The Secretary. Eeport on the Additions to the Society's
Menagerie in March 1901 324
Mr. Sclater. Exhibition (on behalf of Mr. Phil Pobinson) of
an old eugraving of the Mountain Zebra 325
Mr. L. A. Borradaile. Letter from, pointing out that the Crustacean described by him as ArmadilUclium jxicijicum belongs to the genus Cuhai'is 325
1. Revision of the Ehynchota belonging to the Pamily Coreidce
in the Hope Collection at Oxford. By W. L. Distajst. (Plates XXIX. & XXX.) 325
2. On some Earthworms from British East Africa ; and on tlie
Spermatophores of Polytoreutus and Stuhlmunnia. By Eea]s-k E. Beddaed, M.A., E.E.S 336
3. Some Notes upon the Anatomy aud Systematic Position of
the Cicouiine Genus Anastomus. By Peais^e: E. Beddaed, M.A., P.E.S 365
4. On the Identity and Distribution of the Mother-of-Pearl
Oysters ; with a Revision of the Subgenus Margaritifera. By H. Lystee jAMEsoif, B.A., Ph.D. 372
ALPHABETICAL LIST
OP THE
CONTRIBUTORS,
With Eeferences to the several Articles conirihuted hi/ eaclt.
Page Beddaed, Frank E., M.A., F.R.S., Vice- Secretary and
Prosector to the Society.
Notes on the Anatomy of Picarian Birds. — No. IV. On the Skeletons of Bucorviis cafer and B. abyssinicus ; with Notes on other Hornbills 16
On a Freshwater Annehd of the Genus Bothrioneuron, obtained during the " Skeat Expedition " to the Malay Peninsula 81
Exhibition of a skin of a female Monkey {Cercopithecus schmidti) bearing a pair of supernumerary mammee ...... 87
Notes on the Broad-nosed Lemur, Hapalemur simus . . 121
Contributions to the Knowledge of the Structure and Systematic Arrangement of Earthworms 187
On the Clitellum and Spermatophores of an Annelid of the Grenus Alma 215
A Note upon Galago garnetti 271
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Page Beddard, Frank E., M.A., 1\E.S, (Continued.)
On some Earthworms from British East Africa ; and on the Spermatophores of Polytoreutus and Stuhlmannia . . 336
Some Notes upon the Anatomy and Systematic Position of the Ciconiine Genus Anastomus 365
Bell, Professor P. jErFHEY, P.Z.S.
Exhibition of two specimens of an Echinoderm, Astro- â– phyton clavatimi, in sexual congress 276
Benham, Prof. W. Blaxland, D.Sc, M.A., F.Z.S., Otago University.
On the Larynx of certain Whales (Cogia, Baloenoptera, and Ziphius). (Plates XXV.-XX VIII.) 278
BoNHOTE, J. Lewis, B.A., F.Z.S.
On a Second Collection of Mammals made by Mr. Th. H. Lyle in Siam 52
On the Birds collected during the " Skeat Expedition " to the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900 57
BoBRADAiLE, L. A., M.A., P.Z.S. , Lecturer in Natural Sciences at Selwyn College, Cambridge. Letter from, pointing out that the Crustacean described by him as Annadillidium pacificum belongs to the genus Oubaris 325
BouLENGEE, Geoege Albeet, P.E.S., P.Z.S.
iVotiee of a Memoir on the Pishes of Lakes Tanganyika and Kivu, obtained during the Tanganyika Exploring Expedition 3
On the Pishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta. (Plates II.-IV.) 4
A List of the Eatrachians and Eeptiles obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith in Somaliland in 1899. (Plate VII.) 47
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BouLENGER, G. A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. {Continued.)
DescriptioQS of new Freshwater Fishes discovered by Mr. r. W. Styan afc Ningpo, China. (Plates XXIII. & XXIV.) • • • 268
Brady, G. Stewardsojj, M.D., LL.D., D.Sc, P.E.S., C.M.Z.S. Notice of a Memoir on a Collection of Ostracoda belonging to the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen .... 224
Btjene, E. H., B.A., r.Z.S., Anatomical Assistant in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.
A Contribution to the Myology and Visceral Anatomy of Chlamydoj)horus truncatus 104
Note on the Innervation of the Supraorbital Canal in the Cat-fish {Chimcera monstrosa) 184
Butler, Arthur Gardiner, Ph.D., P.L.S., P.Z.S., &c., Senior Assistant-Keeper, Zoological Department, Natural History Museum.
On some Butterflies from the White Nile collected by Capt. H. N. Duun of the Egyptian Army 25
Cameron, Peter.
On the Hymeuoptera collected in New Britain by Dr. Arthur Willey 924
DE Man, Dr. J. G.
Description of a new Freshwater Crustacean from the Soudan ; followed by some Remarks on an allied Species (PlateX.) • g^
DE WiNTON, William E., F.Z.S.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of the large Grey Meerkat {Cynictis selousi). (Plate I.) 2
XI
Page Distant, W. L., F.E.S.
Eevision of the Ehynchota belonging to the Family Coreidce in the Hope Collection at Oxford. (Plates XXIX. & XXX.) 325
EwAET, Prof. James Cossae, M.D., F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.E.C.P. Eemarks on the inicroseopie structure of the hair of Johnston's Zebra {Eqinis johnstoni) 87
Flowee, Capt. Stanley Smyth (5th Fusiliers), F.Z.S., Director of the Ghizeh Zoological Gardens, Cairo, Egypt.
Exhibition of some photographs of animals taken in the Ghizeh Gardens 169
Holding, E. E.
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, some malformed horns of the Japanese Deer 276
Jacoby, Maetin, F.E.S.
Descriptions of some new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera of the Family Chlamydce. (Plate XIV.) .... 153
Jameson, H. Lystee, B.A., Ph.D.
On the Identity and Distribution of the Mother-of- Pearl Oysters ; with a Revision of the Subgenus Margaritifera 3 < 2
Laidlaw, F. F., B.A., Assistant Lecturer and Demonstrator at Owens College.
On a Collection of Lizards from the Malay Peninsula, made by Members of the " Skeat Expedition," 1899-1900 . 301
Lonnbeeg, Dr. Einae, of Upsala University.
Exhibition of photographs of a skull of the Musk-Ox from East Greenland 169
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Exhibition of the skull of a Fox ( Canis vulpes) with two canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw 3
Notice of an apparently new Estuarine Dolphin from Borneo. (Plate VIII.) 88
Note on the Kashmir Ibex (Capra sihirica sacin). (Plate IX.) 91
Majoe, Dr. C. I. FoESYTH, F.Z.S.
On some Characters of the Skull in the Lemurs and Monkeys. (Plates XI.-XIII.) 129
On Lemur movgoz and Lemur rubrlventer. (Plate XXII.) 248
MuDGE, G. P., F.Z.S.
Notice of a Memoir on the Lingual Myology of Parrots. 277
Paesons, F. G., F.E.C.S., F.Z.S., F.L.S., Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital.
On the Muscles and Joints of the Giant Golden Mole (Chrysochloris trevelyani) 26
Pickard-Cambeidge, Eev. Octayius, M.A., F.E.S., C.M.Z.S.
On some new and interesting Exotic Spiders collected by Messrs. G. A. K. Marshall and E. Shelf ord. (Plate V.) 11
PococK, E. I., F.Z.S.
On some new Trap-door Spiders from China. (Plate XXL) 207
EiDEwooD, W. G., D.Sc.,F.L.S., F.Z.S., Lecturer on Biology at the Medical School of St. Mary's Hospital.
On the Structure of the Horny Excrescence, known as the 'Bonnet,' of the Southern Eight AVhale (Balcena australis). (Plate VI.) 44
Exhibition of some microscopic slides of the hair of Johnston's Zebra {Equus johnstoni) 37
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Saunders, Howard, F.L.S., V.P.Z.S.
Address on the occasion of the decease of Queen Victoria. 35
ScLATEE, Philip Lutlet, M.A., D.Sc, Ph.D., F.E.S.,
Secretary to the Society.
Eeport on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in December 1900 1
Eeport on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in January 1901 35
Eemarks on a mounted specimen of Prejevalsky's Horse (Equus prejevalsJcii) in the Museum d'Histoire jSTaturelle, Paris . , 35
On an apparently new Species of Zebra (Equus joJmsfoni) from the Semliki Porest 50
Eeport on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in February 1901 165
List of specimens of the Quagga that have lived in the Society's Menagerie • 165
Exhibition of, and remarks upon, specimens of Mammals obtained by Sir Harry Johnston in Uganda 222
Exhibition of Lepidoptera collected in St. Lucia, West Indies, by Major A. H. Cowie, F.Z.S 223
Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in March 1901 324
Exhibition (on behalf of Mr. Phil Eobinson) of an old engraving of the Mountain Zebra 325
Tegetmeier, W. B., F.Z.S,
Exhibition of a mounted head and horns of the Sable Antelope 224
Thomas, Oldeield, F.E.S.j F.Z.S.
On the Mammals of the Balearic Islands ,,..... 85
XIV
Page Thompso:^, Professor D'Akcy Wentworth, C.B., F.R.S.,
r.z.s.
On the Pterylosis of the Giant Humming-bird (rafagona gigas) 311
Thomson, Aethub, Assistant-Superintendent and Head- Keeper of the Society's Menagerie. Eeport on the Insect-house for 1900 166
WooDWAiiD, Arthur Smith, LL.D., P.E.S., F.Z.S.
On some Extinct Eeptiles from Patagonia, of the Genera Miolnnia, Dinihjsia, and Genyodcctes. (Plates XA^-XX.) 169
LIST OF PLATES.
1901.— Vol. T.
Plate
I.
TI.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIIT.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII
XXIX.
XXX.
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Cynictis selousi "
Phractolcemus ansorgii 1
1. Marcusenius longianalis. 2. Polycentropsis |
ahbreviata r ^
1. Pelmatochromis ansorgii. 2. P. pxdcher. 3. P. I
tteniatus J
New Exotic Spiders H
Horny Excrescence of Whale's Snout 44
1. Hemidactyliis Icevis. 2. H. barodanus 47
Sotalia borneensis ^^
Capra sibirica sacin 91
Potamon {Potamonautes) Jloiveri 94
Lacrymal Region of Lemurs and Monkeys j
Lacrymal Region of Monkeys \ 129
Postorbital Region of Lemurs and Monkeys I
Phytophagous Coleoptera {Chlamydce) 153
IMiolania argentina ;> 169 1, 2. Miolania argentina. 3. Genyodectes serus . . . . i
Genyodectes serus = [
Dinilysia patagonica J
New Spiders from China 207
Skulls of Lemurs 248
1. Crossochilus styani. 2. Gobio nmnmifer. "I
3. Homalosoma stenosoma r 268
1. Opsariichtkys acanthogenys. 2. O. platypus ....-'
I Larynx of Bal<snoptera and Cogia /
{ r 278
Larynx of Balcenoptera, Cogia, and ZiiMus J
i Rhynchota of the Family Coreidce 325
LIST OF TEXT-FIGURES,
1901.— Vol. L
1. Skull of Fox showing double canine teeth 3
2. Skull of Biicorims abyssinicus^ c? 1^
3. Skull of Bucorvus coffer, 2 19
4. Left foot of Bucorvus ahyssinicus 22
o. Left foot of Buceros rhinoceros 23
6. Superficial dissection of Ckri/sochloris trevelyani . 27
7. Bandoliers made from the skin of Johnston's Zebra 51
8. Bothrioneuron iris. A. Prostomium from below. B. Ditto j
from above , . ( gg
9. Bothrioneuron iris. Longitudinal section through the pro- \
stomium )
10. Spermatophore of Bothrioneuron iris in situ 84
11. Lower and lateral views of the skull of Sotalia horneensis .... 89
12. Body-skins of Irtish, Baltistan, and Kashmir races of the
Asiatic Ibex 92
13. Muscles of anterior region of Chlamydophorus truncatus .... 106
14. Muscles of neck and chest of Chlamydophorus truncatus 108
15. Muscles of inside of fore-limb of Chlamydophorus truncatus . . Ill
16. Muscles of outer side of hind-limb of Chlamxjdophorus
truncatus 113
17. Muscles of inside of hind-limb of Chlamydophorus truncatus . . 114
18. Salivary glands of Dasypus sexcinctus , . . 117
19. Sahvary glands of Three-toed Sloth {Bradypus tridaetylus) . . 119
20. Heart of Three-toed Sloth {Bradypus tridaetylus) 120
21. A. Upper jaw of Hapalemur simus. B. Upper jaw of H.
fjriseus _ 123
22. Liver of Hapalemur simus 125
23. Liver of Hapalemur cjriseus 19(5
24. Brain of Hapalemur simus 127
25. Brain of Hapalemur yriseus 198
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26. Orbital region of Chiromyi^ viadagascariensis 131
27. Orbital reg'iou of Avahif laniger .1
28. Orbital region of Propiihecus coquereli ^ 132
29. Orbital region of Chrysothrix sciweus )
30. Orbital region of Adapts parisietms 134
31. Orbital region of Perodicticus potto 1
32. Orbital region of Perodicticus calabarensis \ 136
33. Orbital region of the type of " Perodicticus geqfroyi Benn.''. ... 1
34. Orbital region of Galapo (Oto/emur) crassicaudatus 1
35. Orbital region of Tarsius philippinensis \ 138
36. Orbital region of Qalago ( Otolicnus) alleni )
37. Orbital region of Opohmur thomasi ) , „
38. 39. Orbital region of Galago {Hemigalago) demidoffi (
40. Orbital region of Loris gracilis I
41. Orbital region of Ngcticebiis tardigradus > 140
42. Orbital region of Lm-is gracilis )
43. Lachrymal region of Avahis laniger 141
44. 45. Orbital region of Microcebus smithi i
46. Orbital region of Callithrix personata (
47. Female Quagga, 1870 166
48. Male Ostrich with vocal sac extended 168
49. Part of ophthalmicus superficialis vii. and profundus v. of
Chimcera rnonstrosa 18G
•50, Polytoreutus gregorianus. Head-end 188
51. Polytoreutus hilindinensis. Head-end |
52. Polytoreutiis finni. Head-end j
53. Polytoreutus gregorianns. Genitalia 193
54. Typhoeus nicholsoni. Head-end 196
55. Typhoeus nicholsoni. Genitalia 198
56. Typhoeus incommodus. Head-end 201
57. Typhoeus inrommodus, penial seta, greatly magnified 20?
58. Typhoeus masoni Head-end 203
59. Anterior end of body oi Alma sp. ino 216
60. Penis-like appendage of Alma sp. inc 220
61. Right orbital region of Lemur cafta (
62. Left orbital region of the same specimen of Lkmur catta . . . . |
63. T^eft orbital region of Lepidolemur ?mistelimis \
64. Lepidolemur mustelinus. Same specimen as fig. 63, the bones/ jj„„
forming the roof of the sinus having been removed, in order f " to exhibit its floor â– '
65. Left orbital region of Lepidolem,ur mustelimos I
(i6. Left orbital region of Lepidolemur globieeps \
67. Left orbital region of Lepidolemur grandidieri j
68. Reversed right orbital region of Hapalolevmr griseus ........ \
69. Right palatal view oi Lemur onongoz, showing the large opening
of the right-side sinus into the cavum nasale 262
70. Lemur ruhriventer. Right orbital region 266
71. Galago garnetti. Right hind-foot 272
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72. GalacjQ garnetti. Tatcli of horny outgrowths more highly
niiignified •/
73. Galago garnetti. One of the horny outgrowths, teased in
glycerine to show cornilied cells • • -'''*
74. Galago garnetti. Section through the skin of the forearm in
the region of the horny outgrowth 275
75. Diagrammatic longitudinal section through the larynx of:
A. Man ; B. Balcenoptera ; C. Cogia 296
76. Map of part of the Malay Peninsula, to show the localities
mentioned in the text 302
77. Pterylosis of Pataguna gigas, side view 312
78. Pterylosis of Patagona gigas, dorsal view 313
79. Pterylosis of Collocalia spodiopyga 315
80. Pterylosis of head of Caprimulgus macrurus, from above and
from the side 316
81. Part of the wing of Patagona, dorsal view 318
82. Wing of Caprimulgus macrurus, doreal view 321
83. Clitellar region of Polytoreutus hindei 337
84. Spermatophores of Polytwetdus hindei 341
85. Spermatophores of Polytoreutus magilensis 342
86. Spermatophore of Stuhlmannia 348
87. Semidiagrammatic representation of the female generative
system of Stuhlmannia 354
88. Ventral aspect of clitellar and neighbouring segments of Oordio-
drilus papillatus 359
89. Syrinx of Anastomus oscitans, front view I 0^17
90. Syrinx of Anastomus oscitans, back view i
91. A. Skull of Anastomus oscitans. B. Quadrate and adjoining-
bones of Ciconia nigra 370
92. Margaritifera carchariarmn 381
93. Margaritifera natalensis 383
94. Margaritifera panasece 390
95. Margai-itifera mauritii 39X
LIST OF NEW GENERIC TERMS
PEOPOSED IN THE PRESENT VOLUME (1901. vol. 1.).
Cratobracon (Hymenopt.) 226
Uinilysia (Reptilia) 176
Eurycryptus (Hymenopt.) ...... 231
Genyodeotes (Eeptilia) 179
Halonoproctus (Arachn.) 208
Latouchia (Arachn.) 210
Leptophion (Hymenopt.) 227
Melania (Rhynohota) 326
Phi-actolajmus (Pise.) 6
Polycentropsis (Pise.) 8
Titus (Arach.) 12
Xauthocryptus (Hymenopt.) ... 233
PROCEEDINGS
GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
1901, Vol. I. (January to April).
January 15, 1901.
Prof. G. B. Howes, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair.
The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1900 : —
The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1900 were 211 in number. Of these 91 were acquired by presentation and 16 by purchase, and 104 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 158.
Amongst the additions attention may be specially directed to the seven specimens of Verreaux's Guinea-fowl (Outtera edouardi) presented on December 31st by Mr. J. F. Walker of Bulawayo. Mr. Walker states that this Guinea-fowl is found only, so far as he knows, in the Wankie Hills, a district due north of Bulawayo, and about midway between that city and the Zambesi. Only one specimen of it had previously reached the Society's aviaries (see P.Z. S. 1890, p. 86).
I wish also to direct attention to the valuable series of Indian birds lately presented to the Society by Mr. E. W. Harper, F.Z.S., of Calcutta, consisting of examples of twenty species, all new to the Society's Collection, of which the following is a list.
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MB. W. E. DE WINTON OlS^ CTKICTIS SELOUSI. [Jan. 15,
First consignment (August 14th, 1900) :— 1 Indian Eoller {Coracias inclwa). 1 Bengal AYeaver-bird (Phceus bengcdensis) 6 ■1 Manyar Weaver-bird {Phceus manyar) S • 4 Black-throated Weaver-birds (Flocem afrir/nla), 2 d ,
•2 2- Second consignment (September 21st. 1900):—
•2 Western Yellow-winged Laughing-Thrushes (Trochah-
ptertim nigriwentum) 6 2- ,
1 Rufous-chinned Laughing-Thrush (1 anthocinda rufi-
gularis). 1 8]aty-headed Scimitar Babbler (Fomntorhinvs schis-
ticeps).
1 Black-throated Ouzel {Turdus atrigidarin) S •
2 Tickell's Ouzels (Turdus unicolor).
1 Spotted-wing (Psaroghssa spihjjtera).
Third consignment (November 27th, 1900) :—
4 j^ shy-crowned Finch-Larks (Pi/rrhnlauda grisea), 3 c? ,
1 2.
2 Singing Bush-Larks {Mirafra canhllans) d $ .
2 Slaty-headed Parrakeets {Pdlmrms schisticeps) 6 ? • 1 Burmese Slaty-headed Parrakeet {Palwrnisfinschi) 6 â–
1 Grolden-eyed Fruit-Pigeon {Carpophaga concinna).
Fourth consignment (.January 1st, 1901).
2 Blue-winged Sivas (Siva cyanoptera).
1 Silvei'-eared Mesia (Mesia argentauris). 1 White-capped Eedstart (Rutmlla leucocephala). 1 Eufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundnra). 1 Burmese Roller (Coracias affivis).
Mr. W. E. de Winton exhibited a specimen, of the large Grrey Meerkat (Cynictis selousi de Winton), described in the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' ser. 6, vol. xviii. 1896, p. 469, hitherto known from a skull only, obtained near Bulawayo.
The skin exhibited (see Plate L), together with a skull, had been obtained by Mr. P. C. Reid on the west bank of the Linyanti Eiver on the 5th July, 1899. The following description was given : — •
Size about half as large again as the Bay Meerkat (C. p>eni- cillata) ; body-colour grizzled drab-grey ; hairs of the tail broadly white-tipped ; both fore and hind feet black ; belly buff. The grizzling of the head and body is much coarser tlian in the Bay Meerkat, owing to the broader annulations on the hair, but the pattern on the hairs of the tail is similar in both species. There is an entire absence of rufous in the colouring of the Grey Meerkat, the tips of the under-fur and the broad subbasal band of the
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coarser fur being dull buff, and the tail whitish iustead of orange colour. The hands and feet of the larger species are black, while in the suialler they are golden-fawn.
Measurements taken from the dried skin : — Head and body 400 millim., tail 230, hind foot 90, ear 30 ; all these figures must be considered only approximate.
Mr. Lydekker exhibited the skull of an English Fox (Oanis wipes) with two perfect canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw (see text-fig. 1). A dog's skull with the upper canine of each side partially divided had been figured on p. 211 of Mr. Bateson's
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Skull of Fox showing double canine teeth.
Study of Variation, and the present specimen would seem to indicate a fuller development of the same feature. An instance of the full duplication of the corresponding teeth of both sides was afforded by the skull of a Cat figured on p. 225 of the work cited. The Fox to which the skull belonged had been killed by the South Oxfordshire Hounds. The skull itself was the property of Mr. H, G. Pease.
In describing the collection of Fishes brought home from Lakes Tanganyika and Kivu by the Tanganyika Exploring Expedition, under the leadership of Mr. J. E. S. Moore, Mr. G. A. Boulenger pointed out that the study of this important collection did not modify the conclusions embodied in his first report published in 1898.' The exploration of Lake Kivu had thrown no light on the origin of the Tanganyikan fauna ; the smaller lake had proved to be very thinly populated with Fishes, which all belonged to widely distributed genera, the species showing a mixture of Nile and Tanganyika elements, with two that might prove to be endemic. The list of the Fishes from the two lakes comprised 91 species, 74 of which had been named by the author. The collection now described consisted of examples of 50 species, 26 of which were
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new to science, two being made the types of additional genera of the family GicMidce.
This Memoir will be published in full in the Society's ' Trans- actions.'
The following papers were read : —
1. On the Fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta. By G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., F.Z.S.
[Eeceived January 4, 1901.] (Plates II.-IV.O
Whilst recently staying at Sapelle Station, at the JLinetion of the Ethiop and Jamieson Elvers, Dr. Ansorge has, at ray request, made a small collection of the Fishes, which proves to be of quite an exceptional interest, from the fact that through it representatives of two families are added to the African freshwater fish-fauna, one being even entirely new, an event that has not happened since 1.873, when the late Professor Peters described the genus Pantodon, the type of the family Pantodontidce. I feel extremely grateful to Dr. Ansorge for the trouble he has taken, under difficult circumstances and without better preserving-fluid than common trade-gin.
The collection was made in August and September 1900. Some of the small Perch-like fishes (CicJdida') were caught with hook and line baited with worms. But most of the fishes, including CalamicJithys, the Mormyrs, and the new Phractolcemus, were captured in creels baited with the orange-red fleshy nut of the oil-palm, set at the mouth of the Ethiop River, close to the bank, by Dr. Ansorge's native boy. All these fishes are considered good-eating by the blacks.
I am pleased to add that the examples of the new species have been generously presented to the British Museum by Dr. Ansorge.
PoLYPTERIDiE.
1. Calamiohthts calabarious J. A. Smith.
The single specimen contained in the collection, a female measuring 345 milhmetres, with 11 dorsal spines, is extremely remarkable for having a very small, but perfectly distinct sub- operculum. The absence of this bone, verified on a considerable number of specimens, had been regarded as one of the generic characters distinguishing CalamicJithys from Polypterus. The coloration of the specimen is a dark oHve-browu above, gradually shading into a bright yellow beneath ; a large deep-black spot on the pectoral fin.
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species distinct from Oalamichtliys seems to me removed by the fact that I have carefully compared this specimen with others like- wise from the Niger delta, without being able to detect any other important difference. I look upon it as an atavistic individual anomaly.
MORMYBIDJi:.
2. ISICHTHYS HEKETI Grill.
The single specimen is more elongate than any on record, the depth of the body being contained 13 times in the total length, the length of the head 8^ times. D. 53 ; A. 52 ; lat, 1. 140. Total length 210 millim.
3. Marcfsenius LowaiAKALis, sp. u, (Plate 111. lig. 1.)
Depth of body 5 to 5| times in total length, length of head 6 to '3| times. Head 1\ as long as deep ; snout convex, ^ length of head, slightly projecting beyond the mouth ; latter small, sub- inferior, below level of eye, its width ^ length of head ; teeth feebly notched, 5 in the upper jaw, 6 in the lower ; nostrils nearly equally distant from end of snout and from eye, anterior on a level with centre of latter, posterior with its lower border ; eye small, ^ length of snout, f interorbital width. Dorsal 15-16, its length \ its distance from the head, originating above 16th or 17th ray of anal. Anal 32-33, thrice as long as dorsal, nearer base of caudal than base of ventral. Pectoral obtusely pointed, a little shorter than head, 1| length of ventral, reaching base of latter. Caudal scaly at the base, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 3| times as long as deep, nearly as long as head. 63 to 'oQ scales in the lateral line, ^-^ in a transverse line on the body, |^ betAveeu dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Purplish brown, more or less profusely speckled with blackish ; fins dark brown.
Total length 145 millim.
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Closely allied to M. hrachyhistius Gill. Distinguished by the more elongate form, the more slender caudal peduncle, the longer anal fin, and the higher number of scales in the lateral line.
NoiOPTERIDJi.
4. Notopterus afer Grthr.
Phraotoljiimid^.
The highly remarkable fish discovered by Dr. Ansorge, which I here describe under the name of Phracfolcemus cmsorgii, cannot be incorporated into any of the families known at present. It falls into the suborder Malacopterygii as restricted and defined by me ^, and occupies a position intermediate between the Osteorjlossidce and the Clupeidce. The family Phnictolcemidce may be characterized as follows : —
Mouth edentulous, projectile, bordered by the very slender ' Poissous du Bassiu-clu Congo, p. 44 (1901).
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premaxillaries and maxillaries. Supraoccipital in contact with the frontals, widely separating tlie small parietals. Operculum and suboperculum well developed; preoperculum small; interoperculum enormous, covering the gular region and overlapping its fellow ; svmplectic absent : only three slender branchiostegal rays ; no pharvugeal teeth. Eibs stout, sessile, nearly completely encirchng the body ; slender epineurals ; no epipleurals ; caudal region very short. "No postclavicle. Pectoral fins inserted Ioav down, folding like the ventrals ; latter with 6 rays.
Phractol^mtjs, gen. n.
Body elongate, subcylindrical, covered with large striated scales ; lateral line complete, formed of a series of straight tubes extending along the entire length of the exposed part of the scales. Head small, strongly ossified, covered with thin skin ; mouth small, proboscidiform, capable of being thrust forward, when at rest folded over and received into a depression on the upper surftice of the head ; a single narial orifice, preceded by a barbel ; eyes small, lateral. Gill-openings narrow, i-estricted to the sides ; gular region protected by the interopercles, that on one side (usually the right) overlapping that on the other side. Eour gills ; no pseudobranchise. Pectoral fins small, with IS rays ; ventrals far back, with 6 rays ; dorsal short, with 6 rays, opposite to the space between the ventrals and the anal ; latter short, with C) rays ; caudal fan-shaped, with 18 to 20 rays ; all the fin-rays articulated. Air-bladder very large, extending as far back as the anal fin. Stomach with 3 pyloric appendages ; intestine extremely long and much convoluted.
5. Phbacxol^mus ansokgii, sp. n. (Plate II.)
Depth of body 5 to 6 times in total length, length of head 6| to 7| times. Head depressed, with very broad, slightly convex interorbital region ; diameter of eye 4| to 5| times in length of head, 3 to 3| times in interorbital widfh ; barbel nearly j length of head. Dorsal with the two anterior rays simple, the other four bifid ; the first ray equally distant from the head and from the root of the caudal ; second ray longest, 1^ length of head. Anal similar to dorsal, but rays shorter, the second or longest only I length of head. Pectoral rounded, a little shorter than head, as long as ventral, which is pointed and equally distant from head and from anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle compressed, nearly as long as deep, as long as head. Scales large, longitudmally striated, 35 to 37 in a longitudinal series, ff in a transverse series. On the caudal region the scales of the lateral fine and those of the series above it maj bear a central sclerous tubercle (probably a seasonal character). Uniform olive-grey.
The vertebrae, in a male specimen of which a skeleton has been prepared, number 34, 26 precaudal and 8 caudal, the last bearing 0 hypurals lo support the homocercal fin ; the ribs are subequal,
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very thick, with a wing-like expansiou behind at the base, and begin on the second vertebra, there being besides a strong occipital rib. The frontals are very large and the right extends with its cnrved border beyond the median line, as if overlapping its fellow ; two supraorbital bones on each side ; the parietals are very small, and completely separated by the broad and short sapraoccipital, which does not bear a crest. The pair of large bones covering the throat, the right overlapping the left, and which at first suggest the gular plates of the Poh/pteridce, are to be identified as inter- opercukim ; above the interoperculum two very large suborbitals, covering the hyoraandibular and quadrate, which are thrust forward for the suspension of the feeble mandibular rami, which are dis- connected at the symphysis ; the premaxillary and maxillary bones more slender still and connected by ligament with the mandible. Tiie shoulder-girdle is suspended from the posttemporal close to the opei'culum ; it includes the ordinary elements (clavicular, supraclavicular, coracoid, scapula), but a postclavicular is absent : the mesocoracoid arch is pre^jent, slender ; the coracoids are much smaller than the claviculars, and do not meet on the median line ; 4 pterygials support the pectoral fin-rnys.
Four specimens of this extraordinary fish, measuring from 50