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Show 1899.] MR. R. E. HOLDING ON THE HORNS OF A MUNTJAC. 295 sumed a white mouse each time it fed. It improved rapidly, and after the first three weeks it fed only once a week, and it Avill now go for a fortnight without feeding. When a mouse is put in the Case the Centipede rears up upon its hinder legs and seizes the mouse immediately, behind the head, with its strong mandibles and the anterior five or six pair of legs. The mouse soon dies, no doubt from the Centipede's poisonous bite. Mr. B. E. Holding exhibited and made remarks upon the horns of a Muntjac from Singapore, Avhich greatly exceeded in size and Aveight those of the Indian Muntjac (Cervidus muntjac), the only species with Avhich they could be compared. The horns exhibited (B), though distinctly cervuliue in their general character, indicated considerable difference from the normal form of Muntjac horns, being 9 inches in length, the brow-tine 4f inches long, girth of A. Indian Muntjac. B. Specimen exhibited. " pedicle " 3| inches,-the Indian Muntjac horns seldom exceeding 6^ inches, the broAv-tine not more than 1| inch. The thickness and shortness of the pedicle, the Avidth across the facial ridge, Avith other osteological characters, seemed to indicate an animal much larger, if not entirely distinct from the Indian species with which it Avas compared. The following papers were read :- 20* |
