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Show 1877.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 679 Fig. 3 a. Head and antennse of the same, dorsal view. 3 b. Tail-segments of the same, dorsal view, both further magnified. 4. Porcellio flavo-vittata, p. 669, dorsal view, magnified twice the natural size. 4 a. Head and antennas of the same, inferior view. 4 b. Segments of the tail, dorsal view, both further magnified. 5. Porcellio hispida, p. 676, dorsal view, magnified twice the natural size. 5 a. Tail-segments of the same, further magnified. 6. Anilocra Icevis, p. 672, natural size. 6 a. Front and antennse, magnified. 6 b. One of the legs of the last pair. 6 c. Uropoda, further magnified. PLATE LXIX. Fig. 1. Acanthonyx elongatus, p. 673, natural size. 2. Tylos granulatus, p. 674, lateral view, natural size. 2 a. Head and antennae, dorsal view. 2 b. Segments of the tail, dorsal view, both further magnified. 3. Philougria nitida, p. 670, dorsal view, magnified twice the natural size. 3 a. Head and antennas, dorsal view. 3 b. Tail-segments, dorsal view, both further magnified. 4. Lironeca daurica, p. 676, dorsal view, natural size. 4 a. Head and antennse, dorsal view. 4 b. One of the legs of the first pair. 4 c. Uropod: all further magnified. 5. Lironeca laticauda, p. 677, dorsal view, natural size. 5 a. Head and antennae, inferior view. 5 b. One of the legs of the first pair. 5 c. TJropod: all further magnified. 6. Anilocra trichiura, p. 677, dorsal view, natural size. 6 a. One of the legs of the first pair, magnified. November 6th, 1877. Arthur Grote, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, and September 1877:- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of June was 166, of which 87 were by birth, 35 by presentation, 25 by purchase, 1 by exchange, and 18 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 92. The most noticeable additions during the month of June were as follows:- 1. A White-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates leucogenys), presented by W . H. Newman, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Siam, Bangkok, June 2nd, and kindly brought to this country under the care of Mr. A. R. Houghton in the steamship 'Agamemnon.' The White-cheeked Gibbon was described many years ago in the Society's * Proceedings' (P. Z. S. 1840, p. 20) by the late Mr. Ogilby, upon an animal which had been living in the Society's Menagerie, and of which the exact habitat was unknown. The typical specimen is now in the British |