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Show 564 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [DeC 18, former; and if this be done the genus must, in accordance with the laws of priority, be named Hylceocarcinus. The three species of this genus may be separated as follows :- a. Terminal segments of ext. maxillipedes partially visible ; distance between front and inner suborbital lobe equal to the distance between the inner and outer lobes. H. humii (Wood-Mason), Nicobar Islands. b. Terminal segments of ext. maxillipedes almost wholly visible. c . Distance between front and inner suborbital lobe twice as great as distance between inner and outer lobes. II. natalis, sp. n., Christmas Island. b'. Distance between front and inner lobe half as great as distance between inner and outer lobes. H. intermedius (De Man), Celebes. December 18, 1888. Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November 1888 :- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November 1888 were 53 in number. Of these, 34 were acquired by presentation, 9 by purchase, and 10 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 95. The most noticeable additions during the month were :- 1. A specimen of the Small-clawed Otter (Lutra leptonyx) of India, presented by W . L. Sclater, Esq., F.Z.S., Deputy Superintendent, Indian Museum, Calcutta, new to the Society's Collection. 2. A Monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, from South Africa, apparently referable to the Samango Monkey (Cercopithecus sa-mango), new to the Society's Collection. The following papers were read :- |
