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Show 1892.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 579 Length 2|-3 lines. Head very elongate, the vertex impunctate, the frontal elevations moderately raised, broadly trigonate, bounded by a transverse groove behind ; the eyes large; clypeus broadly flattened ; labrum large ; antennae extending below the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the lower three joints as well as the terminal three black, the first joint very long but slightly curved, the second less than half the length of the third, the following joints nearly equal, the apical two joints shorter ; thorax but slightly broader than long, the sides nearly straight and slightly rounded before the middle, the angles in shape of a small tubercle, the surface flattened, scarcely perceptibly punctured and minutely granulate, the middle of the disc with a very indistinct longitudinal depression near the base ; elytra narrowly elongate, fulvous, very closely and more distinctly punctured than the thorax, the interstices slightly wrinkled; underside and the femora pale fulvous, tibiae and tarsi black, clothed with yellowish pubescence ; prosternum invisible between the coxae. Three specimens are contained in m y collection. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIX. Fig. 1. Cryptocephalus dohrni, p. 566. 2. Pheloticus brunneus, p. 567. 3. bifasciatus, p. 568. 4. ceneicollis, p. 568. 5. Ivongius nigromaculatus, p. 569. 6. Hemyloticus geniculazus, p. 572. 7. Ehyparida striaticollis, p. 571. 8. Biphaulacosoma Icevipenne, p. 574. 9. Mlianus scutellatus, p. 577. 10. Antsianaka elegantula, p. 576. 11. Mimastroides madagascariensis, p. 578. 12. Malacosomafacicorne, p. 576. November 15, 1892. Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The following report from the Secretary on the additions to the Menagerie during the month of October was read :- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October were 135 in number. Of these 104 were acquired by presentation, 14 by purchase, 1 by birth, 1 by exchange, and 15 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 121. The most noticeable additions during the month were:- 1. A very fine male Ostrich (Struthio camelus), presented by Her Majesty The Queen, and received October 7th. This is one of the largest Ostriches w e have ever had. It measures 4 ft. 10 in. in height at the back, and about 4 ft. 3 in. in total length, whereas the male now next to it in the Gardens, which we obtained from the Zoological Society of Antwerp in M a y last, measures only 3 ft. 8 in. in height and about 2 ft. 2 in. in length. |