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Show 1895.] ME. F. E. BEDDABD ON THE BEAIN OF GULO. 139 will be easily understood that, with such long delicate tails, great care is required in killing and setting them. The specimens of Anthercea clione, Cyrtogone herilla, and Janet strigina emerged from a collection of pupa? (also from Sierra Leone) deposited in the Insect-house by the Hon. Walter Rothschild. The specimens of Attacus lebeaui were all reared from cocoons received in October to November 1894. The gentleman from whom I obtained them had a pairing of these insects and succeeded in rearing some of the larva?. Of these he sent m e four, in their fifth stage, and he informs m e that the larva? in the first three stages are black with yellow tubercles, in the fourth stage they are green, with the same stripes in the folds of the segments as in the fifth stage, but not quite so well marked, and have besides rows of dorsal and lateral tubercles of a reddish colour. They ate oak, berberis, and privet; but after the first stage fed entirely upon privet. Of these larva?, I herewith exhibit a sketch, made just before they spun their cocoons. These cocoons, I may add, are much larger than those imported. Ori the 30th of May, 1894, two Goliath Beetles (Goliathus druryi) were presented to the Society by Capt. G. L. Mitchell. They fed principally upon bananas. During life they were a great attraction to visitors. One died on tbe 24th July and the other on the 21st August, and both specimens were sent to tbe British Museum. Of Orthoptera, a very curious and rare locust, Thliboscelus camellifolia, wTas sent home by Mr. Leslie Jeyes, from Manaos on the Amazons, where it is called the " Tanana." It arrived in the Gardens on the 21st of August, but, I a m sorry to say, lived only six days. It was very weak on arrival and would not feed, although w e got roses (its favourite food) for it. Of this species there is only one specimen in the British Museum. In a wild state Mr. Jeyes says "it sings or chirps through its wings." During life it was of a beautiful pale green colour, and this together with its peculiar shape gave it the appearance of some kind of green fruit. The sender says they are very difficult to obtain dead or alive; it is therefore probable that they are, on account of their shape and colour, not easy to see. 1. On the Brain of Gulo. By FBANK E. BEDDABD, M.AV F.R.S., Prosector to the Society. [Eeceived January 21, 1895.] One of the few important types of Carnivora the brain of which was not examined by Prof. Mivartl is the Glutton. As I have a well-preserved brain of this animal, it may be considered worth while to attempt to fill up this lacuna in our knowledge. W e are not, 1 " O n the Cerebral Convolutions of the Carnivora," Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. p.l. |