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Show It Mr. E. Seimund, whose expedition had been assisted financially by the Society's President and by Mrs. Percy Sladen. The Bat, which was the first of its genus to be received by the National Museum, was considered to be new, and was diagnosed as follows:- SCOTONYCTERIS BEDFORDI, sp. n. General characters as in S. zenkeri, but the ears very markedly smaller, 11 mm. in length instead of 17. Postocular spots smaller Interfemoral more hairy. Forearm 48 mm. Hah. Fernando Po. Type. Female. Original number 31. Mr. J. G. MILLAIS, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of skins illustrating the life-history of the Grey Seal (Halichcerus grypus). U p to date this Seal had been poorly represented in European and American Museums and there was no series nor description of the pelages in existence which embraced a complete account of the various types. The skins exhibited by Mr. Millais included every known variation and had been obtained after much labour ami several hunting-expeditions. A short account of the geographical distribution of this Seal was also given by Mr. Millais, which included many new localities hitherto unknown to zoologists. Mr. J. FFOLLIOTT DARLING, F.Z.S., showed some photographs of a very large male specimen of the Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix humboldti) seen by him last year in Southern California. He said this was much the largest specimen of this Monkey ever seen by him, that it weighed about 55 lbs., and stood about 3 ft. high when in an erect position. The partiality it exhibited for standing erect was very marked, as was also the intelligent manner in which it used its tail to assist it. This it sometimes had fixed like a perpendicular scroll-brace as if mude of wrought iion, and at others held on by it to an iron bar and so helped to preserve its equilibrium. Dr. WALTER KIDD, F.Z.S., exhibited a drawing of, and read a note on, the arrangement of hair on the nasal region of the Particoloured Bear (yEluropus melanoleucus), showing that this was of the Derivative type, in which respect it differed from the Ursidaj and the Procyonidte, and resembled the Felidas. Mr. R. E. HOLDING exhibited and made remarks upon a double head of a Lamb and the skull of a Spanish four-horned Ram fractured in fighting. On behalf of Sir C. ELIOT, K.C.M.G., a paper entitled "On some Nudibranchs from Zanzibar and East Africa, No. IV.," was read Continuing his account of the fauna of this region the |
