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Show BUBALIS JACKSONI INSIGNIS, subsp. n. Allied in essential characters to B. jacksoni, but distinguished by having a sharply-defined narrow black line running down the centre of the back, and by the front of all four limbs being blackened, as in B. lichtensteini. Hab. Maanja River, Uganda. Type. B.M. No. 4.4.19.1. Presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq. Dr. C. I. FORSYTH MAJOR, F.Z.S., exhibited some remains of Anthracotherium obtained by Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., from a lignite deposit in Majorca. These remains consisted of two second upper molars and a beautifully preserved penultimate right upper premolar, agreeing with Anthracotherium magnum Cuv., the predominant mammalian species in the lignite of Cadibona (Liguria). The age of the Tertiary lacustrine formation of Majorca was thus established to be Middle Oligocene, whereas it had generally been assigned to the Lower Eocene, although Jules Haime had, in 1855, rightly guessed the true age. Mr. F. E. BEDDARD, F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks upon a series of Avain brains of which the arterial system had been injected. A paper was read by Messrs. OLDFIELD THOMAS, F.R.S., and H A R O L D SCHWANN, F.Z.S., giving an account of the Mammals obtained by the late Mr. W . G. Doggett on the Anglo-German Boundary Commission, and presented to the National Museum by the Commissioner, Col. C. Delme Radcliffe. Twenty-one species were referred to, and the following described as new :- POSCTLOGALE DOGGETTI, sp. n. Allied to and coloured like P. albinucha, but considerably larger. Dimensions of the type (male):-Head and body 356 mm.; tail 242 ; hind foot 46 ; ear 25. Greatest length of skull 60-5 mm. Hab. Burumba, Ankole, S.W. Uganda. Type. Male. B.M. No. 4.2.6.7. TATERA FALLAX, sp. n. Size large. Coloration as in Gerbilliscus bbhmi, the tail being similarly white-tipped. Upper incisors each with a single very shallow groove. Bulla? larger than usual. Dimensions of the type :-Head and body 160 m m • tail 219 • hind foot 43; ear 24. Greatest length of skull 45 mm.' Hab. Burumba, Ankole. Type. Female. B.M. No. 4.2.6.13. |
