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Show 8 Mr. F. E. B e d d a r d , F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks upon a skull of the Cape Crowned Crane (Bcdearica chrysopelctrgus) showing paired lateral and a single median bony bosses, suggestive o f those of the horn-bearing vertebrates. Mr. R. E. H o lding exhibited and made remarks upon a series of 12 photographs of the horns of the Wapiti Stag living in the Society's Gardens, taken in fortnightly intervals from the shedding of the horns on March 30th, 1903, to the first week in October, when they were clear of velvet.- Mr. H o ld in g also exhibited a fine pair of the shed horns of the Irish Red Deer, having 14 points and weighing 8 lbs. Mr. R. I . P ocock, the Superintendent of the Gardens, exhibited and made remarks upon living specimens of hairless varieties of the Common House-Mouse (Mus musculus) and the Brown Rat (M. decumanus).-Mr. P ocock also exhibited and made remarks upon some young examples of the Egyptian Fat-tailed Gerbille (Pachyuromys dupresi), born in the Menagerie. A communication from Lt.-Col. J. M a lcolm F aw c e t t contained descriptions of ten species of Butterflies, mainly from high elevations in the N.E. Himalayas. Eight of them were new species or varieties and were diagnosed as follows :- M e l it^ a t ib e t a n a , sp. n . Hab. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. Allied to the var. of M. sindurci Moore (described by Elwes in Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, pt. iii. p. 336), which = M. sikkimensis Moore, but differs from it in its much paler coloration, and the presence on the upperside of pale ochreous bands and spots, and more prominent fuscous markings. A rg yn nis c l a u d ia , sp. n . Hab. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. Allied to A. clara Blanchard, but differs from it in its rounder wings, smaller size, and paler coloration on upperside; the outer margins of both wings are broadly fuscous, containing a submarginal series of pale spots, without the submarginal and marginal fine black lines beyond them as in A. clara. L yCjEn a a r ia n a Moore, var. a r e n e , var. n . Hab. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. Differs from L. ariana Moore, from the N.W. Himalaya, in being smaller, and in the discal row of black spots on the underside being minute, fewer in number, and obsolete in some specimens in the hind wing, and in the discal white spots at apex of cell of hind wing being larger. L yccena piieretes Hiibner, var. p h a r is , var. n. Hab. Khamba Jong, Ihibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. This form differs from the var. asiatica of Elwes in having fewer discal black spots on fore wing, and in the size and length ot the pale cellular spot on hind wing underside. |