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824 THB SWR~TABYON ADDITIONS m m~MBNAG~RIID. [Nov. 14, B. BRANCHED. a. Branching in one plane. Short, very slender, sparingly branched ; covered with spines. Antipathella, racilis (Gray). Macleim Spine8 on the ultimate branchlets only ; stom smoo$. Leiopatlaes expama J. Y. J. Madeira. No spines ; stem and branches wrinkled and punctured. 8auagli.a lamarcki (Hairne). Madei a, Mediterranean. h. Branching on all sides, buahy. Bpiues only on the ultimate branohlets. Leiopathcs glabewima M.-Edw. Ma- deira ; Mediterranean ; w. Indies. Spines sbort, triangiilar, upright, branches arranged in a corymbose manner. Antipathes furcata Gray. Madeira. Spines elongate, directed forwwds... Aphaiiipnthes wollastoni Brook. Ma- deira ; Selvngens. Var. pilosa with hairs on the stem. November 14, 1899. Dr. A. GBNTHEB,F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made to the Society’s Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, September, and October, 1899 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- gene during the month of .June was 164, of which 79 were by presentation, 18 by birth, 40 by purchase, 1 was received in exchange and 26 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 78. Among the additions special attention may be called to a male Sitatunga, or Speke’s Antelope (Tmgelaphus spekii), from the district of Lake Ngami, received from Mr. Oecil J. Rhodes, F.Z.S., in exchange for a female hybrid between Tragelaphus gratus d and T. spelcii 9 (born in the Menagerie on Feb. 12, l896), which was despatched to Mr. Rhodes on April 25th last. The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- gerie during the month of July was 204, of which 77 were by presentation, 19 by birth, 36 by purchase, 1 was received in exchange and 71 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals,,was 108. Amongst the additions special attention may be called to the fine Ground-Hornbill presented by Dr. Hirst on July 20th, which appears to be a young example of Bucornr abyssinim, and con- cerning which the following information baa been received from Dr. Hirst :- 1899.1 T€IE BE1oBBTARY OF ADDITIOFB TO THpl MXTNAGm. 828 The Elms, Goldthorn Ha Wolverhampton, July 17, 1899. 9% 6 I have recently returned from West Africa and brought with me a large bird, which I think you may like to have in the Zoo- logical Gardens. The bird, which was caught on the R. Volta, Gold Cvast, W. Africa, stands about 2 feet in height, has an enormous beak, and lives on the banks of the river, wading into the water and catching fish, on which it lives. I have had this bird in my possession some aix or eight months, and it is now quite tame. I atii, Sir, Pours truly, GEO. HIRST, The Secretary, Th Colonial Medical Service. Loologics1 Society, 3 Hanover Bqiiaw, W. The registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the month of August xere 102 in number. Of these 37 were acquired by presentation, 40 by purchase, 6 were born in the Gardens, 1 was received by exchange and 18 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and reiiiomls, VRS 100. Clr6vy’s Zebra (female). Amongst these may be specially noticed a pair of Gr6vy’s Zebras (Equus grew;;), deposited by H.M. The Queen on August 14th. 826 THI s~oswlda~ox ADDITIONS TO ‘PHPI YHNAQBRTB. pov. 14, We have now the pleasure of being able to exhibit in the Gardens a pair of the beautiful Zebra of Southern Abyssinia and Somaliland (Epua grmrii), to the existence of which I have on several former occasions (see P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 721 ; 1800, pp. 412, 461 ; 1893, p. 473 : 1898,‘~.588 ; 1899, p. 713) called attention. The present animals have been sent by the Emperor Menelek as a present to H.M. the Queen, and have been deposited in the Society’s care to be recovered from the effects of their long and arduous journey. I. need hardly descant on the differences between the present animal and the three previously known species of Zebra, both in size and in character of markings, as they are obvious at first sight. These animals were captured somewhere in the south of Shoa, and are Raid to be the only survivors of a considerable number which reached Addis Abbeba. Here they were delivered to Capt. J. L. Harrington, the British Political Agent at the Court of the Emperor Menelek, as a present to H.M. the Queen, and sere brought down under his care to Zeila on the coast of Somaliland, a long march OE six weeks. At Zeila Capt. Harrington handed them over to our Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Arthur Thomson, who had been sent there by the Council, at the request of the Foreign Office, on purpose to take charge of them. Having been conveyed acrous to Aden, where they were kept for about ten days, they were shipped in the P. & 0. 8.8. ‘ Oceana,’ and arrived safely at the Iloyal Albert Dock on August 14th last, and were thence brought to the Society’s Gardens. The female, of which I exhibit a photograph (see p. 825), may now be announced to be in perfect condition : but the male, I regret to say, still shows wounds on the hocks, which, in spite of every care and attention, we have been unable to cure. The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- gerie during the month of September was 126, of which 84 were by presentation, 9 by purchase, and 33 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 90. The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- gerie during the month of October was 1‘70, of which 31 were by presentation, 68 by purchase, 61 were received on deposit, and 10 were born in the Menagerie. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 169. Mr. Sclater stated that in July last he had visited the Zoologicd Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Antwerp, the private collection of Mr. F. E. BIaauw, C.M.Z.S.,pnd the Museums of Brussels and of the Congo Free State at Tervueren near Brussels. Mr. Sclater spoke of several animals of much interest which he had thus seen. Amongst these were a pair of Slow Lemurs (Nyctiecbus tardigradus) at Rotterdam with a young one, which 1899.1 ' MR. ~OL.~!IRON CONTIXTENTALMLIBNILGIIRIEB. 827 was carried by the mother aoross her breast after the manner of other Lemurs ; also a young Pelican (Pelwanus onocrotalua), hatched in the same Gardens and then still in nestling plumage. The Amsterdam Gardens were fortunate in again possessing a living Anser rujkollis, which had been captured about the 10th February, 1899, at Foxhol, near Hoogeram, in the province of Groningen ; also several specimens of the now rare Talapoin Monkey (Cercopi- thecus ta7apoin), and two examples of the beautiful Red Oriole of Formosa (Analcipus arclens), besides a family group of the Pleasant Antelope (Tvagelophus gratus), consisting of an adult pair, two young males, and a newly-born calf. At Antwerp there was, likewise, a small herd of I'ragelaphus yratus, consisting of an adult pair and two young females j also a fine adult male of the Roan Antelope from Senegal (Hippotragus equinus yambinitus) (see ' Book of Antelopes,' iv. p. 15, pl. lxxviii.), and three examples of the true Dama Gazelle (Gazella dama), from Senegal. In the Antwerp Gardens Mr. Sclater had likewise examined a liviug female monkey which appeared to belong to a new species of the genus Cercocebus, remarkable for its prominent crest on the middle of the head and the long hairs on the cheeks. This specimen had been received by the Antwerp Gardens as a present from M. I!'. Fuchs, the Governor of the Congo Free State, and mas believed to liave been obtained, in March 1899, in the district of Stanley Falls ou the Upper Congo. With the approbation of M. L'hoest, Mr. Sclater proposed to 828 MR. SCLATER’S JOUBR~DYTO THEI (IAPE. [Nov. 14, designate this species Cercoce6w dongincs with the following characters :- CERCOCEBUSCOXQICUS, sp. nov. (Woodcut, p. 827.) Niger, mbth nudiu.sculus, cristd extante Zongd nip4 :genurumpilis productis albis :manibus et pedibzcs cum facie carneis :rnento et pectore albis, ventre nigricante, tibiis albk : brachiis nigris, mzidd albicunte. Long. corp. 2, caucla 3, tot& 5ped. Anql. Hub. Terra Congka. In the new Museum of the Congo Free State at Tervueren, near Brussels, Mr. Sclater had been able to examine the series of specimens of Antelopes of the Congo Territory, which contained examples of the following species :- I. Cephalophus maxwelti (Lower Congo). 2. Cephalophus grinznai (Lower Congo). 3. Cobus penvicei (Matadi). 4. Cervicapru anindinurn (Lower Congo). 5. Hippotrugus epuinw (Lower Congo). 6. Tragelnphus yratzts (Lower Congo). 7. Trageluphus smptus (Cataracts of Lower Congo). Mr. Sclater had been much gratified with the examination of these specimens, as he had never previously seen a collection of -4ntelopes from Congoland. He called special attention to the fact of the Waterbuck being Cobus penricii (see ‘ Book of dntelopes,’ ii. p. 113, pl. xxxv.), as this species was previously known only from the southern part of Angola, also to the fact of the Roan Antelope apparently belonging to the southern form lli1jpotraqus equinus typicus. -- Mr. Sclater gave a short account of his journey to the Cape, from which he had just returned, after an absence of ten weeks.
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    An Introduction to the Spiders of Chicago Wilderness, USA Common Spiders of the Chicago Region 1 The Field Museum – Division of Environment, Culture, and Conservation Produced by: Jane and John Balaban, North Branch Restoration Project; Rebecca Schillo, Conservation Ecologist, The Field Museum; Lynette Schimming, BugGuide.net. © ECCo, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605 USA [http://fieldmuseum.org/IDtools] [[email protected]] version 2, 2/2012 Images © Tom Murray, Lynette Schimming, Jane and John Balaban, and others – Under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License (non-native species listed in red) ARANEIDAE ORB WEAVERS Orb Weavers and Long-Jawed Orb Weavers make classic orb webs made famous by the book Charlotte’s Web. You can sometimes tell a spider by its eyes, most have eight. This chart shows the orb weaver eye arrangement (see pg 6 for more info) 1 ARANEIDAE 2 Argiope aurantia 3 Argiope trifasciata 4 Araneus marmoreus Orb Weaver Spider Web Black and Yellow Argiope Banded Argiope Marbled Orbweaver ORB WEAVERS are classic spiders of gardens, grasslands, and woodlands. The Argiope shown here are the large grassland spiders of late summer and fall. Most Orb Weavers mature in late summer and look slightly different as juveniles. Pattern and coloring can vary in some species such as Araneus marmoreus. See the link for photos of its color patterns: 5 Araneus thaddeus 6 Araneus cingulatus 7 Araneus diadematus 8 Araneus trifolium http://bugguide.net/node/view/2016 Lattice Orbweaver Cross Orbweaver Shamrock Orbweaver 9 Metepeira labyrinthea 10 Neoscona arabesca 11 Larinioides cornutus 12 Araniella displicata 13 Verrucosa arenata Labyrinth Orbweaver Arabesque Orbweaver Furrow Orbweaver Sixspotted Orbweaver Arrowhead Spider TETRAGNATHIDAE LONG-JAWED ORB WEAVERS Leucauge is a common colorful spider of our gardens and woodlands, often found hanging under its almost horizontal web.