PROCEEDINGS. 



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Mr. H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, then acknowledged the following 

 contributions to the Society's collections, viz. : — 



Contributions during November. 



Contributions. 



Description. 



Contributors- 



Minor Contributions. 

 Mr. E. A. Corke, Lieut. J. Devine, Miss M. Bapty, and Mr. Framjee N. Davur. 



Contributions to the Library. 



The Ethiopian and Oriental Representatives of the Mantidean Sub-family Vatidaa ; 

 by J. Wood-Mason, presented by the Author. 



Buffon's Natural History, Vols. I. and II., presented by Mr. W. C. Howe. 



A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidse (W. L. Distant), presented by the Indian 

 Museum. 



Report on the Mineral Statistics of Victoria (Duncan Gillies), presented by the 

 Author. 



Notes on Indian Economic Entomology, presented by the Authors. 



Present to the Society. 



The Honorary Secretary stated that Mr. C. B. Lynch had very generously presented 

 to the Society the large oil painting of tigers by Mr. R. A. Sterndale, which he 

 (Mr. Lynch) had recently purchased from the executors of the late Mr. W. J. 

 Best. 



A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Lynch for his munificent donation. 



Chin-Lushai Expedition. 

 The Honorary Secretary also mentioned that Captain Chase, of the 28th Bombay 

 Pioneers, had kindly volunteered to collect any specimens which he could obtain for 

 this Society during the regiment's stay in the Chin-Lushai District. 



A Trip to Australia. 

 Dr. K. R. Kirtikar then read the first part of an interesting paper, entitled, " An 

 Indian Naturalist's Trip to Austialia," which was illustrated by the various botanical 



