96 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



Mr. H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, acknowledged the following contribu- 

 tions : — 



Contributions during January. 



Contributions- 



Description. 



Contributor. 



1 Slow-paced Loris Nycticabus tardigradns 



1 Snake 



2 Civet Cat (alive) 

 2 Snakes 



A quantity of Birds, In- 

 sects, &c. 



Head of Hornbill 



Red-crested Wood-Quail- 



Simotes russelli 



Viverra malaccensis 



Lycodon aulicus, Echis cari- 



nata. 

 From Ceylon 



Dechoceros cavatus 

 Rollulus roulroul 



Gen. C- D. LaTonche. 

 Mr C. E. Kane. 

 Mr. I'ereira. 

 Mr. A. C. Walker. 



Gen. C. D. LaTonche. 



Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S. 

 Mr. Dady Maneckjee Liui- 

 jee. 



Minor Contributions. 

 Dr. Weir, Mr. J. Stiven, and Mr. I. Benjamin. 



Contributions to the Library. 



Presented by 



Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India In Exchange. 



The Birds of India, Vol. I. (E W. Oates) The Author. 



Hume's Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds (2nd Edn.) I T1 . . 

 (E. W. Oates). j e Author - 



Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-botanischen Gesells- f T p v .„i,„ ri0 .„ 

 chaft in Wein, XXXIX. Band III. IV. quartal. S J5 ' xcnan S e - 



Physiological and Pathological Researches, by Dr. T. R. J The Lewis Memorial Corn- 

 Lewis. S mittee. 



The Indian Forester, August, 89 In Exchange. 



Classified List of the Plants in the Botanical Gardens, (p . , 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon. J 



Photograph. 



The Honorary Secretary drew the attention of the Members present to the 

 photograph of an African Lioness, taken by Mr. J. D. Inverarity, and enlarged 

 and presented to the Society by the Honorable Mr. Justice Parsons. 



A New Butterfly. 



The Honorary Secretary read a description of a new morphid butterfly Stich- 

 cpthalma nurinissa, n. sp., by Mr. L. de Niceville, of Calcutta. The new butterfly, 

 drawings of which were exhibited, differs from S. Nourmahal in its lighter colora- 

 tion on the upper side and has been found in Bhutan. 



Mr. J. H. Steel, A.V.D., F.Z.S., then read an interesting appear on " Indian 

 Cattle," illustrating his remarks with specimens of skulls of the principal breeds of 

 India. 



