PROCEEDINGS. 



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sable condition in securing any given colour in a chrysalis. When the caterpillar is 

 fully grown and ready to change into its pupa stage, put it into an open box — a 

 soap box answers the purpose admirably — and fasten round it thin paper of the 

 colour you wish, and submit it to a strong light, (mine were arranged against a glass 

 window, where the sun shone in) and allow to remain there till the transformation 

 is completed. In from eighteen to twenty-four hours after this has been 

 accomplished, the paper may be removed, when the chrysalis will be found to have 

 assumed the desired colour. Thick paper does not seem to answer, nor yet does 

 covering up in a dark place, as the pupae then assume their normal colour, aud it is 

 to this cause I attribute my failure in securing a black or blue chrysalsis, the 

 material used having been too thick for the purpose. 



A. W. MORRIS, F.Z.S. 

 "Bothwell Castle," 



Bangalore, Auyust '11th 1890. 



PROCEEDING. 



PROCEEDINGS OP THE MEETING ON 7th JULY 1890. 



The usual Mouthly Meeting of the Members was held on Monday, the 7th July, 

 the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Birdwood presiding 



The following new Members were elected: — Mr. H. A. Acworth, Bombay Civil 

 Service, Captain J. Burn-Murdoch, K.E., Mr. James MacNabb Campbell, Bombay 

 Civil Service, Colonel H. L. Nutt, H. H. Prince Kumar Shri Bhaosinghji of Porebun- 

 der, Mr. P. Bernard O'Shea, Mr. R. Logan, Bengal Civil Service, Mr. G. Gilbert White 

 (Nagpore), Major C. A. R. Sage, S. C. (Dharamsala), Mr. C. B. Evatt (Sogra), Mr. H. 

 Monie, Mr. J. H. B. Hallen, A. V. D. (Simla), Mr. J. B. F. Bevan, Mr. J. M. Coode, 

 Mr. A. Higgins (Berars), Mr, Kichard Meredith, Mrs. Eobinson, Mr. H. Whitby 

 Smith (Bhowuugger), and Mr. H. H. Jones. 



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

 tributions to the Society's collections, viz. : — ■ 



CONTRIBUTIONS DURING MAY AND JUNE. 



Contribution, 



Description. 



Contributor. 



1 Owl (alive) 



2 Gazelles (alive) 



105 Birds' Eggs 



3 Birds' Nests 



2 Snakes 



2 Lizards (alive) 



2 Young Crocodiles (alive). 



1 Snake (alive) 



A quantity of Butterflies .. 



1 Smaller Sea Tern (alive) 

 1 Sooty Tern 



A number of deep sea Corals 

 and other Marine speci 

 mens. 



Strix javanica 



From Persia 



From Saugor (C. P.) 



Do. 



Do. 



Uromastrix hardwickii 



Crocodilus palustris 



Ptyas mucosus 



From the Chin-Lushai 



Country. 



Sterma media 



Sterma fuliginosa 



From the Laccadive Seas 



(1,000 Fathoms). 



Dr. Kirtikar. 



Capt. A. S. Housfoun. 



Lieut. H. E. Barnes. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Mr. C. M. Sykes. 

 Mr. O. Meyer. 



Do. 

 Lieut. D. Thomson. 



Miss Florence Bapty. 



Do. 

 Dr. Alcock. 



