PROCEEDINGS. 311 



" Catalogue of the Insects of the Oriental Region " (Atkinson), presented by the 

 author. 



" Notes on Rhynchota" (Atkinson), presented by the author. 

 "Flora of British India," Part XVI. (Hooker), presented by the Secretary of 

 State. 



" The Indian Forester," Nos. 4, 6, in exchange. 



Chin-Lushai Expedition. 

 A special vote of thanks was passed to Lieutenant D. Thomson, of the 28th Pioneers, 

 and Mr. F. E. Dempster, of the Telegraph Department, for the valuable collections 

 of Butterflies which these gentlemen had made for the Bombay Natural History 

 Society during the Chin-Lushai Expedition. 



Panthers Tbee'd by Wild Dogs. 



The Honorary Secretary read a short note from Mr. Fred. Wright, of Chickalda, 

 giving a graphic account of two panthers being tree'd by wild dogs on the banks of 

 the Gogra River. The Honorary Secretary stated that the note would be printed 

 in full in the Society's Journal No. II., which was now being struck off. 



An Appeal fob Help. 



The Honorary Secretary stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Robert C. 

 Wroughton, of Poona, who had made a valuable collection of ants for the Society, 

 asking for assistance in the collection and observation of these interesting creatures, 

 Mr. Wroughton stated that he had forwarded to Dr. Forel a number of specimens 

 collected by Mr. F. Gleadow, which had led to the important discovery that (Enictus 

 and Typhlatta were one genus. The former being the older, the genus Typhlatta 

 would be now given up. Several specimens of the male of Dorylus were exhibited, 

 and the members of the Society were earnestly entreated to assist in the discovery 

 of the female of this ant, for which entomologists had been searching in vain for 

 many years. A number of the males had recently been captured by a gentleman in 

 Bombay, issuing from the foundations of his bungalow. Mr. Wroughton had imme- 

 diately suggested that the house should be pulled down in order that the nest might 

 be excavated. 



Dr. W. Dyniock then read an interesting paper, entitled — 



Notes on the Economic Botany of the Cucubritac^e of Western India, 

 which will be found on page 286. 



The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Birdwood proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Dymock for 

 his interesting paper, which contained so much valuable information. He also drew 

 the attention of the Members to the great importance of fruit and vegetable cultiva- 

 tion, and expressed his regret that Europeans in this country did not interest them- 

 selves sufficiently in the subject. Mr. Birdwood pointed out that the Society's 

 Herbarium was at present a very small one, and hoped that members who had the 

 opportunities would assist in increasing it, as the want of a good representative 

 collection of plants was much felt by all botanical students in Bombay. 



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