424 JOURNAL, BOMBAY XATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



Minor contributions from Mr. Thos. Rogers, Major C. R. Sage. Mr. J. Janni, Mr. A. 

 C. Walker, Mr. N. Purbhoodas, Mr. J. Counsel!. Mr. 11. M. Waller, Mrs. Meyer, and 

 Surg.-Mujor Webb. 



The Honorary Secretary stated that the panther received from Mr. W. Souter had 



been placed in one of the new open-air cages at the Victoria Gardens. He also drew 



attention to the fact that contributions of cheetal or spotted deer would be most 



acceptable. 



Contributions to the Library. 



The following journals were received in exchange : — Journal of the Elisha Mitchell 



Scientific Society, July — December, 1SS9; Bulletin of the American Museum of 



Natural History, December, 1889, to February, 1890; Proceedings of the California 



Academy of Sciences, Vol. II. ; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. 1 of 



1890; Oriental Cicadida? (Distant), Part III.; Journal of Comparative Medicine 



and Veterinary Archives; aud Records of the Geological Survey of India, Part III. 



Vote of Thanks. 

 A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. T. B. Fry, of Poona, for the valuable collection 

 of about 1.800 specimens of dipterous insects which he had made for the Society, aud 

 which had been sent to England for classification. 



A Panther Chasing a Nilghai. 

 The Honorary Secretary read a note from Mr. J. M. Coode, Nagpore, C.P., in which 

 he described having witnessed a panther chasing a nilghai for a long distance. It 

 was resolved to publish the note in full in the nest number of the Society's Journal, 

 as the occurrence seems to have been an unusual one. 



Protective Colouring of Chrysalises. 

 An interesting paper was also read from Mr. A. W. Morris, of Bangalore, con- 

 taining an account of some remarkable results of his experiments with the larvae 

 of various butterflies, showing that the chrysalis can be made to adopt almost any 

 colour by artificial means. 



