708 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVlU. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read : — 



1. On the Ferns of the Bombay Presidency, by Rev. E. Blatter, S. J. 



2. A branching Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris) by F. Field. 



3. Occurrence of the Crested Teal (Eunettafalcata) by L. C. Glascock. 



4. Note on the Common Indian Crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) by P. E. 

 Burn. 



5. Abnormal tail in a lizard (Hemidactylus gleadovii) by G. A. 1). Stuart 

 I.C.S. 



0. Severe effects from the sting of Vespa orientalis by Capt. MacWatters, 

 M.B., I.M.S. 

 A vote of thanks to the authors of the papers terminated the meeting. 



BALUCHISTAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING OF THE MEMBERS HELD 

 IN THE QUETTA MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING 

 ON THURSDAY, THE 28th NOVEMBER 1907. 



Read letter, dated the 13th November 1907, from Major F. Wall, Dibru- 

 garh, Assam, advising return of four snakes forwarded to him by Sir Henry 

 McMahon for identification, and classifying them as — 



1. Vipera lebetina. 



2. Zamenis diadema. 



3. Zamenis mucosas (young). 



4. Zamenis florulentus. 



The Vipera lebetina or Euphrates viper which had beeu found at Ziarat 

 was then exhibited by Sir Henry McMahon, who remarked that it was a com- 

 mon snake in the hills round Ziarat, but almost unknown in India. It was 

 one of the fauna of Baluchistan which illustrated how much more closely 

 connected that fauna was with the Mediterranean than the Oriental fauna. 



Resolved that the receipt of snakes be acknowledged. 



Read letter, dated the 17th October 1907, from Colonel C. Swinhoe, London, 

 advising the return, duly indentified, of specimens of Baluchistan butterflies 

 forwarded to him by Sir Henry McMahon, and intimating that one of them 

 which had bean classed by himself, Colonel Bingham and Heron, as a new 

 species belonging to quite a new genus, had been named " Lyela McMahoni " 

 after Sir Henry. 



The Honorary Secretary also exhibited the butterflies in question. 



Resolved that the thanks of the Society be communicated to Colonel 

 Swinhoe for the trouble taken by him, and that the Museum Committee be 

 asked (a) to send Colonel Swinhoe a further lot of butterflies, and (&) to apply 



