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mitted, pay to the use of the Society the sum of Five 

 Guineas for his Admission Fee : and if any such per- 

 son refuse or fail to pay the said sum, his election 

 shall be void, unless the Admission Fee be remitted 

 in whole or in part by a special order of the Council." 



Chap. X. Sect. 2. 



" Every sum of money payable on account of the 

 Society, amounting to Five Pounds or upwards, shall 

 be paid by order of the Council, signed by the Presi- 

 dent or Vice-President in the Chair, and registered by 

 the Secretary." 



Read a Description, by Major-general Hardwicke, of 

 the Sciurus Petaurista of Linn, from Singapore, where 

 it is frequently seen springing playfully among the 

 trees in forests. 



March 4. Major-general Hardwicke communicated a Descrip- 

 tion and Drawing of the Boa phrygia of Shaw, which 

 the General considers as a species of Coluber, the sub- 

 caudal scales, at least in some specimens, being all 

 divided. — " The habits of this serpent are very active. 

 Like other serpents it was sluggish about the time 

 of its periodical changes of skin, viz. every thirty or 

 thirty-five days, and it seldom appeared inclined to 

 take food while under that operation ; but soon after 

 having cast the old skin it readily took what was put 

 into the cage. Within twelve months it had eaten four 

 chickens, two pigeons, two rats, and one crow. Its 

 total length was 8 feet 2 inches, of which the tail mea- 

 sured 14 inches." 



June 



