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COLOURED PLATES. 



The Honorary Secretary stated that orders for the following Coloured Plates, 

 for the Society's Journal, had been placed in the hands of their London Chromo 

 Lithographers :— 8 Plates of Ducks; 1 Plate of Moths ; 4 Plates of Snakes ; 

 4 Plates of Orchids ; and 3 Plates of Cuckoo's Eggs— total 20 Plates. 



The cost of these Coloured Plates would be about Rs. 350 each (or Rs. 7,000 

 in all), so that it was most important that the Society should obtain as many 

 new members as possible in order to provide the funds for these useful 

 illustrations. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — 1. Sexual Colour- 

 dimorphism in Birds, by D. Dewar, I.C.S. ; 2. The Ancestry of the Horse 

 by L. C. H. Young, B.A. ; 3. New Species of Indian Hymenoptera, by Major 

 C. G. Nurse, F.E.S. ; 4. The Enemies of Butterflies, by E. H. Aitken ; 5. The 

 Himalayan Nutcracker, by Col. W. Capper, D.M.E. in India ; 6. The 

 Asiatic Two-horned Rhinoceros, by Major G. H. Evans, A.V.D., F.L.S. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 29th SEPTEMBER 



1904. 



A meeting of the members took place at the Society's rooms, on Thursday, 

 the 29th September 1904, Mr. L. C. H. Young presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members since the last meeting was duly 

 announced : — 



Mrs. M, Deakin (Bombay) ; Captain V. G. Drake-Brockman, I.M.S. 

 (Bharatpur) ; Mr. F. H. Abbott, Secretary, Agri-Horticultural Society of 

 India (Calcutta) ; Lieutenant J. C. McKenna (Myitkyina, Upper Burma) ; 

 Lieutenant H. D. S. Keighley (Myitkyina, Upper Burma) ; Mr. C. C. Reid, 

 I.C.S. (Calcutta) ; Mr. G. H. Belcham (Ratnagiri) ; Lieutenant J. L. Tweedie 

 (Lucknow) ; Mr. A. L. Godden (Silchar, Cachar) ; Mr. H. R. Hume, D.S.P 

 (Kaira) ; Mr. R. A. Wilson, I.C.S, (Nagpur, C. P.) ; Captain H. K. Colston 

 (Mhow, C. I.) ; Lieutenant A. 0. Cameron (JMhow, C. I.) ; Mr. F. G. Arnould 

 (Kawant, Rajputana) ; Mr. Mahomedbhoy Currimbhoy Ebrahim (Bombay) ; 

 Mr. J. O'B. Donaghey (Bangalore) ; Mr. C. C. Boyd, I.C.S. (Karwar) ; 

 Mr. George Service (Bombay) ; Lieutenant F. H. Humphrys (Lahore) ; and 

 Mr. R. K. Dadachanji (Bombay). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Mr, H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, acknowledged receipt of the 

 following contributions to the Society's collection : — 



Contribution. Description. Contributor. 



A collection of Moths and Mr. G. C. Dudgeon, F.E.S. 



Butterflies from the 

 Hi malayas. 



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