64 Nelly Evans — Some Observations on the [August, 



The General Secretary reported the death of His Grace the Most 

 Revd. Archbishop P. Goethals, S.J. 



Major Alcock reported that as the duties of the Honorary General 

 Secretary which he had accepted temporarily had devolved on him per- 

 manently he was compelled by Rule 4 to resign his office of Vice- 

 President. 



The Chairman reported for confirmation by the General Meeting 

 that the Hon. Mr. C. W. Bolton, C.S.I., had been elected Vice-President 

 in the room of Major Alcock. 



Mr. T. H. D. La Touche exhibited some Paloeozoic Fossils from 

 Upper Bui'ma. 



The Philological Secretary exhibited some rai'e Persian MSS. newly 

 acquired by the Society, 



The following papers were i-ead : — 



1. Wolf Hybrids in Oilgit. — By Captain Manners Smith, V.C, 

 CLE. Communicated by Major Alcock. 



2. The Khojas of Eastern TurJcistan. — By H. Bevekidge, I.C.S. 

 (retired) . 



3. Ati inscription of TTddyota Kesari Deva front Khandagiri, 

 Orissa.—By T. Bloch, Ph.D. 



4. The inscription on the Qadan Basul at Cttttack. — By T. Block, 

 Ph.D. 



6. Folk-lore from Pargana Sipah in the District of Saran. — By 

 Saratchandra Mitba. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary. 



Major Alcock read the following paper, by Miss Nelly Evans, 

 upon the habits of the common grey mosquito of Calcutta. The paper 

 is interesting as giving detailed evidence, with regard to the female of 

 this species of mosquito, (1) that it may live, in its adult or imago 

 stage, for nearly five weeks, (2) that during its adult life it may feed as 

 many as five times, and (3) that it does not feed indiscriminately, but 

 has a preference for the blood of the house-sparrow, refusing that of 

 Java-sparrows, larks, rails, and white rats. 



All these facts, but the last one in particular, favour the possibility 

 of the insect being a carrier of a definite blood-infection, and support 

 the conclusions of Ross based upon experiments with this species of 

 mosquito. 



