1899.] M\\ G. C. Dudgecm—^MammqUafrovi the Darjvelinci Visfrici. Ill 



to say that after a very careful consideration of the recommendation 

 made by the Society the Government of India have come to the conclu^ 

 sion that the time has not yet arrived for action such as that suofgested 

 by the Society. Tliey consider that there would be a considerable 

 practical difficulty in enforcing a single standard time in places like 

 Bombay, Calcutta, Karaclii or Rangoon, and tliey think tliat if it is 

 not enforced in such places it is not worth while eiifoicing it in such 

 otlier places of minor importance as. use the local time for other than 

 railway time. 



I am at the same time to thank the Society for having brought the 

 subject 80 fully and carefully to the notice of the Governor-General in 

 Council. 



The Chairman announced that the Council had elected Mr. W. K. 

 Dods, Treasurer, in the place of Mr. R. D. Oldham, resigned, and Major 

 L. A. Waddell, I. M.S., Anthropological Secretary in the place of Mr. 

 L. de Niceville. 



The Chairman also announced that Messrs. M. H. Oung and 

 W. A. Lee had been elected Members of Council of the Society. 



The Chairman also announced that Major A. Alcock had been al- 

 lowed leave of absence for 6 weeks and that Mr. F. Finn has agreed to 

 carry on the duties of the General Secretary. 



The Secretary reported that Mr. R, D. Oldham and the Revd. H. B. 

 Hyde had resigned their seats on the Council of the Society. 



The following papers were read: — 



1. Materials for a Garclnologicnl Fauna of India, A^o. .5. The 

 Brachyura Primigenia or Dromiacea. — By Major A, Alcock, I. M.S., 

 Superintendent of the Indian Museum. 



2. A. List of the Btttterflies of Ceylon tvith notes on the various 

 species. — By L. de Niceville, F.E.S. 



The papers will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



3. Mamv7 alia not hitherto recorded from the Darjeeliiig District and 

 Sikhim.—Bii G. C. Dudgeon, F.E.S. 



Ursus malayanus, Raffles. For many years I was under the impres- 

 sion, in common with otiier observers, that only one species of bear was 

 found in the hills round Darj«>eling in spite of having constantly been 

 assured by resident Nepalese that there were two. The larger of these 

 they called the Bhiuti Bhdlu, viz. 'ground bear' and the smaller the Ruhh 

 Bhdlu, viz., ' tree bear.' Their description of the difference between these 



