138 L. de Niceville — On the Ptipce of tico Indian [March, 



S. A. Hill, Esq. Dr. J- Scully. 



Dr. G. Kino-. Dr. W. J. Simpson. 



Rev. Father E. Lafont. Colonel H. Thuillier. 



J. J. D. La Touehe, Esq. Colonel J. Waterliouse. 



C. S. Middlemiss, Esq. J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



The Philological Secretary announced the presentation to the 

 Society by the Government N.-W. Provinces and Oadh of a gold coin 

 of Gungeya Deva. 



Captain R. C. Temple, B. S. C. exhibited and explained his collec- 

 tion of past and present Burmese Currency. He also explained and 

 illustrated a peculiar method of Burmese Arithmetic. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Ancient Barbaria Customs among the Hitidus. — By Pudmanay 

 Ghosal. Communicated by Dr. Hoernle. 



2. Description of a Dipterous Insect found in Simla on the flower 

 of Commelyna obliqua, Barclay. — By MoNS. J. BiGOT. Gommtmicated by 

 E, T. Atkinson, Esq., C. S. 



Ommatius lividipes, 5 nov. sp., 



Long. 7 mill. ^. 



Niger, vix nitens. Antennis, palpis, haustello, et mistace parva, 

 nigris ; facie obscure cinerea ; pleuids et conis cinereo-pulverulentis ; 

 abdomine parce et breviter albido villosulo ; halteribus lividis ; pedibus 

 flavido-livido, parce nigro-setoso, incisuris tarsoram geniculisque posticis 

 infuscatis ; alis omnino hyalinis. 



Hab. Simla (on the flower of Commelyna obliqua, Barclay.) 



3. Note on the Pupce of tivo Indian Butterflies of the subfamily 

 Nemeobiinse. — By L. de Nice'ville, Esq., F. E. S., C. M. Z. S. 



Mr. Samuel H. Scudder in " The Butterflies of the Eastern United 

 States and Canada " (p. 776 et seq.) has admirably summed up all that 

 is known regarding the transformations of the butterflies of the sub- 

 family Nemeobiince, and shews that all the information we possess of 

 the Old World species is confined to the European Nemeobius lucina, 

 Liungeus, and to the Asiatic Abisara prunosa, Moore. I am now able to 

 supplement this by some particulars of two pupee of two other species 

 of the subfamily. Mr. G. C. Dudgeon, of Darjiling, procured a single 

 pupa last autumn of Zemeros flegyas, Cramer, of which he has com- 

 municated to me a water-colour drawing, with the following descrip- 



