306 Proceedings of Philosophical Societies. [Apkil, 



beautiful drawings made by Indian artists : — Description of the 

 Sciurus sagitta of Linnaeus; Account of the Buceros galeatus of 

 Shaw; Description of anew Species of Phasianns ; Description 

 of the supposed Female of Phasianus emeritus; Description of 

 a small Antelope, a Native of the Himalaya Range, and of the 

 Mountains in the Nepal Frontiers, called by the Natives Goral; 

 Description of an Insect which appears to be a new Species 

 of the Scutigera of Latreille, or Ccrmutia of Leach. 



March 4. — Description of the Skeleton Head of the long- 

 snouted Alligator of the Ganges, or Lacerta Gangetica of 

 Linnaeus, presented to the Linnean Society, together with the 

 entire Skeleton of a young Subject of the same Species, by 

 Major. -Gen. Thomas Hardwicke, FRS. Sec. 



At the same meeting was read, A Description of a Serpent 

 hitherto supposed of the Genus Boa, and the Boa Phrygia of 

 Shaw. 



March 18. — The following papers were read: 



Observations on the generic Character of Locusta, with the 

 Description of a remarkable Species. By the Rev. Lansdown 

 Guilding, BA. FLS. &c. 



The Natural History of Phasma ramulus. By the same. 



Observations on the Genus Asalaphus, with the Description 

 of a new Species. By the same. 



On the Nature of the Marine Production commonly called 

 Flustra arenosa ; considered by Ellis and Gmelin as belonging 

 to the Order Vermes Zoophyta ; but rather to be considered as 

 the Matrix of Nerita glaucina, by John Hogg, Esq. BA. FLS. 

 St. Peter's College, Cambridge. 



Description of the Taile Bat, by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



Description of Fuveraa agavephylla, the Agave Cubensis of 

 Linneeus and Jacquin, and the A. Mexicana of Lamarck, by 

 M. Felix de Avelear rrotero, Prof. Bot. Coimb. 



On the Generic and Specific Characters of the Chrysanthemum 

 Indicum of Linnaeus, and of the Plants called Chinese Chrysan- 

 themums, by Joseph Sabine, FRS. FLS. &c. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Jan. 3. — A paper was read, on the Beds of Limestone and 

 Clay of the Ironsand of Sussex, by Gideon Mantell, Esq. MGS. 

 and Charles Lyell, Esq. MGS. 



Mr. Manteli traces the direction of the calcareous beds con- 

 nected with the ironsand formation in the county of Sussex, and 

 enumerates their several localities ; to which he subjoins draw- 

 ings and descriptions of some of the most remarkable fossils 

 found in the limestone of Tilgate Forest. He then adds a letter 

 addressed to him by Mr. Lyell, containing an account of the 

 strata in the neighbourhood of Horsham, with a section of the 

 quarry of Stammerham, and with remarks on the phenomena 

 presented by the grooved and furrowed surfaces both of the 

 calcareous and sandstone beds of that country. 



