340 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XI 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING- HELD ON 15th JULY, 1897. 



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

 the 15th July. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members was announced : — Mr. A. Morgan, 

 (Kilgiris), Mr. Marshall D. Taylor (Alipore), Mr. A. V. Wilkins (Alipore), 

 Rev. C. P. Cory (Theyetmyo), Colonel G. D. F. Sulivan (Rawalpindi), Mr. R. 

 P. Allen (Madras), Surgeon-Lieutenant H. F. "Walton, :M.B. (Bombay), Mr. 

 Robert Berry, C.E. (Arsekeri), Messrs. R. Friedlander and Son (Berlin), 

 Mr. J. H. Curtis (Calcutta), Lieutenant H. E. Winsloe, R. E. (Burma), 

 Mr. T. N. Hearsey (Kurnool), Major J. F. A. McNair, C. M. G. (England), 

 Lieutenant "W. S. Prentis (Burma), Mr. W. 0. Hannyngton (Burma), Mr. W. 

 P. Johnson (Bombay), Mr. Marshall F. Reid (Bombay), Mrs. E. Lawrence 

 (Bombay), Mr. H. C. John (Sindh), Mr. E. 0. Cholmondeley (Indore), Mr. R. 

 Mcintosh, I.F.S. (Cuddapah), Surgeon-Major H. E. Deane (Bombay), Mr. 

 H.Harrison, I.C.S. (Kolahpore), Mr. G. Marshall Woodrow (Poona),Mr. R. 

 M. Powell (Nandyal), Mr. W. A. Talbot (Belgaum), Mr. F. G. Pratt, I.C.S. 

 (Sholapore), Captain C. G. Nurse (Deesa), and B. Standen, I.C.S. (Betul, C.P.) 

 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Mr. H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, acknowledged the following 

 contributions to the Society's Museum :— 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



Insects 



Viverrioula malaecensis 



Seychelle Leaf 



(alive). 

 Skin and Skull of the Lesser 



Civet Cat. 

 Scorpions from Ceylon 



1 Lesser Concal from Ceylon. 



2 Spotted Owlets (alive) 



1 Snake 



A Four-legged Chicken . 

 A Number of Scorpions. 

 1 Indian Squirrel (N e "wlSciurus indiout var, dealbat- 



PTiylliwm Scythe 



Centropus bengalensis. 



Athene brama 



Dendrophis pictus .... 



Variety) alive 



1 Parrot Fish 



Land Shells from Nilgiris ... 



Beetles... 



1 Dhaman (alive) 



1 Chameleon (alive) 



A Collection of Birds' Eggs. 



1 Snake (alive) 



2 Lizards .„ 



1 Snake (alive) , 



est and Egg of a Megapod, 



600 Butterflies and Moths 



from Assam 



vs. 

 Tetrodon patoca 



Zamenis rrti/oosus , 



Chameleon calcarotus 



DryopJris mycterizans 



OpMomorus tridactylus.. 

 Lycodon aulious 



Megapodius nieobariensis 



Mi. McCann. 



Mr. K. C. Wroughton. 



Col. A. Q. Tidy. 

 Mr. A. L. Butler. 

 Mr. K. Baumbach. 

 Mr. C. Hudson, I.C.S. 

 Mr. W. J. K. Hunter. 

 Mr, H. Kemball. 

 Mrs. Wroughton. 



Mr. G. E. Long. 

 Mr. L. Morgan. 



Do. 



Miss Olive Lyons. 

 Mr. D. G. Ommaney. 

 Miss A. Dickinson. 

 Mr. E. S. Luard. 

 Lieut. C. Woodhouse. 

 Mr. E. H. Elsworthy. 

 Lieut. Wilson, R.I.M. 

 Lieut. G. Warneford. 



