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MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 From Mrs. M. Edmiston, Mr. Flewker, Mr, C. P. George, Mr. F. Dundas 

 Whiffin, Major Jermyn, Mrs. A. W. Thomson, Mr. H. Bulkley, Mr. C. Glover 

 Wright, Mr. J, Ribeiro, Mr. R. H. Barter, and Mr. R. Whately. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — 1. Some observa- 

 tions on the Solitary Wasp (^Eumenes dimidiatipennis), by Lieutenant-Colonel 

 B. Cretin, I.M.S., F.R.C S. 2. The incubation of a Cuckoo's egg, by Lieute- 

 nant A. B. Mosse. 3. Famine Foods : Dioscoreapentaphylla, an important 

 edible yam of the Thana Disirict, by Mr, G. M. Byan, I.F.S., F.L.S. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the authors of the papers. 



