PROCEEDINGS. 701 



MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS. 



From Lieut. Cadell, Surgeon-Major Peacock, Mr. Gr, E. Howse, Captain 

 Gwyn, Mr, Shilstone, Mr. E, E, Waller, Mr. S. P. Leggett, Captain Thorburn, 

 Surgeon-Major R. H. Nicholson, Mr, J, P, Brand, Mrs. N. C, Pearson, feurgeon- 

 €aptain L, F, Childe, Mr. B. H. de Souza, Mr. W. A, Jones, Mr^. Thomsoa, 

 Mr, P. Flower, Mr. J. Phillips, Mrs. Godfrey, Mrs. Bowen, Mr. F. Otto, 

 Mrs, Rogers, Mr. Bapty, Miss B, Scott, Mr. J. Counsel, and Mis3 0. Lyons, 

 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



The Irish Naturalist, Vol, V, Nos, 2 to 8, from Mr, W, F. Sinclair, The 

 Victorian Naturalist, Vol, XII, Nos, 9 to 12, Vol, XIII, Nos, 1 to 4. Canadian 

 Entomologist, XXVIII, Nos, 1 to 8. Agricultural Ledger, Nos, 1 to 22, Ento- 

 mological Society of Ontario, 1895, Indian Forester, Vol, XXII, Nok, 1 to 8. 

 Flora of British India, Part XXI, Records of the Geological Survey of India, 

 Vol. XXIX, Parts 1, 2 and 3, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London for 1895, Parts 1, 2 and 4, from Mr, W, F, Sinclair, The Journal 

 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. LXV, Part 2, Nos, 1 and 2, The Jack 

 Rabbit of the United States, The North American Fauna, No. 11, Bulletin 

 du Museum D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1895, No. 7, and No, 1 of 1896. 

 Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. XXVIII. 

 Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1895, Illustrations of 

 the Zoology of the R. I, M, surveying steamer " Investigator," Part II, Plates 

 4 and 5, Part III, Plates 9 to 16. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of 

 New South Wales, Part 4, Vol, X, 1895 ; and Part 1 of Vol, XXI, 1896. The 

 Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, Vol, 

 VIII. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Vol. V, Parts 1 

 and 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 

 Parts II and III, 1895. Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Calcutta, 

 Vols. V, VI, and VII, Statistical Atlas of India, 1895. Memoirs of the 

 Geological Survey of India, Part 1, Vol, XXVII. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read :— (1) Notes on Bombay Fishes, by 

 P. W. Bassett-Smith, R,N. (2) A Rough Key to the Identification of Indian 

 Ophidia, by A. G. Cardew, I,C,S. Miscellaneous Notes : — (a) Note on the 

 duration of the pupa stage in Papilio hector, by Surgeon-Captain S, E, Prall, 

 I.M,S, (b) Notes on shooting in the Central Provinces, by Captain W, H, 

 Hunter, (c) A plucky instance of panther-killing by Kathiawar villagers, by 



