liv Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1906.] 
a considerable number of edible crabs (Scylla serrata) exposed for 
sale in Calcutta during July. It is probable that this barnacle is 
beneficial to its host, as the movements of its cirri must aid in 
does not render the flesh of these Crustacea unfit for human con- 
et dint as appears to have ‘been thought by some persons in 
Caleu 
Me following papers were read :— 
. Bibliomancy, “ge oegie Superstitions, amongst the 
Persians.—By Linvr.-Cou. 
2. Gentiana arts Griseb., A iene: —By Dr. Orto- 
Starr. Communicated by I. H. Burk 
3. On Swertia angustifolia, ae Gal its Allie:.—By I. H. 
Burki1t. 
4. Notes on Some Rare and ene Insects added to the 
Indian Museum Collection during the year 1905-1906.—By C. A. 
Paiva. Communicated by Dr. N. ANNANDALE 
5. Hago — his Grand:ons. (A leaf from the history of 
ancie marupa ig Satyaransan Ray. Communicated by 
the Philological Secretary 
6. Bulbophyllum ine a hitherto undescribed «pecies from 
Burma.—By Captain A, T, Gage, I.M.S 
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