ecxviii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July r 



JULY, 1917. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held 

 on Wednesday, the 4th July, 1917, at 9-15 p.m. 



N. Annandale, Esq., D.Sc, C.M.Z.S., F.L.S... F.A.S.B., 



Vice-President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : 



Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri, Dr. F. H. Gravely, Mr. H. G. Graves, 

 Dr W. C. Hossack, Mr. W. H. Phelps," Dr. Satis Chandra 

 Vidyabhusana, Mr. E. Vredenburg. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Seventeen presentations were announced. 



The General Secretary reported that Mr. P. T. Srinivas 

 Iyenger and Dr. Satyendra Nath Roy had expressed a desire 

 to withdraw from the Society. 



The General Secretary also reported the death of 

 Mr. James Hector Barnes, B.Sc, F.C.S. 



Dr. N. Annandale exhibited a collection of recent and 

 fossil shells of the subgenus Margarya from the Southern Shan 

 States and invited discussion with the geological and zoological 

 members of the Society. 



The following paper was read : — 



A Note on the Dismantlina of its Web by a Spider. — By 

 M. L. Cleghorn, F.L.S., F.Z.S* 



In this paper a description was given of Epeira theisi devour- 

 ing its web in the morning. The radii of the web, below the 

 notched zone, were devoured first; then the foundation lines 

 and remains of the collapsed web were eaten slowly. After 

 dismantling its web completely the spider concealed itself in a 

 leaf to rest till the evening. 



The Chairman announced that there would be no meeting 

 of the Medical Section during this month. 



