1876.] Sir A. P. Pliayre — On Stone Weapons from Burma. 3 



Col. J. F. Teunant, E. E., Calcutta, for re-election, proposed by Col. 

 Hyde, seconded by Capt. J. Waterliouse. 



G. E. Knox, Esq., C. S., Major H. H. Mallock, and Lieut. H. B. 

 XJrmston, have intimated tlieir desii-e to withdraw from the Society. 



The President laid before the meeting a statement from the Council 

 regarding certain proceedings in connection with the rejection of a gentle- 

 man proposed by the Council for election as an Honorary Member, which 

 was taken as read and ordered to be circulated to the members with the 

 Proceedings. 



The following letter from Major-General Sir A. P. Phayre, K. C. S, I., 

 K. C. B., Grovernor of the Mauritius, to Mr. Blochmann, was read — • 



Novemler 10th, 1875. 



My deae Sie, — I observe in the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society 

 for June 1875, a paper by Mr. V. Ball on stone implements of the Burmese 

 type found in the district of Singbhum. I beg to bring to your notice, 

 that the stone weapons hitherto sent from Burma, have, I believe, all been 

 found within the limits of the teri'itory, in the delta and valley of the 

 lower Erawati, occupied from time immemorial by the Tailing or Mun 

 people. The language of the Mun race of Pegu, is connected with that 

 of the Ho or Munda people of Chutia Nagpur, called Kol. I beg on this 

 subject to refer to my paper on the History of Pegu in the Society's 

 Journal, Volume XLII of 1873. 



The form of the stone implements remarked on by Mr. Ball, tends to 

 indicate a connection in race, or intercourse in pre-historic time, between 

 the Kols and the Mun of Pegu. The supposed origin of these weapons as 

 thrown to earth in the lightning flash, is, as remarked by Mr. Theobald, 

 the same among both peoples. 



Mr. "Wood-Mason exhibited specimens and read descriptions of several 

 new or little-known species of phasmideous insects, amongst which were the 

 following : 



Fhihalosoma Westivoodi, n. sp. $, from Nazirah and Samagiiting, 

 Asam. 



Lopaiohiis lolas, Westw., S ? , from Johore in the Malay peninsula. 



Lonclwdes Aiisteni, n. sp., S , from the Dikraug valley, Asam, 



Phi/Ilium Celeiicum, De Haan, 2 , from Karennee. 



JPJii/lIium siccijblii0)i, Lin., ? , from Mauritius. 



FhyUlam Wesiiooodi, n. sp., $ ? , from S. Andaman and Pahpoon. 



And of the following two new species of goliathideous beetles : 



