84 T). Plain — On the present condition of Barren Island. [May, 



fdi'lougli, they could uot be determined till now. Of the 82 coins sent 

 down, 79 were whole, and 3 broken. 



All the 82 specimens are of one kind, and belong to the class, 

 commonly called " Indo-Sassanian." They are described and figured 

 in Prinsep's Indian Antiquities (ed. Thomas), Vol. I, p. 407, Plate 

 XXXIII, figs. 9, 14. Coins of this description have been found, at 

 various times and in different localities, in large numbers. All collec- 

 tions are well supplied with them. They have been sent to the mint to 

 be melted down. 



Rev. H. B. Hyde exhibited a transcript of the Original Heturns of 

 Baptisms, Marriages and Burials received from Calcutta by the Court 

 of Directors between 1713 and 1754. 



He said : — The Original Registers of the Presidency Church were 

 destroyed in 1756 and since then until these transcripts were received last 

 month, it has perhaps been quite unknown in Calcutta that such duplicates 

 now copied were in existence. These transcripts are to be lodged in the 

 Registry of St. John's Church. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. New and Hare Indian Lycaenidas. — By William Doherty, (7m- 

 cinnatif U. S. A. Communicated by the Natural History Secretary. 



2. The B^itterjlies of Sumha and Sanihawa with some account of the 

 Island of Sumha. — By William Doherty, Cincinnati, U. S. A. Commu' 

 nicated by the Natural History Secretary. 



3. Natural History Notes from H. M.^s Indian Marine Survey 

 Steamer " Investigator,''^ Commander R. P. Hoskyn, R. N. command- 

 ing. No. 24. — List of Deep- Sea Holothurians collected during the seasons 

 1887 to 1891 with descriptions of new species. — By Dr. J. H. Tull Walsh. 

 Communicated by the Superintendent of the Indian Museum. 



4. On an undescribed Oriental species of Nepeta. — By D. Prain. 



5. NoviciBS Indicae. IV. Two additio7ial species of Qdy^io^QtdiXwoa.. — 

 By D. Prain. 



These papers will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



6. On the present condition of Barren Island. — By D. Prain. 

 Barren Island has been so often described that there is little left to 



say concerning its physical condition. In his exhaustive account of the 

 island {Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, xxi, part 4) Mr. 

 Mallet has, however, suggested Q. c, p. 30) that future visitors should 

 note " the temperature of the hot spring " at the landing place and " the 

 "thickness of the fresh and undisturbed sulphur-crusts." This the 

 writer, owing to the kindness of Col. T. Cadell, v. c, Chief Commis- 

 sioner of the Andamans, had an opportunity of doing in April 1891. 



