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by the multiplication of accurate observations and their full discussion 

 to deduce hereafter the laws of their genesis more or less exactly. Mr. 

 Chambers' views (if as appears to be the case he still believes they enter 

 India,) would suggest as a practical outcome the primary importance 

 of the extension of meteorological stations from the India boundaries 

 outwards, whereas Mr. Blanford's theory would require for fuller con- 

 firmation and practical utilization more accurate and a larger amount 

 of observations in those parts of the Punjab, Sind and Rajputana which 

 are at present very imperfectly represented in the Indian meteorological 

 system. For these, and other reasons, the point which Mr. Chambers 

 describes as a side issue, appears, notwithstanding the arguments he has 

 employed, to be of primary importance, and Mr. Eliot ventured to remark 

 that, if Mr. Blanford has established, as appears to be the case, that the 

 originate in the majority of cases in India, a first step in advance has 

 been made in their investigation. 



The following communication has been received : — 



List of the Butterflies of Calcutta and its Neighbourhood. — By Lionel 



DE NlCEVILLE. 



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BRARY. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 meeting held in September last. 



Transactions, Proceedings and Journals, 



presented by the respective Societies and Editors. 

 Angers. Societe d'E'tudes Scientifiques, — Bulletin, 1881-83. 

 Baltimore. American Chemical Journal, — Yol. VI, No. 3, July, 1884. 



— . American Journal of Philology, — Vol. V, No. 2, July, 1884. 



Bordeaux. Societe Linneenne, — Actes, Series IV, Vol. VI. 



Buenos Aires. Academia Nacional de Ciencias, — Boletin, Vol. VI, 



Part I. 

 Calcutta. Asiatic Researches, Popular Edition, Vol. I, No. 3. 

 ■ . Geological Survey of India, — Memoir, Palaeontologia Indica, 



Series X, Vol. Ill, Parts 2—4. 



. . Indian Antiquary, — Vol. XIII, Parts 159 — 161. 



. Original Meteorological Observations, — April, 1884. 



. United Service Institution of India, — Journal, Vol. XIII, 



No. 60. 



