CONTENTS. 



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Monthly General Meeting for November 157 



Presentations ib. 



Election and Withdrawal of Members 159 



Hon'ble H. Beverley appointed Member of Council ib . 



Mr. F. Moore elected Associate Member ib. 



Mr. R. D. Oldham exhibited fossils collected by Mr. J. Cockburn... ib. 

 Papers — 



1. On the Peepsa, a small Dipterous Insect, injurious to man 



in Assam. — By Prof. Dr. Brauer. Communicated by 



J. Wood-Mason, Natural History Secretary, A. 8. B 161 



2. Description of a new species of the Dipterous Genus Simu- 



linm from Assam. — By Dr. Edward Becher. Communi- 

 cated by J. Wood-Mason 162 



3. Notes on the monsoon waves on the coast of Alibagh, south 



of Bombay Harbour, taken during the Monsoon of 1884. — 

 ByW.J?. Sinclair, 1st Assistant Collector, Kolaba. Com- 

 municated by H. P. Blanford, F. R. S 163 



4. Variation of Rainfall in Northern India during the Sun-spot 



Period. — By A. N. Pearson, Officiating Meteorological 

 Reporter for Western India. Communicated by H. F. 

 Blanford, F. R. S 164 



5. Note on the Abstract of Mr. Blanford' } s Paper on the Theory 



of the Winter Bains of Northern India. — By Frederick 



Chambers, Meteorological Reporter for Western India 169 



Library 176 



LIST OF BOOKS FOR SALE 



AT THE LIBRARY OF THE 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, 

 No. 57, PARK STREET, CALCUTTA. 



AND OBTAINABLE FROM 



THE SOCIETY'S LONDON AGENTS, MESSRS. TRIJBNER & CO 



57 AND 59, LUDGATE HlLL, LONDON, E. C. 



BIBLIOTHECA INDICA. 

 Sanskrit Series. 



Atharvana Upanisliads, (Sanskrit) Fasc. I — V @ /10/ each Es. 3 2 



Asvalayana Grihya Sutra, (Sans.) Fasc. I— IV @ /10/ each 



Agni Purana, (Sans.) Fasc. I— XIV @ /10/ each 



Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda, (Sans.) Fasc. I— V @/10/ each ... 



Aphorisms of Sandilya, (English) Fasc. I 



Aphorisms of the Vedanta, (Sans.) Fasc. Ill — XIII @ /10/ each 



Brahma Sutras, (English) Fasc. I ... 



Bhamati, (Sans.) Fasc. I— VIII @ /10/ each ... 



Brihat Aranyaka Upanished, (Sans.) Fasc. IV, VI, VII & IX @ /10/ each 



Ditto (English) Fasc. II — III @/10/ each 



Brihat Samhita, (Sans.) Fasc. I— III, V— VII @ /10/ each. 

 Chaitanya-Chandrodaya Nataka, (Sans.) Fasc. II — III @/10/each ... 

 Chaturvarga Chintamani, (Sans.) Vols. I, Fasc. 1—11 ; II, 1—25 j III, 



1— 7, @ / 10/ each Fasc. 

 Chhandogya Upanishad, (English) Fasc. II 

 Dasa Rupa, (Sans.) Fasc. I— III @ /10/ each ... 

 Gopatha Brahmana, (Sans. & Eng.) Fasc. I and II @ /10/ each 

 Gopala Tapani, (Sans.) Fasc. I 



Gobhiliya Grihya Sutra, (Sans.) Fasc. I— XII @ /10/ each. 

 Hindu Astronomy, (English) Fasc. I — III @/19/ each 

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