166 Circular regarding Monograph on Cicadidae. [July, 



The President announced that the votes would now be taken on 

 the proposed new rale 24a., for compounding the subscription of Foreign 

 Members, reported at the meeting in April last. A. Hogg, Esq., and 

 the Hon. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, were appointed Scrutineers, who 

 reported that there were 81 votes in favour of, and 9 against the rule. 



The President thereupon announced that the proposed new rule 

 had been duly carried. 



Dr. Rajendralala Mitra submitted to the inspection of the meeting 

 a copper-plate inscription in three parts received from Mr. C. T. 

 Metcalfe, Commissioner of Orissa. The plates record the grant of a 

 village by Raja Vidyadhara Bhanja. A transcript and translation of 

 the record, together with facsimiles, will be published in the Journal, 

 Part I. 



The President read the following appeal to Naturalists for local aid 

 on behalf of Mr. W. L. Distant in the preparation of a Monograph of 

 the Cicadidce of the Indian and Indo-Malayan Regions : — 



Attention is called to the enclosed Circular from Mr. W. L. Distant, 

 and an appeal is now made for local aid from Naturalists towards 

 making the proposed Monograph of the family Cicadidce of the Rhyn- 

 chota as complete as possible. Cicadce are easily killed in the ordinary 

 cyanide bottle, and can be sent in camphorated clean sawdust, moss, 

 or paper in an ordinary tin or wooden box by parcel post, either direct 

 to Mr. Distant or to Mr. J. Wood-Mason, Superintendent of the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, who will forward them. Mr. E. T. Atkinson, who is 

 engaged on the Rhynchota of India, will be glad of any specimens of 

 other families of the Rhynchota that can be procured ; these also should 

 be sent to the Indian Museum, or to Mr. Atkinson, 15, Loudon Street, 

 Calcutta. As collected they could be kept in spirit until a sufficient 

 quantity is procured for transmission. 



Circular. 



Russell Hill Road, 

 Purley, 



Surrey, 



Dear Sir, 



" As I am preparing a Monograph of the Cicadidce of the Indian and 

 and Indo-Malayan Regions, under the auspices of the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta, I am anxious to make the work as complete and exhaustive 

 as possible, and for that purpose am desirous of receiving specimens 



