244, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCINTY. 
monthago. I was sitting on the deck engaged inmy usual evening 
occupation of wishing it was bed time, when I saw, rushing through 
the water at a fearful rate with a wavy motion, something allablaze, 
at least 60 feet in length. 1 sprang to my feet with a shout and 
ran to the side of the ship. The monster doubled upon itself and 
rushed close by the ship almost under me, and I saw plainly, just 
beneath the surface of the water, a huge porpoise leaving a trail of 
light behind it! But it is time to stop. The last specimen Isaw at 
sea was a native of Bombay, a large butterfly ofthe genus Catopsilia 
going out to sea. ‘This is the way in which this and some other 
butterflies meet the difficulty of over-population. Soon after that 
specimen passed, we were at anchor and the cheering voice of the 
Bombay crow assured me that I was in this beautiful city once 
more. 
Dr. D. MacDonald proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Aitken for 
his paper, which was much appreciated by all present. 
The Honorary Secretary stated that Mr. EH. W. Oates, the well- 
known author of the Birds of Burmah, had given the Society, for pub- 
lication in its journal, a valuable paper on The Indian and Burmese 
Scorpions of the genus Isometrus, in which he had described three 
new species. Mr. Phipson added that Mr. Oates, who was now 
in England publishing the Birds of India, had given the Society 
great assistance In various ways, in recognition of which he (Mr. 
Phipson) proposed that Mr. Oates should be elected an hono- 
rary member of the Society. This proposal, on being put to the 
* mecting by the Chairman, was carried unanimously 
ON THE INDIAN AND BURMESE SCORPIONS 
OF THE GUNUS JSOMHTRUS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS 
OF THREE NEW SPECIES. 
By Eucenn W. Oarnus, F, Z. 8. 
(Read at the Bombay Natural ITistory Society’s Meeting on 
1st October 1888.) 
f : 3 av ‘ na) By 
P'unsmall andelegant scorpions of this genus are well represented 
throughout Burma becoming less frequent in India, The largest 
