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Also, a list of the rock specimens from the Kasiya range and Assam, 

 formerly deposited in the Museum, presented by Dr. McClelland. 



A fine series of butterflies, moths, and insects from Sagnr was presented 

 by the Secretary, being- part of a rich collection forwarded to him by 

 Major Hearsey, Commanding 2nd Local Horse. 



Volcanic ashes picked up at sea by Captain Fergusson, of the ship 

 Henry Tanner, presented by Mr. T. L. Henley. 



" The position in which these ashes were picked up was 35 miles South lat. 

 and 15° 50' west long. The sea was in violent agitation. 



On a former voyage by the same commander, in nearly the same place (lat. 1° 

 35' S. and loDg. 20° 45') much alarm was created on board by a violent rum- 

 bling noise, the captain and officers believing the ship to have struck and 

 grating over a coral reef: no bottom, however, was found on sounding. 



In the same latitude and about a degree more easterly, there is a shoal laid 

 hearing the name of some vessel, but considered doubtful." 

 The ashes are black, and resemble cinders or pumice in consistence. 

 A collection of lichens from the Himalaya Mountains, was presented for 

 the Museum, by Mrs. Siodons. 



A specimen of Adjutant, (Ciconia Argala,) presented by Dr. O'Shaugh- 

 nessy, and mounted in the Museum. 



A specimen of the Modern Crane of Latham, purchased and mounted 

 in the Museum. 



Note. — The latter of the above specimens is generally considered as the young 

 bird of the former, although Latham thinks it a distinct species. The attention 

 of observers is requested to the point. 



A skeleton of the Hindustani Bullock, presented by Captain Cart- 

 wright, and articulated in the Museum. 

 A ditto ditto, presented by Major Tennant. 



A stuffed specimen of Albatros, (Diomedea exulans,) presented by Mr. 

 J. W. Linton of Howrah. 



A specimen of the Nipal Musk Deer, and of the Ailurus FuJgens or 

 " Wah" of the Bhotiahs, by Dr. A. Campbell, of Katmandhu. 



Papers Communicated. 

 Notice of Balantium, a genus of Pteropodous Mollusca inhabiting the 

 Southern Indian Ocean, by W. H. Benson, Esq. 



Notice of the Musk deer of Nipal, taken at a postmortem examina- 

 tion, by Dr. A. Campbell. 



Observations on the anatomy of the plants of the order Hepaticae, ac- 

 companied with a series of beautiful Iconographic drawings of specimens 

 of the three sections. Jangermannia, Marchantia, and Riccioidece, by Dr. 

 Wm. Griffiths, Assam. 



Remarks on the Silk-worms and silks of Assam, with specimens of the 

 moth, worm, chrysalis, cocoon and silk, by Mr. Thomas Hugon, illustrated 

 with drawings by Mr. Hudson, Deputy Revenue Surveyor, were for- 

 warded by Major Jenkins, Governor General's Agent in Assam. 



Having been placed in the hands of Dr. J. H. Helfer for arrangement 

 and examination, that gentleman read at the close of the Meeting a paper 

 on the indigenous silk- worms of India. 



