PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foe Apeil, 1860. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society, was held on 

 the 4th instant. 



A. Grote, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The proceedings of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received — ■ 



1. From Rajah Kundurpeshwar Sinha, through the Collector of 

 Burdwan, four silver coins. 



2. From the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, a copy of 

 JEugenies Besa, Heft 6. 



3. From Henri de Saussure, of Geneva, Parts 8 and 9 of Mono- 

 grapMe des Guepes Sociales. 



4. From Major H. L. Thuillier, a map of the China coast. 



5. From Captain Jethro Fairweather, commanding the ship For- 

 farshire, a skull of Delpldnus eurynome, from the Bay of Bengal ; a 



very beautiful and perfect specimen. 



6. Mrs. Edwards, two fishes from Port Blair, one of them a Ser- 

 ranus new to the Museum. 



7. Received by Banghy Dak, the skin of a Lagomys. 



8. From the Curator, a fine stuffed specimen of Rupicola sangui- 

 nolenta, Gould. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed at the last Meeting, were 

 balloted for, and elected ordinary Members. 



J. E. T. Aitchison, Esq., M. D. ; A. K. Dyer, Esq. ; H. Braddon, 

 Esq. ; and Alonzo Money, Esq., B. C. S. 



Dr. M. Haug, of Poonah, was also balloted for, and elected a cor- 

 responding member. 



