PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



for December, 1870. 



A meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday the 7th inst., 

 at 9 o'clock p. m. 



The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Phear, President, in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Presentations were announced : 



1. From Babu Badhicaprasada Mukerji — five copies of a plan 

 of the Temple of Jagannath at Puri. 



2. From W. Talbort, Esq. — a crystal head, a ring and a charm, 

 and three earthen figures dug up at Dera Ismail Khan. 



3. From Rev. J. Long — six Gujrati books. 



4. From the author — a copy of Revision of the Mollusca of 

 Massachusetts by W. H. Dall, Esq., and on the genus Pomplwlyx and 

 its allies, with a revision of the Limnceidce of authors, by W. H. 

 Dall, Esq. 



Mr. J. Wood Mason exhibited some cocoons of Hymenopterous 

 insects ( ' Ichneumonidce ) , found in a garden in the neighbourhood 

 of Calcutta, and made some remarks on the habits of these insects. 



Mr. Blochmann exhibited a silver coin, belonging to Mr. G. 

 Nevill. He said, the coin was struck by an old king of Bengal, 

 called Grhiasuddin Bahadur Shah. It was described and figured 

 jn Mr. Thomas' Initial Coinage of Bengal (Journal, Asiatic Society, 

 Bengal, 1867, p. 50, and Pi. I., No. 5) ; but specimens are rare. 



