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Mr. R. D. Stewart observed that he had seen the same rhythmical 

 flashing of the fire-flies at Tallygunge, and Mr. Long had also seen a 

 similar phenomenon near Calcutta. 



8. From Mr. W. Theobald, Jr. forwarding some notes on fire-flies. 



Referring to a discussion which took place at a former meeting of 

 the Society on the habit of fire-flies flashing simultaneously, Mr- 

 Theobald described a case that he had witnessed in the Irawaddy delta, 

 east of the Bassein river, in which large numbers of fire-flies around 

 some bushes on the bank of the river, emitted their flash rhythmically 

 and simultaneously. 



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

 balloted for and elected ordinary members : — 



A. Mackenzie, Esq., Lieut. -Col. D. Broune, Lieut. W. G-. Hughes, 

 Capt. F. C. Hamilton, Lieut. G. Seaton, A. Rattray, Esq., J. H. 

 Crawford, Esq. C. S , Major A. Allen, Babu Ganendra Mohun Tagore, 

 Rev. J. Barton, J. Low, Esq., J. G-. Hicks, Esq. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot as ordinary mem- 

 bers at the next meeting. 



N. Daly, Esq., Forest Dept., Myanoung, Burmah, proposed by 

 Mr. Theobald and seconded by Mr. Blanford. 



G. W. Hoyle, Esq., proposed by Mr. Blanford and seconded by Mr. 

 Locke. 



J. H. Johnson, Esq., Gr. T. S , proposed by Dr. Stoliczka and 

 seconded by Mr. Blanford. 



The Rev. J. Cave Brown, Kidderpore, for re-election, proposed by 

 Mr Grote and seconded by Mr. Blanford. 



A letter from R. B. Chapman, Esq., intimating his desire to with- 

 draw from the Society, was recorded. 



The Council recommended, on the part the Philological Committee, 

 that the Yoga Darsana be published in the Sanskrit series of the 

 Bibliotheca Indica. 



The Council reported that 136 duplicate bird-skins have been added 

 to the museum during the last two months. 



The following communications were received : — 



1. From C. Home, Esq., C. S., "Notes on the Pi-lo-shan-na of 

 'General Cunningham." 



2. From W. Theobald, Esq., Jr., "Notes and Queries on Zoology." 



