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PROCEEDINGS. 
The following papers were then read and are published 
in the present number of the journal : — 
1. On the Pallas and PalHs, by G. Oppert, Esq., Ph.D.i 
2. Hints to Coin-Colleetors in Southern India^ Part I., by 
Captain E. H. C. Tufnell. 
3. On the reputed Suicide of Scorpions, by Alfred Gribbs 
Bourne, Esq., D.Sc. 
4. Notes on the Cyclone of November 9th, 1886, by 
C.^Michie Smith, Esq., B.Sc. 
SECOND MEETING. 
The second meeting of the society was held in the 
Old College Hall, Nungumbaukum, on Thursday, the 3rd 
February, Dr. David Duncan in the chair. 
The following papers were read : — 
1. Notes on the Madras species of Matuta, by J. E. Hender- 
son, Esq., M.B. 
2. The Cosmogony of the Veda, by the Eev. M. Phillips. 
3. On Hindu Music, by E. Stradiot, Esq. 
The above papers are published in the current issue 
of the journal, with the exception of Mr. Stradiot's, which 
has to be unavoidably kept over till the next issue. 
Mr. A. G. Bourne, D.Sc, exhibited a male specimen 
of Mygale fasciata. 
' This paper is unavoidably postponed till a future number. 
