CONTENTS OF VOLUME XV. 



V 



PA.GE. 



New Species of Indian Hymenoptera. By Major C. G. Nurse, 



13tb Bombay Infantry 1 



The Moths of India. Supplementary Paper to the Volumes 

 in " The Fauna of British India." Series II, Part IX. By 

 Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., f.z.s., f.e.s 19 



On Two Cetaceans from Travancore. By H. S. Ferguson. 

 With a Note on the same. By R. Lydekker, b.a., f.r.s., 

 f.g.s., Ac. (With Plates A $ B) 38 



A List of the Butterflies of the Konean. By E. H. Aitken 



and E. Comber , 42 



The Poisonous Plants of Bombay. By Lt.-Col. K. R. Kirtikar, 

 I.M.S., f.l.s., Member, Association Internationale des Bota- 

 nistes, Holland, Civil Surgeon, Ratnagiri. Part XX. (With 

 Plate V) 56 



The Birds of the Madhubani Sub-division of the Darbhanga 

 District, Tirhot, with Notes on Species noticed else- 

 where in the District. By C. M. Inglis. Part VI 70 



The Ferns of North- Western India. By C. W. Hope. Part • 

 III— The General List 78 



Snake-Bites and Poisonous Fishes. By P. W. Bassett-Smith, 



M.R.C.S., r.n 112 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. — Size of remarkable Trees. By G. Marshall Woodrow... 131 

 2. — Nesting notes from Kashmir. By Kenneth Buchanan, 



Major, 4th Sikhs 131 



3. — Notes on a few Caterpillars of Indian Sphingidtfi. By 



A. H. Mosse, Lieut., i.s.c 133 



4. — Number of eggs of the Daboia ( Vipera Eusselli). By 



A. H. Mosse, Lieut., i.s.c 134 



5. — The incubation of a Cuckoo's egg. By A. H. Mosse, 



Lieu ., i.s.c, Assist. Political Agent, Mahi Kantha... 134 

 6. — A Centipede eating a Snake. ( With a Photograph.) 



By W. P. Okeden 135 



7. — A Man-eating Panther. By L. S. Osmaston, Deputy 



Conservator of Forests ,.... 135 



8. — Note on the Breeding of certain Herons, etc., in Southern 



India. By H. N. Packard, C, R. Apta t , 138 



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