LIST OF PLATES. 



VOLUIVIB 3 



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No.l. 



The Ruddy Sheldrake or Brahminy Duck (Casarca rutila). Plate XXV. Frontispiece. 

 The Daboia, Chain-viper, Ticpolonga, or Russell's Viper (Vipera russellii) 



(poisonous). Plate V <> 



Indian Moths. Plate E 44 



The Great Pamir Sheep (Ow poli) 72 



Eulophia p r atensis, Lind. Plate IV... ... ... ... ... 88 



Variations in the markings of the hoods of Cobras. Plate 1 ... 



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No. 2. 



The Sheldrake (Tadoma c omnia) Plate XXVI 227 



The Golden Tree-Snake (Chrysopelea ornata~) (harmless) ... 228 



Indian Snake9 (Chrysopelea ornata, Lycodon aulicus, cobra') ... 230 



The Golden Tree-Snake {Chrysopelea ornata). Map 236 



Two new Snakes from Assam (.Dendrilaphw biloreatus, Dipmdomorphug quin- 



ounciatus) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 272 



Palinurus or " Spiny Lobster ". Plate A 360 



„ „ Appendages of Male. Plate B 366 



Map of Coimbatore. Plate A 394 



The; Red Slug Catterpillar of Tea (Heterusia magnifica) ... 430 



No. 3. 



The White-winged Wood Duck (Asarcornis scutulata). Plate XXVII 525 



Indian Snakes (Echis carinata^ Eryx conicus, Dtpsadomorphustrigonatug). 



Diagram I 529 



Map 1 — Distribution of Echis carinata ... 538 



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The Brown Tree-Snake (Dipsas trigonata), Figs. 1 — 4 ; The " Phoorsa " or 



'* Kupper 1 ' (Eohis cari 'tata). Figs. 5— 8, Plate VTI 542 



Indian Snakes (Dipsadomorphus triyonatus). Diagram II 552 



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Distribution of the 10 Dominant Orders of the Bombay Presidency in the 



various Botanical Regions of India, Burma and Ceylon. Plate A .., ... 565 



The Orchids of the Bombay Presidency (Cymbidium bicolor). Plate V ... 586 



„ „ „ (Cut tow a maorostachya). Plate VI ... 590 



Oriental Hemiptera {Ccenocoris marginatus), Figs. 1 — 7. (Dindymus saw, uineus). 



Figs, la— 5a 598 



No. 4. 



The Pink-headed Duck (Bhodonessa caryophyllacea). Plate XXVIII 711 



The Common Krait (Bungarus candidus) (poisonous). Plate VIII 720 



Indian Snakes. Diagram I 734 



The Orchids of the Bombiiy Presidency (Bhyncostylis retusa). Plaie VII ... 833 



Insect Life in India. Plate III 862 



» „ Plate IV 866 



Life Cycle of the Malaria Parasite, Plate A 875 



Anopheles xtephensi 878 



» rogsi 878 



Larva and egg of A. rossi and A. stephensi • 879 



No. 5. • 



The Lesser or Common Whistling Teal (Dendrocyena javamca). Plate XXIX... — 



The Smew (Afergus albellus). Plate XXX — 



