CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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The Moths of India (Supplementary Paper to the Volumes in 

 " The Fauna of British India"). Series III. Part III. By 

 Sir George Hampson, Bart., F.z.s., f.e.s 195 



Description of Sixty-eight New Shells from the Persian Gulf, 

 Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. 

 Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, luOl — 

 1903. By James Cosmo Melvill, m.a., f.l.s., f.z.s., and Robert 

 Standen, Assistant Keeper, Manchester Museum. Part II. {Plates C, D.) 217 



Descriptions of Two New Snakes from Upper Burma. By G. A. 



Boulenger, f.r.s., v.p.z.s. {With a Plate.) 235 



Some New Mosquitoes from Ceylon. By F. V. Theobald, m.a., com- 

 municated by E. Ernest Green, f.e.s. ( With Plates A and B.) 237 



Description of a New Snake from Burma (Oltgodon McDougalli). 



By Oapt. F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 251 



Plague, Rats and Fleas. By Capt. W. G. Lisbon, i.m.8. {With Plates 



A and B.) 253 



A Catalogue of the Heterocera of Sikhim and Bhutan. By G. C. 

 Dudgeon, f.e.s., with Notes by H . J. Elwes, f.b.s., &c, and Add- 

 itions by Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., B.A., f.e s., &c. Part XVII ... 275 



Notes on Snakes collected in Cannanore from 5th November 



1903 to 5th August 1904. By Capt. F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s. ... 292 



On Fishes from the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and 

 Karachi, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. By C. Tate 

 Regan, b.a. (With $ Plates:) 318 



The Fauna and Flora of our Metallic Money. By E. Blatter, s.j. 334 



Supplementary Notes on the Coccid^; of Ceylon. Part III. By E. 

 Ernest Green, f.e.s., Entomologist to the Government of Ceylon. 

 (With Plates H—K.) 340 



Notes on Small Mammals in Kashmir and adjacent Districts. 



By Colonel A. E. Ward ... 358 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. Melanism in Black Buck. By J. Manners Smith, Major. (With a 



Photograph) gg j 



2. A Bare Indian Game-Bird, the Mountain Quail (Ophrys/a superciliesa 



Gray). By E. Comber, F.z.s 361 



S. Simotes splendidvg. By Geo. H. Evans, A. v. r> , f.l.s., Major 362 



4. Note on the Digestion of Eggs by Cobras and Datoias. By W. B. 



Bannerman, M.D., Lt.-Col., i.m.s 363 



5. Do Wild Animals ever die of Intestinal Obstruction ? By W. B. 



Bannerman, m.d., Lt.-Col., i.m.s 363 



6. King-Crows and Mynas as Mess-Mates. By D. Dewar, I.C.S. 364 



7. Occurrence of the Scaup Duck (Nyroca marvla) in Oudh. By F. Wall, 



Capt., i.m.s., c.m.z.s 367 



&. Luminous Plants 367 



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