470 Letters, Announcements, i^c. 



Xantholama malubarica. 



" . . . . Mr. Fairbank records it from Savantvadi. Major 

 Lloyd, inci^edible as it seems, includes it also as a Konkan 

 species ; but Mr. Vidal has not, as yet, obtained it in Rat- 

 nagiri." 



Dic(Bum concoloi'. 



" .... It has also been obtained at Savantvadi. It belongs 

 to the Saliyadri range and adjoining forests .... Mr. Vidal 

 has not observed it in Ratnagiri, though Major Lloyd in- 

 cludes it in the Konkan list : possibly the latter was mis- 

 taken.''^ 



Parr a indica. 



^^ .... It occurs sparingly from north to south of the 

 region, as I have heard of its occurrence in the Thana dis- 

 trict .... it is included in the Konkan list by Major Lloyd, 

 though not yet observed in Ratnagiri by Mr. Vidal.'' 



I have selected these three examples because they contain 

 the solution of the difficulty, inasmuch as they show very 

 clearly that, in Capt. Butler's opinion, the forests of the Sah- 

 yadri range and the districts of Thana and Savantvadi do 

 not form any part of the Konkan, and are consequently out- 

 side the area to wjiich my List applies. In other words, he 

 deprives the Konkan of two thirds of its recognized limits, 

 and tests the accuracy of my List by comparing it with Mr. 

 Vidal's statements concerning the restricted area of Ratnagiri. 

 I cannot find, on referring to my List, that I have written any 

 thing to warrant such an interpretation; on the contrary, 

 when treating of boundaries, I see that I expressly mention 

 the Thana districts as constituting one of the administrative 

 divisions of the province ; and although, it is true, I make no 

 mention there (I do further on) of the small State of Savant- 

 vadi in the South Konkan, yet neither do I mention the 

 Habshi's State of Jinjira, in the Kolaba division, nor the 

 State of Jawar, and other tracts in the North Konkan, nor, 

 for the matter of that, do I mention the island of Bombay ; 

 nevertheless these are all included within the boundaries 

 given, and it never occurred to me that thev could be deemed 



