1890.] Dr. J. H. Toll Wsilsh—Neio Trap-Joor Spider from Orissa. 223 



the lapse of so many centuries) of the Indo-Tartar Sanskrit, wbicli was 

 current in Khoten and Kashgar during the early centuries after Christ. 



Most of the letters correspond partly with the ancient Newari and 

 Wartula characters after the model of which the Tibetan characters 

 were shaped by Thonmi Sambhota in the middle of the 7th century 

 A. D. He had compared the MS. writing with some of the characters 

 which were formed by the Locavas of Tibet and called Yig-sar, {vide 

 Plate VII of Journal A. S. B. Vol. LVII, Part I, of 1888). Although he 

 bad been able to trace some similarity of shape in the characters of the 

 MS. to those of the Yigsar, he failed to make anything out of it, even 

 with the help of some Buddhist IS'ewars of Nipal, now in Calcutta, and 

 had abandoned the hope which he so long entertained of being able to 

 interpret the MS.] 



It may be mentioned that the MS. consists of 56 leaves of birch- 

 bark, some in single thickness and others from two to four thicknesses, 

 for the most part written on both sides. The writing, which is entirely 

 in black ink, seems to be in several different hands. Some of the leaves 

 appear perfectly fresh and clear, others are much discoloured ; all are 

 very brittle and tender. The leaves are enclosed between two boards 

 and a string runs through them. As the MS. appears to be particu- 

 larly rare and interesting, a facsimile of two leaves of it, reproduced in 

 heliogravure at the Survey of India Offices, is given in Plate III in the 

 hope that some of our members may be able to decijDher it or throw 

 some further light upon its age and origin. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Prelimmary list of the Butterflies of Madras. — By Lieutenant 

 E. Y. Watson, B. S. C. 



The paper will be published in the Joui-nal, Part II. 



2. A neiu Trap-door Spider from Orissa. — By Surgeon J. H. Tull 

 Walsh, Indian Medical Service. 



(Abstract.) 

 Adelonychia, n. gen. 

 Adelonycliia nigrostrata, $ , n sp. At present the following descrip- 

 tion will be that of the genus also. 



The spider, which I think is not full grown, measures 10 mm. The 

 falces are reddish-brown ; fangs long. Pedipalpi medium length, ter- 

 minal joint furnished with a black pad of strong hairs. Eyes : anterior 

 and centre pairs large and of a blackish-brown colour ; hind-centrals 

 and hind-externals small and pearly white. Cephalothorax reddish- 



