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The following are the species characterized : 

 Rhinoloplms armiger, Hodgs. 

 Rhin. tragatus, Ej. 

 Pteropus leucocephalus , Ej. 

 Pter. pyrivorus, Ej . 

 Vespertilio formosa, Ej. 

 Vesp.fuliginosa, Ej. 

 Vesp. labiata, Ej. 



Mr. Hodgson's characters of these species ai"e accompanied by re- 

 marks on the habits of the several genera of Bats which are repre- 

 sented by them in the district in which they occur. 



A second communication by Mr. Hodgson was read, which has 

 also been published in the ' Journal of the Asiatic Society of Cal- 

 cutta' (vol. iv. p. 648.) It was entitled " Specific Name and Cha- 

 racter of a New Species of Cerviis, discovered by Mr. Hodgson in 

 1825, and indicated in his Catalogue by the local name of Bdhraiya." 

 The animal to which this paper refers is regarded by Mr. Hodgson 

 as constituting an important link in the chain of connexion between 

 the Deer of the Rusan and of the Elaphine groups : possessing in the 

 numerous snags into which the summit of its horns are divided one 

 of the principal characteristics of the latter group ; but agreeing 

 with the former in the absence of any median process on the stem 

 of the horn, and in the singleness of the basal antler. In stature 

 and aspect the species is intermediate between Cervus Hippelaphus, 

 Cuv., and Cerv. Elaphiis, Linn. Its general resemblance to the 

 latter is indicated in the trivial name assigned to it by Mr. Hodgson, 

 that of Cerv. Elaphoides. 



It is referred to in his ' Catalogue of the Mammalia of NepM' 

 (Proceedings, part ii. p. 99.) under the name of Cerv. Bahruiya, 

 Hodgs. 



Specimens were exhibited of numerous species of British Fishes, 

 forming part of the collection of Mr. Yarrell. They consisted of 

 dried preparations of rather more than one half of the skin of each 

 individual : a mode of preservation peculiarly adapted, as Mr. Yar- 

 rell remarked, for travellers over land ; specimens so prepared occu- 

 pying but little space, and being consequently as portable as dried 

 plants. An incision is made in the first instance round one side of 

 the fish, at a short distance from the dorsal and anal fins, and the 

 whole of the viscera and flesh are removed, so as to leave only the 

 skin of the other side with the vertical fins attached to it, and with 

 rather more than one half of the head : the loose edge of skin left 

 from the side in which the incision has been made, is then fastened 

 by means of pins to a piece of board, so as to display the entire side 

 of the fish which it is intended to preserve, and it is then hung up 

 to dry in an airy but shady situation. The more rapidly the drj'ing 

 is completed, the more effectually will the colours be preserved. As 

 soon as the skin is dried it is varnished ; and the loose edge of the 

 skin on that side from whence the operation of removing the flesh 

 has been effected is trimmed off with a pair of scissors, as being no 

 longer useful. The preparation is then completed, and consists of 

 the entire skin of one side of the fisli, of the vertical fins, and of ra- 



