CONTRIBUTIONS. V 



1842. J. T. Pearson, Esq. Specimens of Mammalia and Birds. 



The Bengal Government. The Entomological Collections made in Chusan 



by Theodor Cantor, M.D., acting as Naturalist, during the Chinese 



Expedition. 

 The Bengal Government. A Collection of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Shells, 



made by William Griffith, Esq., during the Expedition to Afghanistan. 

 The Bengal Government. The continuation of the Collections made by 



Theodor Cantor, M.D., in Chusan, Canton, &c., consisting of Mollusca, 



and other subjects of Natural History. 



J. T. Pearson, Esq. A Collection of Insects from Darjeeling. 

 The Bengal Government. The continuation of the Collections of Theodor 



Cantor, M.D., chiefly Crustacea, from Singapore and the China Sea. 



1843. John McClelland, Esq. A Collection of Mammalia, Birds, and Fishes. 

 The Bengal Government. Mammalia and Birds collected by William 



Griffith, Esq., during the Expedition to Afghanistan. 

 Hugh Falconer, M.D. A Collection of Birds from Northern India. 

 The Asiatic Society of Bengal. A Collection of Mammalia and Birds. 

 William Griffith, Esq. Specimens of Mammalia, Birds, Fishes, and Reptiles. 

 The Bombay Government. The Zoological Collections made during the 



Mission of Sir W. C. Harris to Abyssinia, consisting of Mammalia, Birds, 



Insects, and other Zoological specimens. 



1844. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. Large Collections of Mammalia and Birds, 



with smaller Collections of Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, received by 

 several separate despatches during this year. 



1845. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. A large Collection of Mammalia and Birds from 



Nepal. 

 Matthew Lovell, Esq., Bengal Medical Service. Several Mammalia and 



Birds. 

 J. Bax, Esq., through Colonel Barnwell. A Collection of Birds. 



1846. Colonel W. H. Sykes. Specimens of the Black and other Corals, from the 



Persian Gulf. 



The Asiatic Society of Bengal. Large Collections of Mammalia, Birds, 

 Fishes, and Reptiles, received by several despatches during this year. 



1847. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. Mammalia, Birds, and Crustacea. 

 The Rev. F. W. Hope. Several Birds. 



1848. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. A Collection of Mammalia from Sikim and 



Darjeeling. (Containing several undescribed species.) 



1849. EzraT. Downes, Esq., Deputy Assay Master, Bombay Mint. Large Col- 



lections of Coleopterous and Hymenopterous Insects, by several separate 



despatches. 

 Lieut. James W. J. Taylor. A Collection of Shells from Singapore and 



the Indian Archipelago. 



F. Moore. A Collection of Coleopterous Insects. 

 Colonel F. Buckley. A large Collection of Insects in all orders, from the 



Himalayas. 



Colonel J. B. Hearsey. A small series of Lepidoptera, received through 

 ' J. 0. West wood, Esq. 



