•(32 



uEruuT — 1884. 



iiA '■' 



!">. lii'port of the CommiUrii fiif prpparhnj a JUJiliinirctphi/ cf rn-tain Groupi 

 of Invertcbnila. — See Uei)orts, p. -7U. 



G. Ripoti (jn lliC Mi'jratioa af Birds. — See Reports, p. 20<>. 



7. Oil till' ('lidnnifristic Featurcn of North Awcrlcati Vegetation. 

 Jlij J'roft'ssor Asa (Juav. — See Reporta, p. 555, 



8. On the Llentiti/ of the Atiimah and Plants of India vhinh urn mentioncl 

 t,ij rurlii Greek An'hur.^. 7.'// V. Ball, M.A., F.li.S. 



"WliiMi oii^ii^'i'd ill iiiijuiriL's with reference to the i<lentltipatiou of tlic iniufral 

 |ii'i)dui'ti<iiis of liuliii wliicli lue iiuMitinneil l^y curly (irrek writ fr.", I luilici'd that 

 many of tlic aniniiil.s iiml ]>hiiils allndiMl toby ller()(h)tiis, .Mc^ni.stlii'ncs, Ktesia-, 

 Arriun, .lOliun, and Stralin are .sMsce])til)h' of exaet identilicatinn wiien di.-^ciu-fj 

 from the point of view of our present kniiwh'd^'e of tlie niitnrul prodiietious nf 

 India, and the peculiar views held hy the natives rei^nrdinp sonio of them. 



The result has hi'en to remove from tiie category of myths many stories* wliidi 

 lia\e heeii hitherto i-eirai'de(l as unwor'hy of credenee, and to remove from somi'ijf 

 the writers the ehnr^'es of mendacity whicii iiave freely been cast upon them In 

 commentators who were unacquainted with the local eircumstnnce.s from which tlie 

 jieculiarities of the stories took tlieir rise. 



In the very latest editions of some of the Greek authors are to be fomid com- 

 ments dei'i\ed ])i'oximately from Jiassen, but ultimately from Hitter, and otlw 

 befoi'e him. These comments, some of tliem upwards of half a century old, haw 

 been repeated without 'ho slightest reference bein<r made to the more e.'cact infor- 

 mation refjfardinri- India which is now availal)le. 



In a pa]ier shortly to be published in the ' Proceedinjrs of the Uoyal Irish 

 Acailemy ' I have ^i\n\ a list of about thirty aninuils and twenty jdants, tb" 

 majority of the identitications having never befure been suggested. The foUovviiu' 

 ;ire among the mure important of the.se. 



Animals 



Tb 



» 



The 



Martlkhora 



Kroknttaa ' 



Kurtozonon 



Shut,:,- 



Oil of the ,Shoh\c 



EleldviDi . 



Kcrkii'H , 

 Dikairvii . 



Culamns liulicits 

 Pareboii , 



= Tiger. 



= Spotted Hyena (II. Crocidii). 



=^ llhinoceros, 



= ( 'rocodilo or Gharial. 



= Petroleum. 



= Shell lac. 



= Adjutant {Lepfopfilos). 



= Mama {Eulaln's). 



= Dung Poetle {Scarabaus). 



PLAxr^ 



„ i^iptnkhora 



„ Purple tlowers yielding dye 

 The pajier referred to will contain a full discussion of all these identifications, 



•^- Fan Palm (Borasm-ijlabellifoymiii 



= Ficus relifjiosn. 

 f = liassin latifulia. 

 (^ = Sc/ileic/tera trijii;/". 



= Grislea tomentom. 



' As is mentioncil by our authors, this is au Ethiopian animal. Hitherto it ha 

 been mistaken for the jackal. 



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