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ready are indebted to Mr. E. Brunettifor much of our knowledge of Oriental 

 blood-sucking flies and in Vol. IV, Part IV of the Records he makes an 

 another important addition under the title of a " Revision of the Oriental 

 Blood-sucking Muscidse. " In this paper he describes several new species 

 belonging to the group Stomoxinoz and also gives the original descriptions of 

 species described, adding where necessary redescriptions. 



Dr. Annandale's energy in having the vast material under his charge 

 classified and described is most praiseworthy and the first three parts 

 testify to his zeal. In Part I of Volume V we have the first of a series of 

 papers on the Hydroids in the Indian Museum by Mr. James Ritchie ; this 

 is followed by some notes on fresh water sponges, a paper on the Phylact- 

 olaematous polyzoa of India and a description of a new frog allied to Rana 

 tig rind, all by Dr. Annandale himself . Under " Miscellanea" Mr. Stuart 

 Baker records the occurrence of Vultur monachas in Calcutta. 



In Part II Professor R. Koehler describes some new Ophiurids and 

 Holothurians collected chiefly during the voyages of the " Investigator," 

 while Mr. H. B. Preston writes on new marine shells brought up by the 

 trawler " golden crown " in the Bay of Bengal. 



Captain Lloyd in a short paper on Indian Rats produces some fresh 

 evidence in favour of the opinion that discontinuous variation plays an 

 important part in the production of new races. This is an important paper 

 and we recommend it to all interested in variation. Besides the descrip- 

 tion of new species from Baluchistan and other places and a list of marine 

 fish from the Karachi Market Dr. Travers Jenkins gives some interesting 

 notes on the Spawning of Hilsa and the parental care in Siluridse. 



A new genus of Psychodid Diptera (moth flies) is described by Dr. 

 Annandale in Part III. This genus is based on specimens taken in the 

 Himalayas and Travancore and is named Brunnetia in honour of Mr. E. 

 Brunnetti. Mr. F, H. Gravely gives a useful list of the Oriental Scolopen- 

 dridse consisting of a list of the specimens in the Indian Museum, which 

 have been identified by Dr. Karl Kraepelin and he also describes a new sub- 

 species of centipede taken in Calcutta. ' While working through the Deca- 

 poda in the Museum Collections, Mr. S. Kemp found several new species 

 and these he has described, along with some notes on certain species, under 

 the title of " Notes on Decapoda in the Indian Museum. " There are some 

 interesting notes on the larvae of the mosquito Toxrhynchitis immeserucus 

 which are contributed by Mr. C. A. Paiva, while Mr. B. L. Chaudhuri 

 gives description of a new species of Nemachilus from Northern India. 

 During 1909 and 1910 Mr. J. Coggin Brown of the geological survey 

 collected on behalf of the Indian Museum in Yunnan and in the present 

 part he gives a description of the country in which the collections were 

 made, while Dr. Annandale deals with the sponges and polyzoa brought 

 back from that country. 



