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Wild Dogs. By " Eobin Hood " 127 



Elephant-captuking Opeeations on the Anaimalai Hills. By 

 H. B. Bryant 133 



The Fruit Culture on the Himalaya 136 



Concerning Fleas 141 



Miscellaneous Notes.— 



1. — Crocodiles in Artificial Reservoirs ... 144 



2.— Description of the Transformations of Anhopala paramuta, de 



Niceville, a lycEenid butterfly ... ., 144 



3. — Description of the Transformations of Badamia exclamationis, 



Fabricius, a hesperid butterfly. {With a Woodcut) ... 1*4 



4. — Notes on some Nilgiri Birds 146 



5.— The Nesting of the Long-eared Owl {Asio otus) in India ... 149 



6. — Measurement of Tigers' Skulls .. ... 149 



7, — The Identification of Birds ... ... ... 150 



8.— The Food of the Bull-frog ... ... ... .„. ...150 



9. — The Identification of Birds ... 151 



10. — An Ant-hon up a Tree ... 152 



11.— i Turtle killing a Crocodile ...153 



12.- — Laopard ^'ers^<s Porcupine ... ... .. 154 



Proceedings .o. ... 155 



The Birds of North Cachar. Part V, [With Plate E.) By 



E. C, Stuart Baker, f.z.s., m.b.o.d.... 161 



On New and Little-known Lepidoptera from the Indo- 

 Malayan Region. {With Plates R, S^and T.) By Lionel de 

 Niceville, f.e.s., c.m.z.s., &c. 169 



New and Little-known Species of Indo-Malayan Hymenoptera, 

 with a Key to the Genera of Indian Pompilidm, 

 AND A Note on Sphex flava of Fabricius, and allied 

 Species. ( fF^Y^ Plates I and II). By Colonel C. T. Bingham, 

 F.Z.S., Forest Department, Burma,. 195 



List op Shells Collected at Aden in 1892-95, classified in 

 ACCORDANCE WITH THE Paetel CATALOGUE. By Commander 

 E. R. Shopland, r.i.m 217 



Description of a new Earth-snake from Travancoee (Rhino- 

 phis FERGUSONiANUti). {With a Plate.) By G. A. 

 Boulengor, f.r.s ... .i. 236 



