92 



Long. tot. 44- unc. ; alt. corp. 14-. 



Totus, praeter pinnis pectoralibus ventralibusque, varius ; sed ma- 

 culis insignibus nullis notatus. Dentes subsequales, commissuram 

 versus gradatim decrescentes. 



Alosa immaculata. Al. maxillis dentiferis, immaculatus ; pinnis 



ventralihus dorsalis initio paullh posterioribus. 

 D. 17. A. 18. 



Long. tot. 104- unc. ; alt. max. 2-J-; long, capitis 2^; a rostro ad 

 lineam initii pinnae dorsalis, 4^. 



Rhombus stellosus. Rhomb. subroUmdus, utrinque tuberculoso- 

 muricatus ; oculis subdistantibus, intervallo vuv convexiusculo ; 

 maxilla superiore vix uncd armatd. 



Long, (pinnis exclusis) 7i-unc. ; lat. 5. 



A latere sinistro squamis parvis adhserentibus vestitus ; tubercu- 

 lisque osseis, magnis, acutiusculis, ad basin scabroso-dilatatis, sparsis, 

 vix numerosis armatus : a latere dextro tuberculis itidem osseis, 

 minoribus, acutiusculis, basin versus cute vaginatis, subnumerosis 

 donatus. Capitis tubercula a latere dextro pauca, minima ; a latere 

 sinistro numerosa, majora, prsesertim ad genam; inter oculos conferta. 

 Pinna pectoralis rotundata, 12-radiata: caudalis etiam rotundata. 

 Linea lateralis ad initium lat^ curva, dein recta. Os quadrato-promi- 

 nulum. 



Corpus e latere sinistro unicolor, nigrescens ? Pinnae fuscae, hinc 

 et hinc hyalescentes, nigrescente guttatse et punctatae. 



Stngnathus Typhloides, Syngn. pinnis omnibus pradiius ; cor- 

 pore heptagono ,• capite compresso, elongato, suprh piano ; ano in 

 medio. 

 Long. tot. 84- unc. ; capitis, \^. 



A Syngn. Typhle, Linn., difFert situ ani, longitudine capitis, prae- 

 sertim ante oculos, numeroque radiorum et scutorum. 



Syngnathus 



Typhle. Typhloides. 



Long, a rostro ad humerum 14 1-75 



ab humero ad anum 2'2 2-6 



ab ano ad pinnam caudalem . . 4"3 3 '9 



capitis ante orbitam -77 I'l 



Alt. rostri minima '15 -15 



Scuta ante anum 17 17 



post anum 36 33 



Radii pinnae dorsalis 43 35 



In addition to the collections already referred to, Mr. Keith Abbott 

 presented at the same time to the Society a " cock and two hens of 

 the Fowls of Herat in Khorassaun, a breed which is," he believes, 

 " unknown in Europe. They are young birds of the real Herat race." 

 These, it was stated, are apparently identical with the Kulm Fowl of 

 Dukhun and the Malay Fowl, the Gallus giganteiis, Temm. 



A large collection of skins of Birds formed at Travancore by P. 



