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LERNzIDS. 
30. Lernea abyssicola Brady, Chall. Rep. viii. p.137. On Ciralias 
uranoscopus. 
31. Lernea minuta T. Scott, 18th Rep. Fish. Board of Scotland, 
p- 161, pl. vii. fig. 13 (1900). On Gobius minutus. 
32. Lernea lumpi T. Scott, 19th ditto, p. 128, pl. vii. fig. 12 
(1901). On Cyclopterus lumpus. 
33. Hemobaphes ambiguus T. Scott, 18th ditto, p. 162, pl. vii. 
fig. 15. On Callionymus maculatus. 
34, Peraderma petersi Rich. Zool. Anz. iv. 1881, p. 387. On 
Gobius buccatus. 
35. Peraderma bellottii Rich. Zool. Anz. v. 1882, p. 475. On 
Scopelus benotti. 
CHONDRACANTHID. 
36. Chondracanthus bleekeri Rich. Zool. Anz. iv. p. 387 (1881). 
On Chilium chlorurus. 
37. Chondracanthus ninnit Rich. Zool. Anz. v. p. 504 (1882). On 
Gobius. 
38. Chondracanthus ornatus T. Scott, 20th Ann, Rep. Fish Board 
of Scotland, p. 298, pl. xin. fig. 34. On Callionymus 
maculatus. 
LERNEOPODIDS. 
39. Achtheres sandre Gadd. Med. af Soc. pro Fauna et Flora 
Fennica, xxvii. (1901). 
40. Lernceopoda extumescens Gadd. l. ce. On Coregonus. 
41. Tracheliastes gigas Rich. Zool. Anz. iv. 1881, p. 504. 
42. Charopinus dubius T. Scott, 19th Ann. Rep. Fish Board of 
Scotland, p. 130, pl. vii. fig. 15. On Raia circularis. 
5. On the Original Home of the Tiger. 
By Col. ©. E. Stewarz, C.B., C.M.G., C.LE4 
[Received December 6, 1902.] 
The ordinary idea of English people that the Tiger was origin- 
ally an Indian animal, is, I believe, quite a mistake. After 
careful enquiry, I have come to the conclusion that the Tiger is a 
comparatively late intruder into India. 
Firstly, after enquiry, I can discover no Sanscrit word for the 
Tiger. If tigers had existed in India in the days when Sanscrit 
was a spoken _ language, there would be a name in Sanscrit for it, 
while there is only a modern Hindustani name. There is a 
Sanscrit word for Lion, “Singha,” which would point to the 
fact that lions were certainly more common than tigers in time 
long past. At present lions are not found in India, except a 
very few, which are strictly preserved in Googerat, one extreme 
1 Communicated by Col. Hinn James, F.Z.S. 
