February, 1912.] Annual Report. xxiii 
Methylamine mater’ (Methylammonium  Nitrite).— 
PRAPHULLA CanpDRA Ray and JITENDRA Nine 
RaksIrtT. 
Phosphorus in Indian Food Stuffs—By D. HOoPeER. 
The Composition of Indian Yams.—By D. HooPER 
Some Asiatic Milk-Products—By D. Hoover. 
Botany. 
Plantarum Novarum in herbario Horti ie Calcuttensis 
cognitarum Decas.— W. SMITH 
A new Gentian and two new Gasaies from the East 
Himalaya.—By W. W. Smits. 
Swertiae chinenses quatuor novae ex herbario G. Bonati.— 
By I. H. BURKILL. 
Descriptions of three new species of Algae associated eo 
Indian Freshwater Polyzoa.—By Pror. Wm. WEST, 
with Hobs by N. ANNANDALE, D.Sc. 
Note on Sterculia alata Roxb. var. irregularis—a remarkable 
instance of leaf variation.—By W. W. SMITH. 
PaLHONTOLOGY 
On the ee of Maestrichtien gin at Kacch station 
in ish Baluchistan.—By HEM Canpra Das- 
GuP 
The ee specimens were exhibited at monthly general 
meetings, and are referred to in the Proceedings. 
A snake of the genus Bungarus. N. Annandale. 
Two sponges, Racodiscula ape nbe Carter, and 
pongosorites topsenti, Dendy. nnandale. 
New species of Stomatopod crustacca. S. W. Kemp. 
Myrmeleonid and ascalaphid larvae. F. H. Gravely. 
A collection of drugs from Ae Coe of Naxalbarai, 
Darjeeling terai. I. H. Bur 
Paecilocoris latus by Dr. G. D. 7 
Anthropology. 
The number of papers on anthropologica’ or pub- 
lished by pH Society during the year has been small and it 
cannot be denied that comparatively little catia is taken by 
members in such subjects. This, owever, is inevitable so long 
as there is no recognized authority in India to whom persons 
interested in the study of man can turn for advice, confident 
that they are receiving true expert advice The most promt 
nent feature of the work in progress is the series of papers 
