x j v Annual Report. [February, 1917. 



SpongiUa lacustris. Australelh indica, Daphnin spp. and larvae 

 of Chironomus and Anopheles. 



Dr. Annandale concluded his aeries (if interesting papers 

 on the fauna of the Jordan System with a paper on the distri- 

 bution and origin of that fauna, with special reference to the 

 fauna of the lake of Tiberias. The paper contains a list of the 

 aquatic fauna of the Tiberias basin, an account of the distribu- 

 tion of the aquatic fauna of that basin, a disquisition oil the 

 origin of the fauna of the Jordan S; tern and a reference to the 

 more recent and more important work- on the aquatic animals 



of that System. 



The Society has undertaken to publish the result a of Dr. 



Annandale's recent tour in the Far East in a special volume ol 

 the Memoirs. The first instalment, published last December. 



contains short descriptions of the physical features of bake 



Biwa in Japan, the Tai llu situated in the delta of the Yang- 



tsi-Kiang, and the Tale Sap in Siam ; and deals further with the 

 Polyzoa Entoprocta and Ctenostomata obi lined from the last 

 two lakes. New are the genus Chitaipis, represented by Chita,xpi> 

 otkleticus, and the species Palwhcella j» nUiqonalis and Jlislopv: 

 malayensis. The Memoir further deals with the Molluscs- ot 

 Lake Biwa, a number of which are illustrated, and contains 

 discussion of the general geographical distribution of the specie- 

 met with in Lake Biwa and their distribution into various life 

 zones, the classification being under the headings " Hupicolous. 

 'Shallow Water," "Deep Water" and -Non-Lacustrine/' 



Botany. 



Mr. I. H. Burkill presented an interesting note on the Terai 

 Forests between the Gandak and the Teesta, based partly on fr- 

 own observations and partly on existing records. The author 

 discusses the influence which man. aided by Are, has exercised 

 on the history o! the Terai belt, and the important part played 



by the sand cones deposited by the rivers traversing theTer 



in determining the courses of the trade rout j from Tibet to tW 



gangetic plains. 



A series of notes on the pollination of flowers in India, k 

 Mr. I. H. Burkill, is concluded by a note on the flowers of nu- 

 merous species of plants visited by birds, Bphingids, butterfw 

 hymenoptera, and various other insect-. The late Mr. »• k 

 Ramaswami describes a new species of Tephrosia named Tep- 

 rosia falciformis. and regarded by him as the type of a distinct 

 section. 



Palaeontology. 



Mr. H. C. Das-Gupta gives an account of triasaie, Jurassic- 

 Gieumal sandstone, and tertiarv fossils collected during n. <;° u ' 

 through Hazara. He describes Corbnla middlemi**" and N" u 

 Mm hazaraensis as new 



