JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Part II.— NATURAL SCIENCE, &e. 

 No. 4.— 1903. 

 CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula No. 14.' — By Sir 

 George King, K.C.I. E., LL.D., E.R.S., late Superintendent of the 

 Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and J. Sykes Gamble, CLE., F.R.S., 

 late of the Indian Forest Department \_Published with the assis- 

 tance of His Excellency the Governor of the Straits Settlements 

 and High Commissicner for the Federated Malay States.] ... Ill 



A first note on the Life-History of Chermes abietis-pieeae Steb. 



MS.— By E. P. Stebbing ... ... ... 229 



The occurrence of Melanterite in Baluchistan. — By David Hooper, 



F.C.S. ... ... ... ... ... 236 



Himalayan summer storms and their influences on monsoon rainfall 



in Northern India. — By C. Little, M.A. ... ... 239 



On the life-history of Arbela tetraonis, Moore, a destructive Insect 



pest in Casuarina Plantations in Madras. — By E. P. Stebbing 252 



