202 S. Kurz — Descriptions of new Indian Plants. [Nov. 



cicle. The present species has the nasal shield not tumid, the dorsal scales 

 almost without intervening granules, the scales on the anterior portion of 

 the tail smooth as a rule, no azygos shield between the post-frontal s, and 

 the ventral scales in 14 — 16 oblique and about 30 transverse series. 



D. vermiculata, a very elongate form, with the tail more than twice 

 the length of the head and body, ventral shields in 16 — 20 oblique, and 

 36 — 41 transverse series, and supra-orbital shields surrounded by granules. 

 Colour, — grey vermiculated with black. 



All the above species were found in the plains of Eastern Turkestan. 



The paper will appear in the Journal Part II, No. 3, 1875. 



4. Description of twenty -one neio Indian Plants. — By S. Kurz. 

 (Abstract.) 



The author describes the following new species. 



Zanthoxylon Andamanicum, from the Andamans ; Aglaia paniculata, 

 from Pegu and Tenasserim ; Amoora lactescens and Amoora dysoxyloides, 

 from Martaban ; Walsitra oxycarpa, from the Andamans ; Daphniphyl- 

 lopsis capitata, from Ihe Himalayas in Sikkim and Martaban ; Natsia- 

 topsis thunbergicefolia, from Ava ; Ilex Sihlcimensis from the Sikkim Hima- 

 layas ; Gymnosporia Thomsoni, from Sikkim and Bhutan ; Gymnosporia 

 Gibsoni, from the Bombay Presidency ; Lophopetalum fascescens, from Sin- 

 gapore ; Salacia Jenkinsii, from Assam ; Salacia platypliylla, and Sippocratea, 

 Nicobarica, from the Nicobars ; Vitis costata, from Pegu ; Vitis Neurosa 

 from the Khasia Hills ; Vitis Viearyana, from Dehra Dun ; Sapindus tomen- 

 tosus, from Ava, and Khakyen Hills ; Sap indies microcarpusftom Siam ; 

 Pometia macrocarpa, from Malacca ; Dalbergia stenocarpa, from Sikkim 

 and Panltabari. 



The paper will be published in Part II of the Journal. 



5. Description of 'new species of ' Oahs. — By S. Kurz. 



(Abstract.) 



The author describes some new species of oak — Quereus mespilifolia, 



from the Arracan Hills ; Q. xylocarpus, from the Arracan Hills and Asam ; 



Q. olla, from Asam and Q. pachyphylla, from the forests of Tounglu. 



and the Phallut mountains. 



The paper will be published in Part II, of the Journal. 



The following communications have been received — 



1. Bough Notes on tlie Ang&mi JVdgds and their Languages. — By Captain 



John Butler, B. S. C, Political Agent, Ndgd Hills, Asam. 



2. An account of the Maiwdr Bhils. — By T. H. Hendley, Surgeon, 



Jaipur Agency, Bdjputand. 



