CONTENTS 



or THE NATTJEAL HISTORY PATIT (PT. II.) OP THE 



JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL FOR 1876. 



No. 1, (issued June 26th, 1876). On the General Theory of Duplex 

 Telegraphy (with a Woodcut). — By Louis Schwendler. — On some 

 Lizards from Sind, with Descriptions of new Species of Ptyodactylus, Steno- 

 dactylus, awc?Trapelus (Pis. I and II). — By W. T. Blanford. — On certain 

 protracted Irregularities of Atmospheric Pressure in the Indian Monsoon 

 region, and their Belation to Variations of the local Rainfall. — By H. F. 

 Blaistford. — Description of a new Species of Phasmidse (PI. XI). — By J. 

 Wood-Masok. — Description of Felis Shawiana, a new Lyncine Gat from 

 Eastern Turhestan. — By W. T. BLAifFORD. — Description of a new Species 

 of Cetoniidae. — By J. Wood-Mason. 



No. 2, (issued August 18th, 1876). An Account of Experiments made 

 in 1875 and 'i&lQ in various parts of India, for the purpose of comparing 

 the observed Temperature of the Deio-point with that computed from the 

 JPsychrometer hy different methods of Reduction. — By H. P. Blanford. — 

 List of the Birds collected on the JExpedition into the Drtfla Dills, Assam^ 

 together with those obtained in the adjacent Darrang Terai (Pis. Ill and 

 IV). — By H. H. GoDwrn-AusTEK. — On the Physical Geography of the 

 Great Indian Desert with especial reference to the former Existence of the 

 Sea in the Indus Valley ; and on the Origin and Mode of Formation of the 

 Sand-hills, — By W. T. Blanfoed. 



No. 3, (issued November 14th, 1876). A Sketch of the Vegetation of 

 the Nicohar Islands (Pis. XII and XIII). — By S. Kurz. — Description of 

 Golunda Ellioti from Sind (PL X).~-By W. T. Blanford.— 0/i the 

 Cyclostomacea of the Dafla Sills, Assam (Pis. VII and VIII, A). — By H. 

 H. GoDwrs"- Austen. — Descriptions of some neio Land and Fresh-JVater 

 Shells from India and Burmah (PL XIV). — By W. Theobald. — De- 

 scription of new Species (j/* Blattidse helonging to the Genus Panesthia. — By 

 J. Wood-Mason. 



No. 4, (issued April 19th, 1877). Fifth List of Birds fro^n the Rill 

 Ranges of the North- East Frontier of India (Pis. V, VI, and IX). — By 

 H. H. GoDwnr- Austen. — Contributions towards a Knoiuledge of the Bur^ 

 mese Flora. — By S. Kurz. — On the Helicidce collected during the Expedi- 

 tion into the Dafla Hills, Assam (PL VIII). — By H. H. Godwin- 

 Austen. — On the Physical Explanation of the Inequality of the two Semi^ 

 diurnal Oscillations of Barometric Pressure. — By H. F. Blanfoed. — 

 Contributions towards the knowledge of the Fossil Flora in India. I. On 

 some Fossil Plants from the Damuda Series in the Baniganj Coalfield, 

 collected hy Mr. J. Wood-Mason (Pis. XV — XXI). — By Otto^b 

 Feistmantel. 



