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IV.— iS^ome Bough Notes for the Construction of a Chaj)ter in the 

 History of the Earth. — By R. D. Oldham, A. R. S. M., 

 Assistant Superintendent, Geological Survey of India, 187 



V. — A new Species of Simulium from Assam. — By Dr. Edward 

 Becher, Vienna. Communicated and translated hy the Na- 

 tural History Secretary (With Plate XIV), 199 



VI. — Variations of Rainfall in Northern India during the Sunspot 

 Period. — By A. N. Pearson, Esq., Officiating Meteorological 

 Reporter for Western India. Communicated by the President 

 (With Plate XI), 201 



VII. — Description of a new Lepidopterous Insect belonging to the 

 Heterocerous Genus Trabala. — By F. Moore, F. Z. S., A. L. S. 

 Communicated by the "Nattjeal History Secretary, 205 



VIII. — Phyllothelys, a remarkable Genus of Mantodea from the 

 Oriental Region. — By J. Wood-Mason, Deputy Superintendent, 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta (With Plate XII) , 206 



IX. — Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No, 1. — By E. T. Atkinson, 



B. A., 210 



X. — List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected in Cachar hy Mr. J. 

 Wood-Mason, Part I, — Heterocera. — By F. Moore, F. Z. S., 

 A. L. S. Communicated by the Natural History Secretary, 234 



XI. — Revised Synopsis of the Species of Choeradodis, a remarkable 

 Genus of Mantodea common to India and Tropical America. — 

 By J. Wood-Mason, Officiating Superintendent, Indian Museum 

 and Professor of Comparative Anatomy Sf Zoology, Medical 

 College, Calcutta (With 15 Woodcuts), 238 



