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 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan "Peninsula.— 'By George King, 

 K. C. I. E. ? M. B., LL. U., F. R. S., Superintendent of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Calcutta ... ... ... ... 1 



Note on the Seasonal change of Plumage in. the males of the Purple 

 Honey -sucker (Arachnechthra asiatica) and of an analogous 

 American bird (Coereba cyanea. — By F. Finn, B. A., F. Z. S., 

 Deputy Superintendent, Indian Museum ... ... 64 



Note on the Long-Snouted Whip-Snake (Dryophis mycterizans). — By 



F. Finn, B. A., F. Z. S., Deputy Superintendent, Indian Museum 66 



Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 3. The 

 Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part I. The Family Xanthidse.-— 

 By A. Alcock, M. B., C. M. Z. S., Superintendent of the Indian 

 Museum ... ... ... ... ... 67 



Contribution from the Chemical Laboratory, Presidency College, 

 Calcutta. On Double Thiosulphates of Copper and Sodium. — By 

 Chandra Bhushan Bhaduri, B.A., and Jyoti Bhushan Bhaduri, 

 M.A., Prem Chand Roychand Scholar. Communicated by Alex. 

 Pedler, F.R.S. ... ... ... ... 234 



