190 Haraprasada fastri — India in Ldksmana Sena's time, [July, 



Among these is a specimen of the very rare Skink Eumeces blythia- 

 nus described by Dr. J. Anderson in our Proceedings for 1871 (p. 186) 

 as Mabouia Blythiana. The type is sfcill in the Museum collection, and 

 is in good condition, except that the colours are very much faded. It is 

 still, however, possible to make out that the markings correspond to- 

 Dr. Anderson's description, with which description, as also with the 

 type itself, Dr. Green's specimen closely agrees, though it is younger 

 and smaller ; the structural details of scaling, &c., corresponding. In 

 the coloration it is noticeable that in Dr. Green's specimen some red 

 spots are present, not mentioned in the description of Dr. Anderson's 

 type. 



The locality of this type was doubtful when the species was des- 

 cribed, it having been purchased from a Bokhara merchant who 

 stated that he obtained it at Amiitzar. No fresh specimen had been 

 obtained when Mr. Boulenger published his volume on Eeptilia and 

 Batrachia in the " Fauna of British India " series in 1890, and that 

 gentleman there suggests that the species may not be Indian. 



Dr. Green, therefore, has the credit of giving this rare species, if 

 not a name, at least a "local habitation." 



His specimen has been sent to the British Museum, and I herewith 

 exhibit the type, which has been re-coloured according to the markings 

 displayed by this fresher specimen. 



I have to acknowledge my obligations to Dr. Alcock, who entrusted 

 the specimen to me for identification, for the opportunity of re-intro- 

 ducing this obscure species to naturalists. 



.3. The Lepcha or Bong Language as illustrated in its Songs. — Bg 

 L. A. Waddell, LL.D. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part III. 



4. Note on a Dialect of QujarSiti discovered in the District of Midna- 

 pur, — By George A. Grierson, C.I.E., Ph.D., I.C.S. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



5. On Coincidences between some Bengali nursery stories and South 

 Indian Folk-tales. — By Jarat Candra Mitra, M.A., B.L., Corresponding 

 Member of the Anthropological Society of Bombay. Communicated by the 

 Anthropological Secretary. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part III. 



6. India in Lalcsmana Sena's time from a rare manuscript tvritten at 

 his Court. — By Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasada ^astri, M.A. 



The third verse in all published editions of Jayadeva's Gitagovinda 

 mentions five great poets all of whom flourished during the continu- 



