54 Col.H.G. Raverty — Kings of the Siif<irian dynasty ofNimroz. [March, 



The following papers were read : 



1. On the Kings of the Suff avian dynasty of Nimroz or Sigistan. — By 



Col. H. G. Ravertt. 



(Abstract,) 



In this paper, Colonel Raverty refers to a Note on " Some Coins 

 from Candahar " by Mr. J. C. Rodgers, published in the April No. of 

 the Society's Proceedings and considers the theory therein propounded 

 by Mr. Rodgers as an erroneous one to go upon. This he shows by a 

 reference to his (Colonel Raverty's) translation of the Tabaqat i Nasiri 

 in which, he says, will not only be found an account of the ten last 

 rulers of Nimroz or Sigistan but also of the preceding eight, besides 

 other information respecting the Suffarian dynasty. Colonel Raverty 

 then gives a list of these eighteen kings, the years of their reign and 

 the relationship existing between them ; and concludes by explaining 

 how Mangu Khan came to put the Kalimah on his coins. 



The paper will be published in Journal, Part I for 1885. 



2. Notes on Indian Bhynchota ; No. 2, Homoptera. — By E. F. T. 



Atkinson, Esq., M. A., C. S. 



(Abstract.) 



This paper is a further instalment of the author's notes on Bhynchota, 

 of which the first was printed in abstract in the Proceedings for 

 December last. The present list comprises 45 species distributed as 

 follows amongst the following genera : Cosmocarta 19, Phymatostetha 

 11, GaUitettix 3, Ptyelus 5, Ai}hroiohora 1, Gloria 2, Garystus 1 and 

 Machcerota 3. In addition to the above, 10 apparently new species of 

 the genera Phymatostetha and Gosmocarta, contained in the collection of 

 the Indian Museum, will be described in a separate paper hereafter. 



The paper will be published in Journal, Part II for 1885. 



3. Note on the Tristubh Metre of the Rig Veda and its likeness to 



some classical metres. — By J. BoxwELL, Esq,, C. S. 



(Abstract.) 



In Mr. Boxwell's opinion, the Yedic Trishtubh or the earliest of 

 Hendecasyllabic metres yields, on analysis, interesting results and 

 discloses curious affinities to others of the same group. For the pur- 

 pose of scansion he would divide the Trishtubh into an initial and final 

 quadrisyllable and a medial trysyllable, and shows that the typical trish- 

 tubh is thus seen to be x -- ^ — | — || ^ ^ | — v> — x ||| or 

 a combination of Alcaic opening with Sapphic close, a line of great 



