1885,] Cyrtopliinm calamicola and SiJcMm hutterflies. 63 



2. Zoological Notes from E, M.'s Indian Marine Survey Steamer. " Jw- 

 vestigator,'* Commander Alfred Carjp enter, B, N., Commanding. No. 1, 

 — On the Structure and hahits of Cyrtopliium calamicola, a new tuhi- 

 colous Amphipod from the Bay of Bengal. — By G. M. Giles, M. B., 

 Surgeon Naturalist. 



This paper is a description of a new AmpHpod Crustacean common- 

 ly taken in the surface net about the Palmyra shoal and mouth of the 

 Dhamra river on the Orissa coast. It comes under notice as a body 

 moving with tolerable activity, in appearance like a morsel of drift wood. 

 On closer examination, the four antennas of a minute Crustacean are 

 seen to protrude from one end ; they are the locomotor organs of the 

 creature and serve to propel it through the water. A still closer ex- 

 amination shewed the ampiphod to belong to the Subdivision Bomicola^ 

 Family Garophiidcc, Genus Cyrtoj^hium, 



The tube, inhabited by this little creature, is considerably longer 

 than the body it shelters, and is of a deep golden brown, irregularly 

 banded by zones of darker and lighter tint, varying from a fine golden 

 yellow through a warm brown to black. These tubes vary in size from 5 

 to 10 millimetres long by 0*5 to 1 millimetre wide, and are nearly cylin- 

 drical. The material consists of coarse and nearly opaque fibres, shewing 

 no structure and presenting the appearance of a hardened secretion. 

 The author goes on to give a very interesting account of the habits of 

 this amphipod, the manner in which it repairs its dwelling and the 

 material of which the dwelling is composed. 



The paper, which is illustrated by an admirable plate, will be 

 published in full in the Journal, Part II, of 1885. 



3. Fourth List of Butterflies taken in SihJdm in October 1884. — By L. 



DE NiCEVILLE. 



(Abstract.) 



In this paper 29 new species of Bhopalocera taken in the neighbour- 

 hood of Darjeeling in the month of October are enumerated, bringing up 

 the total number recorded to 313. With a few exceptions, they were all 

 taken at low elevations, principally on the road leading to the Rungit 

 Valley. 



This paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



The following paper has been received and will be read at the next 

 meeting — 

 Observations of the Solar Thermometer at Luchnow. — Bij S. A. Hill, 



B. S. C, A. R. S. M., Meteorological Beporter for the North-West 



Provinces and Oudh. 



