1872.] Blochmann — Kote on a new King of Bengal. 131 



the fingers and toes, very distinctly variegated with black ; lower lip spotted 

 with black ; chin and breast dusky, rest of lower side yellowish white. 



Body from tip of snout to anus 2 '2 inches, which length is slightly less 

 than that of the femur and tibia together ; the total length of the hind- 

 limb being 4 inches, that of the fourth toe barely exceeding half the length of 

 the body, and being only slightly less than the total length of the fore-limb. 



Loc. — Marri, Western Himalaya, about 6,000 feet. 



The great length of the hind-limbs, the very markedly swollen and 

 rounded tips of the toes, smooth skin, absence of the lateral folds, and the 

 broad, slightly emarginate tongue constitute characters which readily distin- 

 guish this species from others. In general habitus it resembles M. Sihkwi^ 

 ensis. (Vide ante, p. 103). 



20. Euro viRiDis. Near Abottabad, Western Himaxc^ya. 



VII. — The Conquest of South India, in the 12th Oenttirg, ty Barakrama 

 Bdhu, the great King of Ceylon. — By J. Ehye Davids, District 

 JudgOj Amtrddhapura, Ceylon. 



(Abstract.) 



Mr. Ehye Davids states that the Dambulla Inscription mentions the 

 expeditions made by Parakrama Bahu's generals into South India, but no 

 detailed account had yet been published. The history of these expeditions 

 is given in the Mahawansa, Chapters 76 and 77, a translation of which would 

 be a formidable task, and would occupy too much space, while a shorter 

 account from one of the many trustworthy Sinhalese histories would be useful 

 to those who take an interest in the history and ancient geography of the 

 Dak'hin. For this purpose, the author has chosen the Narandi-acharitavalo- 

 kana Pradipikawa, which is known to be almost a liberal translation of the 

 Mahawansa, with many omissions. 



The paper mentions incidentally that Parakrama Bahu struck copper 

 coins. There are three copper coins of Parakrama Bahu, two given in Prin- 

 sep (Mr. Thomas's Edition, I, 419), of which Mr. Ehye Davids knows some 

 twenty or thirty examples, and one very rare with a well- executed lion on 

 the reverse by the side of the standing figure. It also appears that the 

 gold coin with the inscription Lankeswaraj unassigned by Prinsep, must 

 have been struck by Parakrama Bahu. 



VIII. — JVote on a new King of Bengal. — By H. Blochmaio^, M. A., 



Calcutta Madrasah. 



(Abstract.) 



Mr. Blochmann exhibited the rubbing of an inscription from a ruined 



Mosque at Kalnah, on the Hugli. The rubbing was communicated by Mr. 



Walter M. Bourke, and is beautifully taken. Mr. Bourke, a fortnight ago, 



