104 F. A. de Roepstorff — On the inhabitants of the Nicobars. [June? 



Mr. C. H. Tawney exhibited a rare coin of Sophytes and said — 

 " While looking through a bag of coins, brought me by Dr. Hoernle, 

 who is engaged in arranging the Society's collection, I found a coin of 

 Sophytes, precisely resembling that described by General Cunningham in 

 the Vlth volume of the Numismatic Journal, p. 220 and ff. General 

 Cunningham says the coin is extremely rare. Von Saket in his Nachfolga 

 Alexander's des grossen, p. 87, marks it as RRRR. The coin seems to me to 

 be genuine, and I have therefore thought it advisable to exhibit it to the 

 members of the Society. I should propose that it be sent to General Cun- 

 ningham for his opinion." 



The following papers were read — 



1. On the Voles (Arvicola) of the Himalayas, Tibet and Afghanistan. — 

 By W. T. Blakfobd, F. R. S., &c, with two plates. 



(Abstract.) 



In this paper the author gives an account of all the Himalayan, 

 Tibetan and Afghan Voles (9) which have hitherto been described, and 

 for this purpose the author has examined all the type specimens. 



The molar teeth of the available forms are figured and described in 

 this paper. 



Mr. Blanford considers it very doubtful that any Vole has ever been 

 found in the Oriental region. 



This paper will be printed in the current volume of the Journal, Part 

 II, No. 2. 



2. On Myospalax fuscicapillus, Blyth. — By W. T. Blanfoed, 

 F. R. S., &c. 



(Abstract.) 



This is a description of a small rodent which was named by Mr. Blyth 

 40 years ago. The original specimen was obtained at Quetta and another 

 from Afghanistan having been recently found among the collections of 

 the East India Company which have been transferred to the British 

 Museum, Mr. Blanford has compared them and gives a very full descrip- 

 tion of the species and its affinities. 



This paper will also appear in the Journal, Part II, No. 2. 



3. Notes on the Inhabitants of the Nicobars. — By F. A. de Roep- 



STOKIT. 



In the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for July 1876 

 and for January 1881 will be found two papers in which I called attention 

 to the inland tribe of the Nicobars. Since my paper was printed in 

 January, a very interesting expedition was made by Colonel T. Cadell, V. C, 

 Chief Commissioner of these islands, and myself, interesting to us and I 

 hope also to the members of the Society. After my success in visiting an 



