1887.] Dr. Fiihrer — Three Grants of Chandra Deva of Kanauj. 159 



The following papers were read — 



1. JE'tudes sur les Arachnides de VAsie meridionale faisant partie 

 des collections de V Indian Museum (Calcutta). I. Arachnides recueillis 

 a Tavoy (Tenasserim) par Moti Bam. Par M. E. Simon de Paris. Com- 

 municated by the Superintendent of the Indian Museum. 



2. Notes on Indian Rhynchota. Heteroptera, No. 2. — By E. T. 

 Atkinson, Esq., C. S., President. 



(Abstract.) 



Mr. E. T. Atkinson contributes a second paper on the Rhynchota. 

 Heteroptera, in which he gives descriptions of the species included in 

 the sub-family Scutellerina of which the following genera are recorded 

 from India : — Oxyprymna, 1 : Solenostethium, 1 : Hyperoncus, 1 : 

 Cantao, 1 : Pcecilocoris, 12 : Tetrarthia, 2 : Scutellera, 2 : Brachyaulax, 

 1 : Calliphara, 2 : Chrysocoris, 16 : Lamprocoris, 4 : Hotea, 3 : Alpho- 

 coris, 1 : Eurygaster, 1 : Arctocoris, 1, and uncertain, 7. 



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



3. On the Mammals and Birds collected by Captain C. E. Yate, 

 C. 8. L of the Afghan Boundary Commission. — By Dr. J. Scully. 



(Abstract.) 



In this paper an account is given of a collection made by Captain 

 Yate in Afghan Turkestan which comprises thirteen species of mam- 

 mals and one hundred and ten species of birds. Among the mammals 

 are two rodents, apparently new to science, which are described under 

 the names of Spermophilus bactrianus and Ellobius intermedins. 



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



4. On three grants of Govinda Chandra Deva of Kanauj, in the 

 12th Century.— By Dr. Fuhrer. 



(Abstract.) 



All the three plates are written in the Devanagari characters, with 

 the texts in Sanskrit. Each plate had a ring and a seal attached. 

 These still remain only in the case of the first plate. The first plate, 

 Samvat 1180, was found in April 1885 at Raiwan in the Sitapur district, 

 and is now in the Provincial Museum, Lucknow. It measures 1' 2" 

 by 9", and is inscribed, as also are the other two plates, on one side 

 only. The text contains essentially the same historical information 

 as that derived from the four grants of the same sovereign already known ; 

 but it further states that Govinda Chandra Deva acquired sovereignty 



