1887.] Dr. Mitra— On EJcotibhdva. 167 



belonging to this family of Insects. Every species will be figured, and 

 every acknowledgment made to the donors, in the work. The family is 

 little worked, and so it is safe to rely upon new species being easily 

 collected. 



" For those who are non-conversant with the Cicadidce the figure 

 here given will prove a guide. 



I am &c, 

 W. L. Distant." 



The Philological Secretary read the following extract from a letter 

 of Mr. Rodgers. 



" By the way in my late tour I purchased for Government nearly 

 400 coins of kinds. Amongst them are 4 of Ibrahim Suri in copper 

 and two of Sikandar Suri. There are also several new things belong- 

 ing to Akbar, conspicuous amongst which are a Kalimah Fuhis, a Ohau 

 Tanke and a Chau Tanke piece. There is also a dam of Sher Shah with 

 the Kalimah on it. The list will I expect be published although the 

 list for last year is still unpublished. 



" I have made no discoveries this year like the exhumed temple at 

 Nurpur. But still I think I have discovered the remains of the temple 

 at Kangra destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni. And I have discovered a 

 group of temples cut out of the solid rock at a place called Masriir 

 near Kangra and yet never previously visited by an Englishman." 



Dr. Rajendralala Mitra made the following remarks on a note by 

 Mr. F. S. Growse on the derivation of the Buddhist term Ekotibhava. 



In the * Academy ' for May last there is a letter from Professor 

 Max Miiller in which he has given publication to an extract from a 

 letter by Mr. Growse on the derivation of the Buddhist term Ekoti- 

 bhava. I think it desirable to make a few remarks on the same. 



Mr. Growse is not satisfied with the derivation suggested by me in 

 a note which I submitted to this Society about a year ago. He says my 



