Classified List of Naturalists. 



Name. 



€.W.Wilmott,Esq. 



Baboo Rajendralala 

 Mitra. 



Address. 



Assistant Commis- 

 sioner, Deoghur. 



Manicktollah, Cal- 

 cutta. 



Particulars. 



Has formed a small collection 

 of foreign and other coins. 



Has a few coins ; wishes to ex- 

 change duplicates. 



NOTES AND QUERIES, 



Zoology. 



1. "I see in Blyth's Catalogue that he makes Inuus Assamensis 

 of McClelland and Inuus pelops of Hodgson to be one and the same. 

 They are totally distinct species the former inhabiting — " Subhima- 

 layan region, Asam" — and the other being strictly confined to the 

 Northern forests bordering on the snows in Nipal, Kumaon, Mussooree 

 and Simla. Mr. Blyth never saw a specimen of Pithex (Inuus) 

 pelops of Hodgson. I think Dr. Jerdon is convinced of the distinctness 

 of our species as I showed him a living individual." Capt. T. Hutton, 

 Mussoorie. 



2. What books are attainable respecting the wasps and ants of 

 India at a moderate cost ? In what Journals and of what date may 

 papers be found on these subjects? Is there any work with coloured 

 or plain illustrations of the Dragon Flies of India ? C. Horne, Benares* 



Numismatics. 



3. Since dies of the ancient coins have been engraved at Rawul 

 Pindee it is hard to pronounce on the genuineness of coins purchased. 

 Most of the forgeries are smeared with lamp-black mixed either with 

 water or with oil. Boiling water or the action of oil of turpentine 

 will remove this ; whereas the oxide on an old coin can be removed 

 only by mechanical action on the edge of a sharp tool. Col. J. 

 Abbott, Umballa. 



