J 843.] Mr. Btyth's Report for December Meeting, 1842. 927 



Daption Capensis. 



5. From Mr. J. Stalkart, a large living specimen of Varanus bino- 

 tatus. 



6. From M. Claude Queiros, a small specimen of a Flying Fish 

 ( Dactylopterus orientalisj, caught off the Cape. 



7. From W. H. Benson, Esq., Moradabad, three species of Shells 

 transmitted by letter in a quill ; viz. 



Triarta montana, Benson ; four specimens, from the Bhountal Lake, 

 Kemaon. 



Planorbis calathus, Benson ; six specimens, Moradabad. 

 Cyclostoma strangulatum, Hutton ; four specimens, Landour. 



8. From R. Ince Esq., Superintendent of Salt Chokees, Zillah 

 Backergunge, three bottles containing — 



Specimens of a Gryllus, very destructive to young vegetables, and 

 which abounds in the Society's compound. 



One of an Acanthodis, which 1 have also obtained in the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden : and 



Two specimens of the small Moonah Worm, which Mr. Ince found 

 considerable difficulty in procuring. This Worm is of a very different 

 species from that described in J. A. S. XI, 601 ; having no mandibles 

 that should enable it to perforate wood. It measures from three to 

 four inches in length, and is furnished with a suctorial mouth, the 

 circular lip of which is studded externally with small cones of a dark 

 colour, and forms on its upper portion a pair of tubercles having each 

 four similar cones, between and above which tubercles are four other 

 cones of the same kind : this lip is surmounted by a mask having three 

 divisions, the central of which is furnished with a very distinct pair 

 of eyes situate near the first ring of the body, and laterally to each eye 

 are placed four small branchial laminae. The rings of the body are 

 very numerous, and are each furnished with a lateral wide lamina, 

 bearing three packets of bristles appearing like fins ; and on the up- 

 per side of each lamina is a dark spot. Colour, as appearing in spirits, 

 light brown. 



The Collector sent by the Society to Darjeeling has returned, with 

 examples of the following species, of which those new to the museum 

 are marked with an asterisk. 



