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On the flowering shrubs in my garden in Tavoy, I occasionally found 

 a species of Succinea, which Dr. Gould has named S. semiserica. 

 " Length \ inch ; breadth fa inch ; height fa inch. Its shape is like 

 S. tigrina, Fer., and it is well characterised by the silky-white or 

 pearly surface of the anterior half of the shell." 



The genus Vitrina is represented by V. prczstans, (Gould ;) a very 

 delicate shell and the largest species of its genus. " Greatest length 

 £ of an inch ; height f of an inch. The colour is dark straw-colour, or 

 amber-colour, inclining to green.' * 



Under every pile of fallen leaves, under every brick that has laid a 

 few weeks on the grass, and every fallen timber, may be found in Tavoy 

 a small, sulphur-coloured species of Achatina with eight whorls ; A. 

 octona. 



In the same localities, and in company with the above may be occa- 

 sionally seen a small red species of Pupa; P. mellita, Gould. 

 " Length fa ; breadth fa. The general aspect of the shell is not 

 unlike that of Achatina octona. 



On the Antiquities of Sargujd and its neighbourhood ; by Lieut. -Col. 



J. R. OUSELEY. 



To the Secretaries of the Asiatic Society. 



My dear Sirs, — On the 19th of last month I despatched to the 

 address of Mr. Piddington, for the Society, a complete Lingam and 

 Jhileri or Argah, from the deserted fortress of Jooba, in the Pal Per- 

 gunnah of Sarguja. The people of the country cannot account in 

 any way as to the era in which it was made, or when even Juba itself 

 was deserted, nor can the Raja of the country, Maharaja Amar Sinha 

 Deva Bahadar. He surmises the period to be long prior to the Ballan 

 Dynasty. The Ballans were expelled by his ancestors, many generations 

 ago. 



Manpura, the chief town of the Pal Parganah, is about 2 or 3 

 miles North West of Juba; the latter is situated in a gorge of the 



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