444 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 5. 



8. From myself. A remarkable crab (apparently a new species of 

 Halimus), and specimens of an Echinus from the Arakan coast. 



9. From Babu Rajendra Mallika. A fine adult male of Gazella subgut- 

 turosa, the Ahu of Persia and Afghanistan, in its short summer pelage, — a 

 phase in which I recognize the G. Christii, Gray, stated to be from the 

 Scindian deserts. This animal was received from Bussora when young, 

 together with a young female which at its death was also presented for the 

 museum by Babu Rajendra Mallika. 



E. Blyth. 

 Asiatic Society 9 s Museum, August 2nd, 1851. 



Library. 



The following books have been added to the Library during the months of 

 April, May, June and July last. 



Presented. 



The Palms of British East India, by the late William Griffith, Esq. arrang- 

 ed by John McClelland, Esq. Calcutta, 1850, fol. (2 copies) .-—Presented 

 by the Government of Bengal. 



The World as it is, shewing the Territories, Colonies, Dependencies, Popu- 

 lation, Revenues and Resources of the Principal nations of the Earth. Ar- 

 ranged from several sources and translated by Dr. E. Balfour. — By the Go- 

 vernment of Bengal. 



A Table of succession, according to the Hindu Law as prevalent in Ben- 

 gal. Compiled by Babu Prassanna Kumar Tagore. — By the Compiler. 



The Oriental Baptist, Nos. £4, 55, 56. — By the Editor. 



The Calcutta Christian Observer, for May, June, July and August, 1851. 

 — By the Editors. 



The Upadeshaka, Nos. 53, 54, 55-6. — By the Editor. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator for March, April, May, June and July, 

 1851. — By the Editor. 



Letter to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, from J. McClelland 

 Esq. Secretary, Central Committee of Art and Industry, on the Indian Con- 

 tribution to the Great Exhibition. — By J. McClelland, Esq. 



Meteorological Register kept at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 

 for the months of March, April, May, June and July, 1851. — By the Deputy 

 Surveyor General. 



Tattwabodhini Patrika, Nos. 93, 94, 95, and 96.— By the Tattwa- 



BODHINl SABHA'. 



History of Bengal, from the accession of Seraj-ud-dowlah to the Vice- 

 Regalty of Bengal to the time of Lord William Bentinck, translated into 



