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the fur much resembles both in colour and texture that of the entire upper- 

 parts of L. kuficaudatus ; but on the back the fulvous hue is very much 

 deeper and the admixture of black is much greater : the short soft under- 

 fur is deep buff or fulvous, whereas in L. kuficaudatus the same is whitish 

 or rather almost pure white.* 



5. From Mr. A. Harris. A specimen of Squilla eaphidea, Fabricius. 



6. From Babu Rajendra Mallicka. Fresh specimens of G-ouea coeo- 

 nata and Caepophaga sylvatica, which have been prepared as skeletons ; 

 and a kitten of Felis bengalensis. 



7. From the Barrackpore menagerie. A carcass of Peesbytis maueus, 

 fcem., and one of a doe Antelope, A. ceevicapea. 



8. From Capt. Robt. Tytler, 38th Lt. Infantry. Sundry specimens of 

 Eats and of Bats, chiefly from the vicinity of Barrackpore ; and examples 

 of Hespestes nyula and H. aueopunctata from the Midnapur district. 



9. From Dr. McGowan, Mngpo. Two valves of a species of Avicula 

 mussel, with extraneous substances introduced artificially and encrusted 

 with nacre or ' mother of pearl' deposit, as noticed in p. 188, ante. 



10. From Capt. Thos. Hutton, Masuri. A collection of Bats taken 

 out of spirit and sent down with camphor in a closed tin canister, which 

 proves to be a most excellent mode of transmitting small animals from a 

 distance. Of nine species, at least four are European and included with 

 more or less justice in the Fauna Britannica. These are Baebastellus 

 communis, Gray, Myotis mueinus, (Geoff.), M. pipisteellus, (Schreber), 

 and Scotophilus seeotinus, (Schr.) Of two other species of Scoto- 

 philus, one only differs a little in colour from a specimen sent by Mr. 

 H. E. Strickland as Sc. dasycaepus, (Leisler) ; and the other would 

 seem to be undescribed.f Three species of Rhinolophus sent are Rh. 



* Hares are unknown in Arakan and in the Tenasserim provinces ; also through- 

 out the Malayan peninsula and archipelago, with the exception of Lepus nigri- 

 collis, F. Cuv., in Java, which has most probably been introduced from S. India 

 or Ceylon, as it doubtless likewise has in the Mauritius ; but we have met with 

 several notices of Hares in the Indo-Chinese countries, even in Cochin China, the 

 species being as yet undetermined. 



f As so many of the European species of Bats thus extend their range to the 

 Himalaya, we may look out with some confidence for others. As regards Plecotus, 

 for instance, upon the most careful comparison of fine English specimens of Pl. 

 auritus with the description of Pl. homochrous, Hodgson, /. A. S. XVI, 894, 

 the only difference we can detect is that the Himalayan Plecotus would seem to 

 have shorter fur above ; a most unsatisfactory distinction, and only one specimen of 

 it had been observed : and good examples of Vesp. labiata, Hodgson, much 

 require to be compared minutely with equally good examples of the European 

 noctula. 



