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mensis, n. s., — Megalophrys gigas, n. s., ("edible frog" of Sikim), 

 Bombinator sikimmensis, ii. s., and other species of anourous Batrachia. 



Of fishes, one small Cyprin. 



2. W. Theobald, Esq., Panjab Salt Eange Surrey, Pind Dadan Khan. 

 Various small animals taken out of spirit, and sent down moist in a tin 

 canister. Of Bats are sent Rhinopoma Hardwickei, (Gray), upwards of 

 270 individuals of which species were caught in one day at a place called 

 Bhera, near Pind Dadan Khan ; — also Dysopus plicatus, (B. Ham.) ; — 



SCOTOPHILUS COROMANDELIANUS, (F. Cuv.) ; and 



Hipposideros cineraceus, nobis, n. s. Similar to H. murinus, (Elliot), 

 in structure, but larger and of a different colour. The entire under-parts 

 are greyish-white ; and the basal three-fourths of the piles of the upper 

 fur are the same, the terminal fourth being of a dusky grey, but shewing 

 the whitish hue beneath, especially on the head and neck. Length of fore- 

 arm lyg in. ; of ear posteriorly f in. 



An apparently new Mouse may be designated 



Mus gerbillinus, nobis. Entire length of male 5 in., of which the 

 tail is 2| in. Tarsus with toes and claws, f in. ; ear-conch (anteally) barely 

 •| in. Female rather smaller. Fur of mean length, of a sandy-brown 

 colour on the upper-parts, white below and on the limbs, which latter 

 have a faint tinge of the colour of the back. About twenty-five caudal 

 vertebrae. Tail thinly clad with minute setee. 



Of reptiles, are sent — Monitor drac^na, juv., — Hemidactylus 

 Coct^i, — Gymnodactyltjs geckotdes, Spix (Stenodactylus scaler, Riip- 

 pell # ), Charasia dorsalis, Gray, — Uromastyx Hardwickei, Gray, — 

 and two specimens of Cabrita Leschenaultii, (D. and B.), — also Vipe- 

 ra echis, Ind. var., of which Mr. Theobald writes — " This Viper is very 

 common here in rocky places under the hills. It and an almost hoodless 

 Cobra are the only poisonous snakes I have seen. The Viper is rarely of 

 any size, the largest examined measuring — body lOf in., tail 1^ in. ==. 12 

 in. It was well gorged with a large grasshopper. Forced to bite a fowl 

 on each leg, no effect became visible for fifteen or twenty minutes ; after 

 which a lethargy came on very gradually, and in an hour the fowl was 

 unable to stand, but did not die till two hours after the bite. The fowl 

 seemed to derive much benefit by being dashed with cold water. Among 

 the Lizards, the most curious is the herbivorous one (Uromastyx Hard- 

 wickii). It is eaten up here, and is I believe esteemed as an aphro- 



* Perhaps a distinct species, though very closely affined. It is of a greyish 

 colour, spotted rather than banded above with blotches of a darker hue, variegated 

 by some of the tubercles being of a whitish colour. 



