584 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 6. 



4. Capt. M. Turnbull. A fresh specimen of Sciurus htpoleucos, 

 Horsf, " from the Straits." Sumatra is the habitat of this species ; and 

 not Madagascar, as stated by Col. Hamilton Smith, in his volume on 

 mammalia in the ' Naturalist's Library.' It belongs to the true S. E. 

 Asiatic type of gigantic Squirrels. 



5. Mr. J. Harley. A dead Lorius domicella. 



6. From Barrackpore. Dead specimens of Nycticebus tardigradus, 

 Hystrix bengalensis, and Phasianus torquatus. 



7. From myself. Various specimens in spirit procured by C, S. 

 Bowring, Esq., in Hongkong. Among them is a small Bat, which is pro- 

 bably Scotophilus irretitus (Vespertilio irretitus, Cantor, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. IX, 481). Form typical, with two pairs of permanent upper incisors. 

 Entire length of female 3^ in., of which tail 1-g- in. Expanse 8^ in. Fore- 

 arm lyV in. Tarse T | in. Ears (posteriorly) f in. Colour brown-black, 

 with slight pale tips to the fur of the upper-parts ; below somewhat less 

 deep-coloured, with the pale tips to the fur more developed, and towards 

 the vent and base of thighs the prevailing hue is whitish. Ears, limbs 

 and membranes uniformly blackish. V. irretitus from Chusan, as 

 described by Dr. Cantor, accords in dimensions ; but the fur of the upper- 

 parts is given as " soft brownish-grey ; that of the abdomen dust-coloured." 

 According to my recollection, however, of Dr. Cantor's specimen, it was 

 as dark as the female now before me ; for I especially remember suspecting 

 its identity with the common minute species of all India, Sc. coromande- 

 lianus, (F. Cuv.), which I have likewise seen from Singapore. 



Of reptiles, are included an apparently new Scinque (Plestiodon qua- 

 drilineatum, nobis), — a small Hemidactylus, — Coronella Russellii, 

 Coluber raOiatus ; Dipsas multimaculata, Tropidonotus umbratus, 

 and Hydrus striatus, with also a few Insecta and other sundries which 

 do not need to be here enumerated. 



E. Blyth. 



Library. 

 Additions to the Library during the past month have been the fol- 

 lowing : — 



Presented. 

 Observations made at the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory 

 at Hobart Town in Van Diemen's Land. Printed under the superintend- 

 ence of Col. E. Sabine, vol III. London, 1853.— By the British Go- 

 vernment. 



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