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s. ,•* Rana vittigera ; Hyl^dactylus bivittatus, Cantor (measuring 3^ 

 in. over curve of back, from snout to vent; knee to end of longest toe, 

 3£ in.) ; and Buro melanostictus. 



2. J. C. Parker, Esq. Skin of Spalax typhlops, (Pallas). The animal 

 was found lying dead upon the summit of a heap of sand, in the vicinity 

 of Beyrout. 



3. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. Skin of Saxicola fusca, nobis, J. A. S. 

 XX, 523.f 



4. J. B. Lawson, Esq. Skull of Tetraceros quadricornis. 



5. J. Hodges, Esq. A few marine shells, picked up at Suez. 



6. From myself. Specimens of Achatina bicarinata, and of reversed 

 Ampullaria and Paltjdina from Madagascar. 



Library. 

 The library has received the following accessions during the last month. 



Presented. 



The Eig Veda Sanhita, Vol. II. Edited by Dr. Max Miiller, 1 vol. 4to. 

 ~-By the Government of Bengal. 



JNotuhe ad Plantas Asiaticas, Part IV. Dicotyledonous Plants. By the 

 late Dr. Griffith, 8vo. 2 copies. — By the Same. 



Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum, Part IV. Dicotyledonous Plants. By 

 the late Dr. Griffith, 2 copies. — By the Same. 



Oldham's Geology of the Khasi Hills, 1 vol. 4to. 2 copies. — By the 

 Same. 



The Ganges Canal, in Bengali, folio pamphlet. — By the Same. 



Selection from the Kecords of Government, N. W. P. Part XVIII. — 

 By the Government of the N. W. P. 



minal scutae begin to divide obliquely as they approach the vent, the last two or 

 three assuming the appearance of pairs of scutellss. 



A T . B. — The H. crassa, nobis, J. A. S. XXIII, 300, appears to be identical 

 with H. Reinwardtii, Schlegel, from Louisiana: but H. parviceps, nobis, ibid., 

 we are still unable to identify with any previously described species. 



* Polypedates (?) marmoratus, nobis. Hiud-feet completely webbed. Tym- 

 pana very small. Skin granulose above and on the belly. Colour black above, 

 marbled with dull leaden-grey ; below sullied white, more or less marbled with 

 dusky on the throat and breast. Length 2% in. from snout to vent: hind-limb, 

 4| in. 



f Described from the fragments of a specimen. A typical Wheatear. Colour 

 fuscous, tinged with fawn on the back, and more brightly on the forehead and 

 under- parts. Tail darkest, and without any white upon it. 



