1855.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 723 



the larva and pupa of Saturnia atlas, and various other larvae, &c, 

 of more or less interest. 



6. J. Bedford, Esq. Specimens of Sula fiber and Anous stolidus 

 from the vicinity of N. Zealand. 



7. Capt. C. C. Beaumont. A few specimens of fish caught in the 

 Pilot's ridge, Lower Hugli. They consist of Triacanthus aculeatus 

 (remarkably fine), Tetrodon lunaris, Mesoprion Johnii, Corvina 

 chaptis, and a Caranx (undetermined). 



8. Capt. Jethro Fairweather. Two fine specimens of Ostracion 

 turritus, L. (genus Tetrasomus, Swainson), from the vicinity of Muscat. 

 Capt. Sherwill also presented, some time ago, a fine specimen of the 

 curious little Ostr. diaphanus, Schneider, from the C. G. Hope. 



E. Blyth. 



Library. 



The library has received the following accessions during the month of 

 September last. 



Presented. 



Selections from the Records of the Government, N. W. Provinces, Vol. I. 

 Agra, 1855, Rl. 8vo. — By the Government. 



Selections from the Records of the Madras Government, No. X. Reports 

 on Important Public Works, for 1852. — By the Bengal Govt. 



A Guide to Analysis in Geological and Agricultural Chemistry. By an 

 Officer of the Bengal Engineers, Calcutta, 1855, 8vo. — By the Same. 



Recueil des Actes de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences, Belles-lettres et 

 Arts de Bordeaux ; seizieme annee, 1854, 3 Trimestre. — By the Academy. 



Beretning om Fante-eller Landstrygerfolket in Norge. Af Gilbert Sundt. 

 Christiania, 1850, 12mo. — By the University of Christiania. 



Beretning om Bodsfaengslets Orksomhed i aaet 1851-52. Christiania, 

 1854, 8vo. — By the Same. 



Pharmacopcea Norvegica Regia auctoritate edita. Christiania, 1854, 8vo. 

 — By the Same. 



Klinik over Hudsygdommene og de syphilitiske, Sygdommei 1852, ved 

 W. Boeck. Christiania, 1854, 8vo. pamphlet.— By the Same. 



habit of preying upon small birds, as was first noticed by T. Wright, Esq. of 

 Saharunpur (Calc. Joitrn. N. H. Ill, 284), and of which two instances have since 

 come to our knowledge, one of them contributed by our late Secretary, Mr. Grote. 

 The smallest fully-formed frogs of R. vittigera measure from | to f in. 

 from muzzle to vent ; and of this size many will be found with tail in process of 

 absorption. We know of only these three species of true Rana in L. Bengal. 



