1854.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 731 



2. Capt. Berdmore, Schwe Gyen, Pegu. Skin of a small Flying 

 Squirrel new to the museum, and apparently identical with the Javanese 

 Sciueopteea sagitta, (Lin.). # Also some Bats in spirit, — Nycticejus 

 luteus and N. Temminckii, and three specimens of Vespeetilio 

 adveesus, Horsfield. Skin of Polyplecteon chinquis, Tern. : and vari- 

 ous reptiles and some insects in spirit. Among the former is a nearly 

 adult example, and three young, of Leiolepis Keevesii, Gray ;f one of 

 Xenopeltis concoloe ; a small Dipsas multimaculata ; Rana vitti- 

 geea, Weigmann ; J Hyl^edactylus bivittatus, Cantor ; Engystoma (?) 



INTEELINEATUM, n. S. ; E. CAENATICUM, Jerdon ; and BlJFO MELANOSTIC- 



tus.§ The insects are chiefly Coleoptera. 



J. A. 8- XIV, 344). Size of last, or larger than V. leucopus, with longer fur. 

 and the pale parts tinged with yellowish-fulvescent. 



5. V. leucopus, nobis, supra. The small desert Fox of W. India. 



6. V. bengalensis, (Shaw) : Canis Jcokree, Sykes : C. rufescens, V.chrysurus, 

 et V. ocanthurus, Gray : V. corsac apud Ogilby. India generally, but not Ceylon. 



7. V. ferrtlatus, Hodgson. Tibet. N. B. Lt. Speke, of the 46th N I., 

 informs us that he is familiar with three species of Foxes in Tibet ; two of which 

 he identified in our museum with Nos. I and 7, and the third he stated to be more 

 like No. 6 ; — doubtless, therefore, the true corsac of Pallas, which according to 

 Dr. J. E. Gray "is very similar to V. bengalensis, but differs in having no grey 

 collar round the front of the chest." 



* It is nearly affined to Sc. spadiceus, nobis (J. A S. XVI, 867), from 

 Arakan ; but is larger, with the upper-parts much less rufous. Length about 6 

 in. ; and the tail 5 in. : tarse with claws, If in. 



f " Tins beautiful Lizard," writes Capt. Berdmore, " called by the Burmese 

 Padat, is by no means uncommon. It burrows in sand ; and the Burmese eat it." 



J Act. Acad. Leopold. Vol. XVII, pt. 1, p. 255, and t. XXI, f. 1, (1835); 

 from Philippines and China: identical with R. assimilis, nobis,/. A. S. XXI, 

 355, from Bengal, Arakan, and Pegu. — R. rugulosa, Weigmann, ibid. p. 258 

 and t. XXI, f. 2, is identical with R. bengalensis, Gray, apud nos, ibid. 



§ The Hyl^edactylus bivittatus, Cantor, J. A. S. XVI, 1064, appears to 

 be subject to considerable variation in its colours and markings. Dr. Cantor 

 describes the mature male, An adult female measures — Head and body, 2 in. ; 

 hind-limb the same, of which the foot (to end of longest toe) is half; fore-limb, 

 If in. Form tumid, inelegant: the back much arched. Skin thick and leathery ; 

 above smooth, below minutely corrugated. Colour (in spirit) deep reddish-brown, 

 clouded above with dark olive-brown, margined with black. A large dorsal patch 

 is first conspicuously visible at the occiput, where narrow, widening much over 

 the back ; besides its black edge, this is mottled with a few scattered black spots. 

 An irregular blackish line passes backward from each eye : and the hind-limbs are 



