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Index. 



Distira torquata, 171, 172, 173, 179, 194, 195, 

 196, 202, 229. 

 ,, tuberculata, 218, 219, 220, 223. 



viperina, 170, 171, 175, 176, 177, 179, 

 193, 194, 197, 222, 224, 225, 226, 236, 

 237, 239, 240, 244, 251. 

 ,, w ester manni, 218. 

 ,, wrayi, 209, 213, 214, 215. 

 Divorce among the Saorias, 58. 

 Donovan, Mr. W., Electrical Engineer of the Amir 



of Afghanistan ; 341. 

 Do-lse, a sum of money, 21. 

 Duara Gosain — or " Bara Duari Gosain," 77. 

 Dung-tang, coin, 15. 



Dung-tse, coin, 15. [28, 29. 



Dyeing, methods employed by the native dyers, 

 ,, of cotton, 25, 26, 29. 

 ,, of silk, 29. 

 Dyes, European, popularity of, 25. 

 ,, Indigenous, fastness of, 25, 26. 

 ,, ,, possibility of improving the 



fastness of, 41. 

 ,, of Bengal, Watson on, 25, 155. 

 ,, Synthetic, 32. 



E 



Emydocephalus, 171, 172, 173, 175, 177, 178, i8o* ? 

 182, 183, 186, 190. 

 ., annulatus, 186, 188. 



ijimce, 173, 174, 175, 176, 186, 

 187, 188. 

 Eosin, 32. 



Equation, relative personal, in estimating har- 

 vests, 352. 

 Enhydvina, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 177, 179, 

 182, 183. 

 ,, bengalensis, 192. 



valakadyn, 175, 180, 181, 191, 192, 

 226, 244, 246, 251. 

 Enhydris, 170, 171, 173, 177, 179, 182, 183, 246. 

 curtus, 173, 176, 226, 246, 247. 

 ,, ,, with anteriorly developed ven- 



tral shields, 170. 

 ,, hardwickii, 175, 244, 246, 247. 

 ,, nigrocinctus, 224, 247, 248. 



Fayrer, Sir Joseph, his specimen of D. lapemoides 

 in the British Museum, 22Q. 



Formosa, Hydrophiince of, 188. 

 Frequency curves expressing the mean distribu- 

 tion of rainfall, 381. 

 Frontal Shields in the Hydrophiince, 175, 183. 



G 



Gab (Diospyros embryopteris) , 26. 

 Ga-den Pho-dang tang-ka, coin, 13. 



,, tang-ka, coin, 12. 

 Gangetic Delta, Hydrophiince of the, 201, 202. 



227, 231. 

 Gasteropoda, 6. 



Gopalpur, Hydrophiince of, 192. 

 Gor-mo, ' the round coin,' 22. 

 Gosain Taddi, — a great general festival amongst 



the Saorias, 78-79. 

 Gravel, A.. — on operculate cirrhipedes in the 



Indian Museum, 1. 

 Gumo Gosain, a godling of the Saorias, 69, 70, 73. 

 Gwador, Hydrophiince of, 228. 

 Gyaser yige, or ' great golden letters,' 17. 



H 



Harinath De, his edition of the Nasratjanji, 121. 

 Hayden, H. H., on Afghan Monuments, 341. 

 Head Shields; their importance in the classifica- 

 tion of the Hydrophiince, 173. 

 Henderson, J. R., his collection of the Hydro- 

 phiince, 169. 

 Hexameridce, 5. 

 Hoffmann, Rev. Fr. J., on Mundari Poetry, Music 



and Dances, 85. 

 Hongkong City Hall Museum, specimens of 



Hydrophiince in the, 169, 241, 243. 244. 

 Hoogli pattee, 191. 



,, valakadyn, 191. 

 Huldi. See Turmeric. 

 Hydrelaps, 170, 171, 182, 183. 



,, darwiniensis , 175, 177, 191. 



Hydrophiince, 169. 

 Hydrophis, 170, 182, 193, 213, 214. 



,, abbreviatus, 247. 



,, alcocki, 209. 



,, annulatus, 250. 



, , anomala, 244, 



,, atriceps, zo^, 205. 



,, aspera, 174, 217, 220. 



,, belcheri, 217. 



