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OP THE NATURAL HISTORY PART (PT. II.) OF THE 



JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL FOR 1879. 



No. 1, (issued June lOtb, 1879). On new species of the Genus 

 Plectoi^ylis of the Family Helicidse. — By Lieut. -Colonel Godwin-Aus- 

 ten. On the Operations for ohtaininy the Discharges of the large Sivers 

 in TJ2)per Assam, during Season 1877-78. — By Lieut. H. J. Harman. 

 Hemiptera froin Upper Tenasserim. — By W. L. Distant. Communicated 

 hji J. Wood-Mason. On the Diurnal Variation of Bainfall Frequency 

 at Calcutta. — By H. F. Blanpord. Record of the Occurrence of Farth- 

 qtiakes in Assam dimng 1878. — Communicated hy the Chief Commis- 

 sioner op Assam. On some experiments made at M. M.'s Mint in Cal- 

 cutta on coining Silver into Bupees. — By Col. J. F. Tennant. (With, 

 three Hates and seven Woodcuts). 



No. 2, (issued September 15th, 1879). Note on the old Burmese route 

 over Patleai via Nongyang (vieioed as the most feasible and direct route, 

 from India to China). — By S. E. Peal. On anew Standard of Light. — 

 By Louis Schwendler. A second note on Mammalia collected ly Major 

 Biddtdph in Oilgit. — By W. T. Blaneoed. A Description of some new 

 Species of Hydroid Zoo-phytes from the Indian Coasts and Seas. — By Sur- 

 geon J. Armstrong, Marine Survey Department. Notes on the Forma- 

 tion of the Country passed through hy the 2nd Column Tal Chotiali Field 

 Force daring its march from Kala Abdullah Khan in the KhojaJc Pass to 

 Lugdri Bdrkhdn. Spring of 1879. — Lieut. E,. C. Temple, Isif Ghoorkas. 

 Note on a collection of Beptiles and Frogs from the neighbourhood of 

 EUore and Dximagudem. — By W. T. Blaneord. Breliminary Notice of a 

 new Genus (Parectatosoma) of Phasmidse from Madagascar, with brief 

 Descriptions of its tioo Species. — By J. Wood-Mason. (With eight 

 Plates and two Maps). 



No. 3, (issued November 28th, 1879). Notes on a collection of Sep) - 

 tiles made by Major O. B. St. John, at Ajmere in Bdjputdna. — By W. 

 T. Blanford. Notes on Beptilia. — By W. T. Blanford. Notes on 

 Stone Impilemcnts from the Khasi Hills, and the Banda and Vellore Dis- 

 tricts. — By JouN CocKHURN, Late Cwrator of the Allahabdd Museum, 

 Officiating Assistant Osteologist, Indian Mtiseum, Calcutta. The Ravages 

 of Bats and Mice in the Dakhan during the Harvest of\&78-79. — By the 

 Key. S. B. Fairbank. Notes on the Survey Operations in Afghanistan in 

 connection tvith the Campaign of 1878-79. Compiled from Letters and 

 Diaries of the Survey officers by Ma.ior J. Waterhouse, Assistant Sur- 

 veyor General. — Comnnmicated by Ma.tor-General J. T. Walker, Sur- 

 veyor General of India. (With three Plates and one Map). 



