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JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL FOR 1879. 



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

 Plectopylis of the Family Helicidaj. — By Lieut. -CoLOWEii GoDwrN-Atrs- 

 TEK. On the Operations for oltaining the Discharges of the large Rivers 

 in Upper Assam, during Season 1877-78. — By Lieut. H. J. Harman. 

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

 hy J. Wood-Mason. On the Diurnal Variation of Rainfall Frequency 

 fit Calcutta. — By H. F. Blanfokd. Record of the Occurrence of Farth- 

 qualces in Assam during 1878. — Communicated ly the Chiee Commis- 

 SIONEB of Assam. On some experiments made at II . M.'s Mint in Cal- 

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

 three Plates and seven Woodcuts). 



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

 over Pathai via Nongyang {viewed as the most feasihle and direct route, 

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

 By Lotris Schwendler. A second note on Mammalia collected hy Major 

 Biddulph in Oilgit. — By W. T. Blanfoed. A Description of some new 

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

 geon J. Armstrong, Marine Sv/rvey Department. Notes on the Forma- 

 tion of the Coimtry passed through hy the 2nd Colimm Tal Chotiali Field 

 Force during its march from Kala Abdullah Khan in the Khojah Pass to 

 Lugdrt Bdrhhdn. Spring of 1S79. — -By Lieut. R. 0. Temple, Is^ Ghoorkas. 

 Note on a collection of Reptiles and Frogs from the neighhourhood of cjs 

 Fllore and Dimagudem. — By W. T. Blanford. Preliminary Notice of a 

 new Genus (Parectatosoma) of Phasmidte from Madagascar, with hrief 

 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 Rep- 

 tiles made hy Major O. B. St. John, at Ajmere in Rdjputdna. — By W. 

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

 Stone Imp>lements from the Khasi Hills, and the Banda and Vellore Dis- 

 tricts. — By John Cockbuen, Late Curator of the Allahabad Museum., 

 Officiating Assistant Osteologist, Indian Museum, Calcutta. The Ravages 

 of Rats and Mice in the Dahhan during the Harvest q/" 1878-79. — By the 

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

 connection witli the Canjpaign o/" 1878-79. Compiled fron Letters and 

 Diaries of the Survey officers hy Major J. Waterhouse, Assistant Swr- 

 ^leyor General. — Commtmicated by Majoe-General J. T. Walker, Sur- 

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



