CONTENTS 



OF THE NATrUAIi HISTOT PAET (PT. 11.) OF THE 



JOURNAL OF TEE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL FOR 1879. 



No. 1, (issued June 10th, 1879). On new species of tJie Oenus 

 Plectopylis of the Family HelicidEe. — By Lieut. -Colonel Godwin-Axts- 

 TEsr. On the Operations for obtaining the Discharges of the large Rivers 

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

 Hemiptera fi'om Tipper Tenasserim. — By W. L. Distant. Communicated 

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

 at Calcutta. — By H. P. Blanpoed. Record of the Occurrence of Marth- 

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

 SIONEB OF Assam. On some experiments made at S. 3I.'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). Note on the old Burmese route 

 over Patlcai via Nonqyang (viewed as the most feasible and direct route, 

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

 By LoTlis ScHWENDLEU. A second note on Mammalia collected hy Major 

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

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

 GEON J. Aemsteong, Marine Survey Department. Notes on the Forma- 

 tion of the Country passed throtigh ly the 2nd Column Tal Chotiali Field 

 Force during its march from Kala Aldullah Khan in the FJiojah Pass to 

 Lugdri Bdrhhdn. Spring of 1879. — 5y Lieut. R. 0. Temple, Is^ Ghoor/cas. 

 Note on a collection of Reptiles and Frogs from the neighlourhood of 

 Ellore and Dtmagtulem. — By W. T. Blanfoed. Preliminary Notice of a 

 netv Genus (Parectatosoma) of Phasmidse from Madagascar, with Irief 

 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 ly Majoe 0. B. St. John, at Ajmere in Rdjputdna. — By W. 

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

 Stone Im2)lements from the Khasi Hills, and the Banda and Vellore Dis- 

 tricts. — By John Cockeuen, Late Curator of the Allahaldd Museum, 

 Officiating Assistant Osteologist, Indian Museum, Calcutta. The Ravages 

 of Rats and Mice in the DaJchan during the Harvest 0/1878-79. — By the 

 Kev. S. B. Faiejjank. Notes on the Survey Operations in Afghanistan in 

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

 Diaries of the Survey officers ly Majoe J. Wateeuouse, Assistant Sur- 

 veyor General. — Communicated ly Majoe-Geneeal J, T, Walkee, Sur- 

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



