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OP THE NATTTEAIi HISTORY PAET (PT. II.) OF THE 



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 Helicidie. — By Lieut. -Colonel Godwin- Aus- 

 ten'. On the Operations for oitaining the Discharges of the large Rivers 

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

 Hemiptera from Tipper Tenasserim. — By W. L. Distant. Oommmiicated 

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

 at Calcutta. — By H. F. Blanpobd. Record of the Occurrence of Earth- 

 quahes in Assam during 1878. — Communicated hy the Ohiep Commis- 

 siONEB OP Assam. On some experiments made at S. 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). Note on the old Burmese route 

 over Pathai vid Nongynng {viewed as the most feasible and direct route, 

 from India to China). — j5y S. E. Peal. On a new Standard of Light. — 

 By Louis Schwendleb. A second note on Mammalia collected hy Major 

 Biddidph in Oilgit. — By W. T. Blanpobd. A Description of some neio 

 Species of Hydroid Zoophytes from the Indimi Coasts and Seas. — By Sub- 

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

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

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

 Lugdri Bdrkhdn. Spring of 1879. — By Lieut. R. C. Temple, 1st Ghoor/cas. 

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

 Ellore and Dmnagudem. — By W. T. Blanpobd. Preliminary Notice of a 

 new Genus (Parectatosonia) of Phasmidse from Madagascar, loith brief 

 Descriptions of its two 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 by Majob O. B. St. John, at Ajmere in Rdjputdna. By W. 

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

 Stone Implements from the Khasi Sills, and the Banda and Vellore Dis' 

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

 Officiating Assistant Osteologist, Indian 3Iuseim, Calcutta. The Ravages 

 of Rats and Mice in the Dakhan during the Harvest of 1878-79. — By the 

 Rev. S. B. Faibbank. Notes on the Survey Operations in Afghdnistdn in 

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

 Diaries of the Survey officers by Majob J. Watebhouse, Assistant Sur- 

 veyor General. — Communicated hy Major-Genebal J. T. Walkee, Sur- 

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



