CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Art. I.— Remarks on Book II. Chapter 2 of the Vishnu Purana. By E. 



B. Powell, Esq. Communicated by the Author, 1 

 II. — The Migratory Races of India, the Coorroo. By Assistant Sur- 

 geon Edward Balfour, Madras Army. Communicated by the 

 Author, 4 



III. — Remarks on the Ethnography of Bellary in the Ceded Dis- 



tricts. By Assistant Surgeon Edward Balfour, Madras 

 Army. Communicated by the Author, 10 



IV. — Statistics of the Sircar Yelgunthul. By Surgeon T. L. Bell, 



H. H. the Nizam's Army. On Special Duty. Communicated 



by Lieut. General Fraser, - -- -- --20 



V-— A Catalogue of the Species of Ants found in Southern India. 

 By T. C. Jerdon, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medi- 

 cal Establishment. Communicated by Walter Elliot, Esq. - 103 

 VI. — Icthyological Gleanings in Madras. By do. - - 128 

 VII. — Description of a Copper Coin of Leo, King of Armenia. By 



Mr. Samuel Marcar. Communicated by Walter Elliot, Esq. 151 

 VIII. — On the Powers of the Aneroid, and its working compared with 

 the Mountain Barometer. By Lieutenant General Cullen. 

 Communicated by the Author, - ----- 155 



IX. — Abstract of Meteorological Observations made at the Madras 



Magnetic Observatory from July 1849 to June 1852, - 158 



