1851.] 



Description of a Copper Coin of Leo, Sfc. 151 



Sygrathas ? Kadil koodray, T. Russ. 30. Not rare at 



Madras. 



Hippocampus ? Of a fawn colour with brown and 



orange dots — rare at Madras. 



Conger talabon, Cuv. Koolivi pambu, T.Russ. 38. Very common. 



Ophisurus ? Settu poochi, T. 



Ophisurus — ? Villi poon kolal, T. 



Ophisurus — — ? Nella koliojin pambu, T. 



Dalophis orientalis, McLell : Illi pambu, T. Russ. 37. — Very 

 common at Madras. The boys catch it just at the edge of the surf 

 by bruising a crab (Ocypode) in their hands and throwing it into 

 the surf, then walking about over the spot and when they feel the 

 eel about their feet, stoop down and suddenly dash it on to the 

 sand with both hands. If thrown on to the moist sand they bur- 

 row themselves, tailforemost, almost instantaneously. 



Dalophis — — ? Mannoo poochi, T. Much more elongated 



than the last, 2 feet long. 



Muraena ? Thynoida, Rich. Pinnel pambu, T. 



Mursena — — ? Korili pambu, T. Common. 



Mursena polyzona ? I got one specimen at Madras which appears 

 to be this species, about 10 inches long. 



Mursena — ? Seran pambu, T. Of a deep maroon colour, 



and lengthened form, grows to a very great size, 10 feet and up- 

 wards, and is very voracious. 



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

 By Mr. Samuel Marcar. 



The science of Numismatics is one of the most interesting sub- 

 jects of inquiry. The researches of European Scholars in this de- 

 partment within the last two centuries, have produced results of 

 immense importance to the illustration of archaeology; for, by 

 means of the decided evidence which coins afford, considerable 

 light has been shed upon many obscure points of history and chro- 

 nology. 



