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Indian Museum RECQ'RDS oftbe INDIAN MUSEUM (1\ JOURN1\L Of INOI"N ZOOLOGY) Vol. VI, 1'911. EDITED BY TI1E SU ERI! TENDEN1' OF THE IN DIA~ l\IUSEU L (!,nlcutta : P BLISHED B - ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE INDIA MUSBUl\I, BAPTI~T MISS! ,N PRE&<;. , 9(~· CONTENTS. -¢-- PART I, MARCIl. I. Note 'on a Rhizocephalous Crustacean from fre~b water and on some specimens of the order from Indian seas .• I II. Notes on D capoda in the Indian Museum­ II.~Descriptions of two new Crangollidae 'With observations ou the mutual affiniti·es of the genera POlltOPhil1,tssl1d PkUochertlS 5 TIT. Contributions to theauna 0" Yunnan- Part II.-Fishes 13 ., III. ~ Butterflies 25 " IV.-Les Chirollomides (Teauipedidae) 27 " V.- Bihionidae , l\{ycetophilidae and Ano- phelinae 31 IV. Notes on Pe lipalpi in the collection of the Indian Mllseum~ L~New P dipalpi from Calcutta 33 II . ~A prelinlinary note on a new S(u',a ~ from Siugapore 36 v. Descriptions of six new species of sbell ~ from Bengal and Madras 39 Miscellanea {PI>. 43-40) ;- Report on a smal collection of fleas from India and China 43 Some tHes found associate 1 with cattle III the neigbbourhood of Calcutta 44 Mosquito sucked by a midge 45 Large egg laid hy a beetl .. 45 P AR'i' II, :\1 A Y. VI. Some Sponges associated with gregalious i\iolius<:s of the family Vennetidae 47 VII. Report on acoUection of aquatic animals made in Tibet by Captain F. H. Stewart, I ..:\I.S., during the year 1907- Part III -Turbellaria 57 List of the aquatic animals hitherto recorded from the provinces of 'I'sang andU in C.el tral Tibet. with a table showing their gooerapbical distribution (,7 ii CO}lI(mts. Page VIII. Notes on Cyprinidae from Tibet :and the Chumbi VaUey, with a descriptio., o.f a new .species of Gymnocypris 73 IX. Preliminary descriptions of new species .and varieties of Crustacea Stomatopoda in the Indian .Museuln. ~ 93 X. Notes on the development of some ndian Ascalapbidae and l\fyrmeleonidae - 10.1 MisceUanea (pp. III -II2): ~ Tbe occurrence of DactykJPius ,citri, isso, in the Himalayas III Nore 0.11 Aquatic Rhynchota III PART III, JUL Xl. Description de no.uveaux Chironomid,es de 1) Indian l\1useum de Calcutta 113 PART V, SEPTEMBER. XII. I dian lsopods 179 .. III. Systema ic notes 011 the Ct-enostomatous Polyzo.a of fresb water 193 X V. On some aquatic Oligocha,etain the collection of the India Museum ... 20,) XV. Co.ntributions to. the Fauna of TUlUlan- Part V ' . ~Bat ' achia and Reptiles 215 XVI. Not,es on Asiatic species of Crustacea Anostraca the Indian useum 219 XVII. Notes on Freshwater spollge~ o. XnI.-Specimeus co.llected in the Poona is­ trict, Bombay Presidency. by S .. P Agharkar . 225 Miscellane.a (pp. 227-230):~ Further notes on synonymy in COf'etbrillae 227 On the distribution .of the different toons of the genus Ibla 229 PART V, DECEM.BER. "VIII. Revision of the Oriental Tipulidae with descriptions of new specIes 231 XI 1" . Descriptions ,o.f fiv new Indian species of Clavicorn Col optera - 315 XX. L'es . Chironomides (Ten dipedid a'e) de f Himalaya et d' Assam • • • . • • 319 XXI. Notes 011 the .occurrence of Apus in Eastern Asia 351 LIST OF PLATES. -- ) - FoUowpage Pl.ate I (Fish) •., . 24 Plate II (Decapoda) '. '. 12 Plate III (Fisb) 92 Pl.ate IV (Turbellaria) 66 Plate V ( europtera) 110 Plates VI and VI (ChiroDomides) 178 Plates VIII and IX (Sponges) 56 Plates X-XII (lsopods) 192 Plate XIII (Polyzoa) .. 202 Plate XIV (Chirollomides) 35'0 1ST OF AUT ORS. Anna·11de.le, N., n.sc. Note on a Rhiwcephalus Crustacean frOUl fresh water and on some speci­ mens of the order from Indian seas, p. I.-Some sponges associated with greg,arious 1\:toUuscs of the family Vermetidae, p. 47.-Note on Aquatic Rhynchota, p. III.- SyS. tematic notes on the Ctenostoma ~ tous Polyzoa of fresh water, p. 193. -Contributions to the Fauna of Yunnan, Part VI, Batrachia and Reptiles, p 215.-Notes on Fresh­ water Sponges, o. XIII, p 2 25. ~ On t he distribution of the different forms of the genus Ibla, p. 229- ruuetti, E. Contributions to the Fauna of Yun­ nan, Part V, Bibionidae and My. cetophilidae, p. 3r.-Further notes on synonymy in Coretbrinae, p. 227. -Revision of the Oriental Tipuli ae with descriptions of new sped es I P·23I . Cbaud'buri, B. L., B.Sc. Contributions to the Fauna of Vun· nan, Part II, Fishes, p . 13, de Rhe·Philipe , G. vt!. V. Contributions to the Fauna of Yun· nan, Part III, Butterflies: p. 25. ravely, F. H., M.Sc. Notes on Pedipalpi ill the collection of the Indian Museum, I and II, p. 33. - Some fli s found associated with cattle in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, p.. 44.-Mosquito sucked by a midge, p. 45.- Large egg laid by a beetle, p. 45.~Notes ou the development of some Indian As .. calaphidae and My rmeleonidae , p. 101 (in c{)llaboration with Mr. S. 1\.1 aulik). GrouveUe. A. Descriptionsof five new Indian species of Clavicorn Coleoptera, p. 315. Imms ~ A. D., D.Se. 'rhe occurrence of D,actylopius ,cit,.,:, Risso, in the Himalayas, p. III. James, Major S. P. Contribut'ons to the Fauna of Yun. nail, Part V, Anopbeliuae, p. 31. Kemp, S., B.A. Notes on ~apoda in the ndiau luseum, II, p. 5.-Preliminary d~ criptions of new species and varie­ ties of Crustacea Stomatopoda in List,Ql Atlthors. t.he Indian 'Museutn,p. 93.-Notes on Asiatic species of -Crustacea Anostraca in the Indian Museum, p. ZH}.-Not@s on the occurrence of Apus in Eastern Asia, p. 353. Ki~fter, Dr. J. J .. Contributions to tbe Pau, a of Yun~ nan, Part IV, Les Chironotnides (Tendipedidae), p. 27.-Descriptio de 'Douv·eaux OhironO'mides de l'Indian Museum de Calcutta, p. JI3.-Les Cbironotnides (Tendipe-­ didae) de l'Him·alayaet d'Assam, p 319. Maulik, S. Notes on the development of some Indian Ascalaphidae and Myrmeleo. nidae, p. tOI (in (X)llaborati(JI,l with .Mr. F. H.Gravely). Meixner, Dr. A., aod l\{uth, A. Report on a · coUe~tiono{ Turbellatia made by Capt. F. H. Stewart, I.M.S., ill Tibet,p. 57. Preston, H. B., F.Z.S. escriptioDS of six new species of shells from Bengal and Madras, P·39· Rothschild, Hon. Ch:arles R€pOrt on a small COUectiOIl of fleas from India and China, p .. 4-3· Stebbiog, Rev. T. R. R., F.R.S. Indian I:sopods, p. 179. Stephenson, Major J., D.sc. On some aquatic Oligochaeta in the collection -of the Indian !\!useum, P· 203· Stewart, Capt. F. H., D.Se. .. List of tbe aquatkanimals hitherto recorded from the Provinces of Tsa I gand U in Central Tibet, with a table showing their geQgraphical distribution, p. 67.-Notes 0 Cy. prinidae from Tibet :and the Chumbi Valley, with a description of a new species ·of Gymnocypris, p. 73. 'Valton, Major H. J .,M.D. 00 tbe occurrence of A pus, Latreille, in the United Provinces of India, P·351. INDEX. N.B.-An ,aster:s:k (*) pr@ceuing a line denotes ,a lew vari,ety or subsp des; a dagger (t) indicates a new ~pecies i a double-dagger 0), a new genu : syno­ nyms ar:e printed iu Italics. A Page Arachnoidea 198,200 Ablabesmyia 330 ray·lauk steri r98 Ablabes porpbyraceus 217 A ,ac1moidia 19 R Acallthac1is6s .. 109 A l'ac/midiu1Il .1<)8 Acantbosaura dyUlondi 2J7 Area adamsiana 1 4 Ac ilognCLthu o.arbatulus 24 domiugensis var. divaricata 5 , t Acmaea travaucorica 39 ~rgathol1Ci. 179 ACUlonotinae .. 107. lOi uOf\u8ui 179 ACluonotus 1'07, 108 reidi 179 sabldosus 10,7. 108 Argathollidue 179 Actaecia opibensis r8 S ArllladiUicli lUll 186 A@geon 5. H .. ArmadiUoidca 183 AegidaefSo Ascalaphidae 10 1. l02, ~O S , 106, 107. Aeolosowa 205 t Ol) tbeugalell5e 204- Ascalaphus l O~ headleyi . '. 205 r\scalai>l1us en oe:rvirms (1) 10 hempricbi~ 69 Atarba diffusa 283 viride 20S uebulosa 283 Abrriolilua.X tibdallUs 7'0 t>ilifera 283 Alburnus lucidllS 85 Atreti.ull1, sckisto$14I1~ var. yunnaJl- Aldronidae 179 ,ellsis 218 Alcyollaria $1 : A typopbthahnus . • ~7.3 Alcyoll.ella ,articulata . • 194 - t boloptkus 273 AkyoneU a 193, 199. 200 Aulana guttata 69 AlitropllS 179. 18 0 Aulopborus tonkinensis 203, lIZ typus 1,80, Jal AllouiS(:oidea 183 A Uonisc us r 8 3, 190 B b~v~ J~ COC.c ~f, S 190. 19' Bagritl<te 20 piglnentah\s 190 Baibus apogolJ 24 Amalopini • • 231, 30 S chola IS Amalopis 305 davatus (7 Amphibia 67 , 7' tcoggini 16 Anelasma '79 'COulpres.') llS ~7 Al1isomera 291 grabami 17,24 Auisomerini 307 Ulacgariallus .• (7. 24- Anopbelipae 31 oate ii 17 Anostraca 219 sa.r.aua ~4 Anthomyidae 44 Stigl1l3 15 Autipath.aria 5 I tor 24. 86 Apeilesis 29,1 yunnau~llsi · .. 17, 24 Aphides II I Cariliu5 aodersoni 2~ Apodidae 354 i terruJ.>ta 24 Apus 35 (, 35 2 , 353, 356 , 357 polylepts {,8, 24 caucrifonnis 352, 353, 354, 355· Batracbia 2JS 3.56 , 357 Bez;zia 122, 329 dllkianu$ 356, 3S7 art..llatipes 123 granari us 3 S7 teu(.'Cra - 122t 123 bima ayaollS 351, ,354, 356, 357 fl.aviventris 329 Ciiud.(luicus var. chiuensis - 357 uigrican 12-J Page Page Bez:zja nigricaus *var. a:lbipeuuis 124 Chaoborus l>huuicorms 2~9 var. lacteipeuuis 124 punctipelluis 229 ttrispiuosa l22 , 123 ruf,a - Z2 9 tvaga 329 lYivilt~t7 . _ 229 Bibionidae 31 t 'Cllariui(les ., .
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