XXVIII.—On a new silver-pheasant from Burma

New Species and Distributions of Neotropical Phileurini and a New Phileurine from Burma (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

A new species from Thailand and Burma, Dracaena kaweesakii Wilkin & Suksathan (Asparagaceae subfamily Nolinoideae)

A morphologically distinct element of the group of Dracaena species from Thailand and Burma with undifferentiated leaf sheaths, no leaf blade central costa, free tepals and free thickened filaments known as Chan nuu or Chan pha krai in Thai is shown to be a distinct species, Dracaena kaweesakii Wilkin & Suksathan based on habit, leaf base and margin, inflorescence axis indumentum and floral cha...

Two new genera and species of Tingidae from Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera).

From the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber, the first known genera of Tingidae, Spinitingis n. gen. and Burmacader n. gen. with the species Spinitingis ellenbergeri n. sp. and Burmacader multivenosus n. sp., are described and figured. Their systematic placement and relationship to fossil and extant taxa are discussed.

A WARRIOR-RULER STELE FROM SRi K~ETRA, PYU, BURMA

Beginning to construct a chronology of Pyu sculpture is exceedingly difficult. An extraordinary stone stele, discovered at Sri ~etra in the 1970s presents a new dimension to our understanding of the origins of the Pyu sculptural style. It invites comparison with Indian prototypes of the early centuries AD from Andhra Pradesh, especially the low relief panels favoured for stupa decoration at Nag...

Enteric Fever in Burma

enteric fever is a most prominent cause of mortality among European soldiers in India. Taking the statistics of the five years, 1871?75, we find that, of an aggregate of 5,147 deaths, 466 or 9'05 per cent were due to this cause?the admissions per 1,000 of strength being 3-58 and deaths 1'59. In British Burma, in a garrison of 2,020 men, 27 cases and 8 deathg were returned under the head of typh...