series of valuable works containing figures of many species. The drawings were executed with great accuracy by the native draughtsmen he had trained to draw. His botanical publications included The Flora Sylvatica for Southern India, 1869–73; Ferns of Southern India, 1873; Ferns of British India, 1876; Forester's Manual of Botany for Southern India, 1869–74; Icones Plantarum Indies Orientalis, 1874. On Reptilia and Batrachia, he wrote at least 15 papers, and described over 40 new species of reptiles and amphibians. This is a complete list of his papers on Mollusca: Descriptions of some new Operculated Land-shells from Southern India and Ceylon, 1S75. Descriptions of Land-shells from the Island of Koror, Pelew Group, 1889. Descriptions of some new Land-shells from the Indian Region, 1891. Notes on Indian and Ceylonese species of Glessula, 1906. Descriptions of Labyrinthus cuclausus and Neocyclotus Belli, n.spp., from Colombia, 1908 and in conjunction with H. H. Godwin-Austen: New species of Cyclophorus and a Spiraculum from the Khasi and Naga Hills, Assam. Beddome described over 1,000 species of animals and plants. Beddome formed a fine collection of land shells from India and other parts of the world, among which the minute forms were his favourites. His collection of specimens was presented to the British Museum at difficult times, and some specimens were also left with the Indian Museum at Calcutta. Further specimens are also in the National Museums Scotland. He married Mary Sophia Fullerton in 1862 in London. They had seven children, all christened in the Madras Presidency. He retired in 1892 and lived at "Sispara", West Hill, Wandsworth until his death. Eponymous species Some of the species named in his honor are: Rhinolophus beddomei, lesser woolly horseshoe bat, a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae Eutropis beddomei, Beddome's skink, a species of lizard in the family Scincidae Otocryptis beddomii, Beddome's kangaroo lizard, a species of lizard in the family Agamidae Ristella beddomii, Beddome's cat skink, a species of lizard endemic to India Cnemaspis beddomei, Beddome's day gecko, a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats Kaestlea beddomii, a species of skink found in the Western Ghats Ophisops beddomei, Beddome's snake-eye, a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae Gerrhopilus beddomii, Beddome's worm snake, a species of blind snake found in southern India Uropeltis beddomii, Beddome's shield-tail snake, a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae, endemic to India Boiga beddomei, Beddome's cat snake, a species of