REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 57 



From the Xational Museum of Costa Eica, San Jose, (Josta Tiica, 

 tlirough Mr. George K. Clierrie, were received sixty-flve birds' skins, 

 representing- thirty-five species from Costa Eica, including types of two 

 new species and one new genus, two species new to the collection, and 

 plumages previously unrepresented, for which a collection of birds' 

 skins was transmitted in exchange. 



Ten specimens of birds' skins have been transmitted, in exchange, to 

 the Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand. 



To ]>r. George Pouchet, Musee d'Histoire N^aturelle, Paris, France, 

 have been sent four skeletons of birds, in return for material received. 



liEPTILKS AND BATRACHIAN'S. 



A collection of reptiles and batrachians was sent to the Auckland 

 Museum, Auckland, New Zealand, for which specimens have been 

 promised in return. 



From the Eoyal Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (through 

 Prof. I>r. Chr. Liitken, president), were received four species of fishes, 

 including Liparis fabricii, Lycoden liitkeni, leelns hamatus, and Aspido- 

 plioroides olrihii, for which an exchange of deep-sea forms will be pre- 

 ])ared for transmission. 



The skin of a specimen of Lexndosteus osseus has been transmittted 

 to the Australian Museum, Sydney, JSTew South Wales, for which an 

 equivalent has been promised. 



MOLI-USKS. 



To Dr. Hugh Fulton, South Kensington, England, were sent four 

 specimens of Volufa stearnsii, in exchange for exotic shells previously 

 received. 



From the Eoyal Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (through 

 Prof. Dr. Chr. Liitken, j (resident), were received twenty-seven speci. 

 mens of marine shells, representing eleven species, for which an 

 exchange will be sent. 



A collection of North American ITnionidic has been sent to Dr. H- 

 Von Ihering, Grande do Sul, Brazil, in exchange for a collection of 

 South American shells already received. 



From Mr. J. H. Brady, Cape Town, South Africa, were received one 

 hundred and sixty-seven species of South African insects, for which 

 thirty-three species of coleoptera and other insects were sent in exchange. 



Alcoholic specimens of Myriapods were sent to Mr. O. F. (Jook, 

 Orillia, Ontario, Canada, in exchange for specimens which have been 

 promised. 



Mr. Paul Noel, of Eouen, France, transmitted fourteen species of 

 European Carihida', for which an exchange will be sent. 



