6& accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Reptilia. 



The additions number 232, o£ which 223 were received by 

 presentation and 9 by exchange. 



Principal additions : — 



Europe. 



A Leathery Turtle {Dermochelys coriacea) caught in the vicinity 

 of the Scilly Islands, June 16th. Presented hy the Admiralty. 

 14 lizards from Switzerland. Presented hy W. Morton, Esq. 



19 lizards from France. Presented hy M. Chabanaud. 



14 lizards from Marseilles. Presented hy Prof. A. Vayssiere. 



A-sia. 



8 specimens from Saghalien Island and Japan. Received in 

 exchange from Prof. S. Hatta. 



20 specimens from Chih-fung, N.E. Chih-li, China, including 

 a new snake (Coluher anomalus). Presented hy A. L. Hall, Esq. 



A lizard ( Tacliydromus dorsalis) from the Loo Ohoo Islands, new 

 to the collection. Received in exchange from the United States 

 National Museum. 



50 specimens from Siam, including examples of a lizard 

 (Gyninodactylus oldhami) and two snn\i.es (Tropido7iotus inas, Thal- 

 assophis anomalus) new to the collection. Presented hy Dr. Malcolm 

 Smith. 



Africa. 



14 specimens from Southern Abyssinia. Presented hy A. P. 

 Abercromhy, Esq. 



15 specimens from Southern Nigeria. Presented hy C. A. 

 Francis, Esq. 



A Blind Snake (lyphlops ccecatus), from West Africa, new to the 

 collection. Presented hy the East Africa and Uganda Natural 

 History Society. 



6 lizards from South Africa, including a syntype of a new species 

 (Eremias aspera). Presented hy the South African Museum. 



10 lizards from Kimberley. Presented hy J. H. Power, Esq. 



America, North. 



A Terrapin (Chrysemys mobiliensis) , new to the collection, and 

 the type of a new Horned Lizard (^Phrynosoma hrevicornis^ . Pre- 

 sented hy the Zoological Society of London. 



America, South. 



22 specimens from South-West Colombia. Presented hy Dr. 

 H. G. F. Spurrell. 



5 specimens from Western Ecuador. Presented hy W. Good- 

 fellow, Esq. 



A specimen of a rare lizard (^Tupinamhis rufescens), from 

 Argentina. Presented hy the Zoological Society of London. 



