department of zoology. 67 



Batrachia. 



The additions number 204, of which 193 were received by- 

 presentation and 11 by exchange. 

 Principal additions : — 



Asia. 



11 specimens from Japan. Received in exchange from Prof. S. 

 Hatta. 



80 specimens from Siam, including the very rare Glyphoglossus 

 molossus. Presented hy Dr. Malcolm Smith. 



Africa. 



51 specimens from British East Africa, including a frog (Rappia 

 halfouri), new to the collection. Presented by H. J. Allen Turner^ 

 Esq. 



9 specimens from Nairobi. Presented hy the East Africa and 

 Uganda Natural History Society. 



4 Caecilians from South Cameroon. Presented hy G. L. Bates, 

 Esq. 



An example of a rare frog (Heleophryne regis) from Knysna, 

 Cape Colony. Presented by the South African Museum. 



America, North. 



Examples of the recently discovered salamander, Batrachoseps 

 major, from California. Presented by Dr. C. L. Camp. 



America, South. 



21 specimens from Colombia, including 10 syntypes of a new toad, 

 Atelopus carrilseri. Presented by Dr. A. G. Ruthven. 



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

 H. G. F. Spurrell. 



Examples of the rare aquatic Csecilian, Typhlonectes compressi- 

 cauda, from Manaos, Brazil. Presented by A. Aiken Clark, Esq. 



Pisces. 



The additions number 587. 545 were presented, 25 were pur- 

 chased, and 17 were received in exchange. 



The most important are : — 



A collection of otoliths, mounted on slides. Presented by E. 

 Heron-Allen, Esq. 



211 larval and post-larval fishes from the " Terra Nova " collec- 

 tion, including the types of five new species (^Paraliparis terrae-novae, 

 Lampanyctus longipinnis, Stylophthalmus macrenteron, Leptocephalus 

 acuticeps and L. hexastigma. Presented by the British Antarctic 

 Expedition, 1910. 



Europe. 



A large Sun-fish (Orthagoriscus mala) from off the S. of Ireland. 

 Presented by Messrs. W. Howlett. 



