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A salmon (Salmo salar), weight 7 lbs., from New Zealand; 

 presented hj II. T. Sheringham, Esq. 



MOLLUSCA. 



The total number of specimens received during the year is 

 1,968. Of these 1,637 were presented, 107 purchased, and 224 

 obtained by the " Terra Nova " Expedition. The most noteworthy 

 accessions are enumerated below : — 



From various Localities. 



One hundred and twenty-five microscopical preparations of 

 Lamellibranch anatomy, nineteen preparations and eighty specimens 

 of Cephalopoda, obtained by the " Terra Nova." 



Sixty-seven specimens (including ten types) of Nudibranchs ; pre- 

 sented (^icit/i the concurrence of the original oivners) hy T. J. Evans, Esq. 



63 types of marine, fresh-water, and land MoUusca ; purchased. 



Europe. 



-25 examples of Paludestrina jenkinsi from Randers Fjord, 

 Denmark ; presented by Dr. A. C. Johansen. 



3 microscopical preparations of a parthenogenetic Paludestrina 



jenkinsi from Elstree, Herts ; presented hij Dr. A. E. Boycott, F.R.S. 



21 shells of Buccinifni undatum and Fusus antiquus shewing 



teratological resemblance to shells of other genera, from various 



British localities ; presented by the Rev. G. Henslow. 



9 microscopical preparations and 7 complete examples of 

 Cocculina galeola from -the Irish Atlantic Slope ; presented by the 

 Department of Agricidture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. 



71 Fresh- water Mollusca from North Russia ; presented by 

 ISurgeon-Lieut. R. Buddie, R.JS. 



Asia. 



14 Land Mollusca from North Persia ; presented by Capt. 

 P. A. Buxton. 



96 Land and Fresh-water Mollusca from Palestine ; presented 

 by Major E. E. Austen, D.S.O. 



A figured specimen of Haliotis japonica from- Japan ; presented 

 by H. C. Fulton, Esq. 



10 shells of land Gastropoda from Penang and Torres Straits ; 

 presented by Dr. R. F. Scharff. 



5 Nudibranchs from the Andaman Islands ; presented by the 

 Director of the Zoological Survey of India. 



86 shells of Gastropoda and Lamellibranchiata from alluvium at 

 Nasiriyah, Mesopotamia ; presented bii Capt. R. W. Hingston. 



9 shells of Septaria, Theodoxus, and Melania from the Soela 

 Archipelago, all bearing the egg-capsules of Theodoxus pulligera ; 

 presented by G. C. Robson, Esq. 



Africa. 



4 shells (3 types and 1 co-type) of Gastropoda from South 

 Africa ; pjresented by Major M. Connolly. 



168 Land shells from Algeria ; presented bij Lord Rothschild, 

 F.R.S. 



