DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. Ill 



Reptiles. — The additions number one thousand four hun- 

 dred and forty-eight, of which seven hundred and ninety-two 

 were obtained by presentation, five hundred and ninety-nine 

 by purchase, and fifty-seven by exchange. 



The following are the more important : — 



Fifteen specimens from Asia Minor and Cyprus, collected 

 by Hr. H. Rolle ; purchased. 



The type of a new Gecko from Nineveh (Phyllodactylus 

 elisce) ; received in exchange from Dr. F. Werner. 



Two rare Snakes {Gerardia prevostiana and Hydrophis 

 phij)Soni] from Bombay ; presented by H. M. Phipson, Esq. 



Ninety specimens from Aden, including two Lizards new 

 to the collection (Latastia neumanni and Scincus Aem- 

 prichii), the types of two new Lizards (Hemidactylus yer- 

 buryi and Mabuia tessellata), and a new Snake (Tarbophis 

 guentheri) ; presented by Colonel Yerbury. 



Seven specimens from Aden, among which a new Snake 

 (Glauconia nursii) ; presented by Captain C. G. Nurse. 



Sixteen specimens from Benares ; presented by Lieutenant 

 S. S. Flower. 



The type of a new Earth-Snake {Rhinophis fergusonianus ), 

 and six Sea-Snakes from Travancore ; presented by H. S. 

 Ferguson, Esq. 



Twenty-nine specimens from Ceylon ; presented by" E. E. 

 Green, Esq. 



Twelve specimens from Penang and the Malay Peninsula, 

 among which a remarkably large Varanus salvator ; pre- 

 sented by Lieutenant S. S. Flower. 



Five specimens from the Malay Peninsula ; presented by 

 B. E. Mitchell, Esq. 



Ten specimens from Singapore ; presented by H. N. Ridley, 

 Esq. 



Thirty-four specimens from Sarawak, among which is a 

 Snake of a new species (Calamaria brookii); presented by 

 H. H. Rajah Brooke. 



Eighteen specimens collected in Sarawak by Chas. E. Hose, 

 Esq. ; purchased. 



Thirty-four specimens collected in Borneo, and the Philip- 

 pine Islands, including two new Snakes {Calamaria brachyura 

 and C. iniindorensis), and a Lizard {Draco obscurus) and a 

 Snake {Hydrablabes prm frontalis) new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



Twenty-six specimens from British North Borneo, among 

 which is a Lizard {Lygosoma quadrivittatum), new to the 

 collection ; presented by Douglas Cator, Esq. 



Seventy-four specimens from the Natuna Islands ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty-eight specimens from Luzon ; presented by the 

 Subscribers to the Whitehead Exploration Fund. 



Five Lizards and one Snake from Celebes, new to the 

 collection ; presented by the Drs. Sarasin. 



0.97. Fourteen 



