116 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITiSH MUSEUM. 



Forty-three specimens collected by C. E. Hose, Esq., in 

 Sarawak ; purchased. 



Thirteen specimens from British North Borneo : presented 

 by Douglas Gator, Esq. 



Eleven specimens from Madeira ; presented by J. Y. John- 

 ston, Esq. 



One hundred and two specimens from Madeira, and forty- 

 one from Great Salvage ; presented by the Hon. C. Baring, 

 and W. R. Ogilvie Grant, Esq. 



Types of three new fishes described by Dr. Steindachner 

 {Eleotris buttikoferi, Clarias sake, Mormyrus liheriensis), 

 from Dr. Biittikofer's Liberia collection ; purchased. 



Fifty specimens from Old Calabar ; presented by Miss 

 Kingsley. 



Twelve specimens from Dr. Donaldson Smith's Expedition 

 to Lake Rudolf, including the types of four new species 

 {Clarias smithii, Synodontis smithii, S. geladensis, and 

 Distichodus rodolphi); purchased. 



Four specimens from Central Africa ; presented bv G. F. 

 Scott Elliot, Esq. 



Fourteen specimens from Algoa Bay; presented by H. A. 

 Spencer, Esq. 



A fish new to the collection (Galaxias capensis) from 

 Cape Town ; presented by Professor M. Weber. 



Thirteen specimens from Madagascar ; purchased. 



Eighteen specimens from the Atlantic Coast of North 

 America ; purchased. 



Three hundred and forty-two specimens obtained on the 

 West Coast of Mexico by the Hopkins Expedition, including 

 types of nineteen species described by Prof. Jordan ; pur- 

 chased. 



Eighteen specimens from Colombia, among which are 

 types of a new species {Parodon caliensis), collected by Mr. 

 Rosenberg ; purchased. 



Nine specimens from Carthagena, Colombia, among which 

 is a very large Sea-Perch [Epinephelus areolatus) ; presented 

 by Captain W. H. Milner. 



Twenty-three specimens from Para, among which are repre- 

 sentatives of five species new to the collection {Auchenip- 

 terus striatulus, Serrasahno serrulatus, Myletes li2'>pincoU 

 tianus, Anacyrtus myersii, Xiphorhavipkus falcatus) ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. E. A. Goldie. 



Two hundred and eighty-two specimens from the River 

 Paraguay, collected by Dr. C. Ternetz, including types of 

 fourteen new species ; pui^chased. 



Twenty-six specimens obtained by Dr. Borelli in Paraguay 

 and Argentina, including types of two new species {Nano^ 

 stotnus lateralis and Rivulus punctatus) ; received from the 

 Turin Museum. 



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