108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Twenty-four specimens from Mount Victoria, New Guinea, 

 including the types of five new Lizards {Lygosoma nigro- 

 lineattim, Stanley anum , elegans, curtum, and iridescens) ; 

 purchcascd. 



Seventeen specimens from Woodlark Island, among which 

 is the type of a new genus of Snakes (Toxicocala'mus longis- 

 simus) ; purchased. 



Eleven specimens from Western Baluchistan, including 

 types of four new species (I^hrynocejyhalus euptilopus, 

 Scaptira aporosceles, Lytorhynchus maynardi, and Erisfico- 

 phis macmahoni) ; presented by the Trustees of the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. 



Eight specimens from Kashmir ; presented by Dr. J. C. T. 

 Aitchison, f.e.s. 



Two specimens of a new Snake from Sind {Bungarus 

 sindanus) ; presented by W. S. Millard, Esq. 



Fifty-one specimens from the Malay Peninsula, including a 

 Lizard new to the Museum (Mahuia novemcarhiata), and 

 the types of two new Lizards (Gonatodes penangensis and 

 Mimetozoon floiueri) ; presented by Lieutenant S. S. Flower. 



Twenty-one specimens from the Mountains of Java, 

 collected by Herr Friihstorfer ; purchased. 



Twenty specimens from East Java ; presented by Herbert 

 C. Robinson, Esq, 



Twelve specimens from North America, including a Snake 

 new to the collection {Homalo cranium coronaturti) ; pur- 

 chased. 



A rare Snake from Florida, new to the collection {Stilosoma 

 extenuatum) ; presented by Dr. E. Loennberg. 



Twenty-five specimens from Costa Rica, among them a 

 Snake new to the collection (Rhadincea calligaster) ; pur- 

 chased. 



The type of a recently-described Tortoise from Paraguay 

 {Hydraspis houlengeri) ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens obtained by Dr. Dahl in West Australia, 

 including a Lizard new to the collection {Lygosoma bij^es), 

 and the type of a new species {Egernia dalilii) ; presented 

 by the Christiania Museum. 



Thirty specimens from New South Wales, among which is 

 a Lizard new to the collection {Diplodactvlus intermedius) ; 

 presented by D. A. Porter, Esq. 



Sixteen specimens from Victoria, including a Snake new to 

 the collection {Denisonia jiagellum) ; purchased. 



Type specimens of two new Lizards {Ahlepharus tenuis 

 and ornatus) from Queensland ; presented by Dr. R. Broom. 



An Australian Lizard new to the collection {Pletholax 

 gracilis) ; received in exchange from Eton College. 



Specimens of a Lizard from West Australia (Moloch 

 horridus) ; presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., and 

 R. W. Harvey, Esq. 



Batrachia. — 



