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Batrachia. — The additions to this class during the year 

 number six hundred and forty-seven, of which the following 

 are the principal : — 



A. Frog (Pelodytes caucasicus) and two rare Salamanders 

 (SalaTYiandra caucasica and Molge vittata) ; presented by 

 Dr. Radde. 



Thirteen specimens from Somaliland and Gallaland, 

 collected by Captain Bottego and Prince E. Ruspoli, among 

 which is a Frog new to the collection (Arthrole2:)tis bottegi) ; 

 presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Thirteen specimens from Lake Tanganyika, including types 

 of two new species (Rana pulchra and nutti), and a Toad 

 new to the collection (Bufo taitanus) ; presented by W. H. 

 Nutt, Esq. 



Nine specimens from British Central Africa, including a 

 new Frog (Megalixalus hrachycnemis) ; presented by Sir 

 H. H. Johnston, k.c.b. 



Specimens of a new Toad from Angola [Bufo domhensis) ; 

 presented by Professor Barboza du Bocage. 



Fifty specimens collected by Dr. Forsyth Major in Mada- 

 gascar, among them types of two new species (^Mantidactylus 

 7najori and Rhacophorus ijeraccca). 



Thirty-one specimens from Mount Victoria, New Guinea, 

 among them a Frog new to the collection {SpjUenophryne 

 cornuta), and the types of five new species {Liiyphryne 

 rhododactyla, Liophryne hrevip)es, Mantophryne lateralis, 

 ^phenophryne anthonyl, and Nyctvmantis papua) ; pur- 

 chased. 



The type of a new Frog from British New Guinea {Xeno- 

 rhina atra) ; purchased. 



Sixty -nine specimens from the Malay Peninsula ; presented 

 by Lieutenant S. S. Flower. 



A Toad new to the collection {Bufo penangensis), and types 

 of two new species {Cornufer haluensis and Nectophryne 

 everetti) ; obtained by Mr. A. Everett on Kina Balu ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty-two specimens obtained by Herr Friihstorfer 

 in the Mountains of Java, including types of two new 

 species {Ixalus vittiger and Microhyla pahnipes) ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty-eight specimens from Celebes, among them types of 

 three new species {Rana macrop>s, Rhacophorus monticola, 

 and 8phenop)hryne variabilis) ; presented by Drs. P. and F. 

 Sarasin. 



Eighteen specimens from the Philippine Islands, among 

 which are three new Frogs {Cornufer jagorii, Ixalus leitensis, 

 and Ixalus mindorensis) ; presented by the Subscribers to 

 the Whitehead Expedition Fund. 



A new Salamander from Arkansas {Amhly stoma annu- 

 latum) ; purchased. 



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