108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEDM. 



RejJtiles. — Eight hundred and ninety- two specimens were 

 added, of which four hundred and twenty-two were received 

 by presentation, two hundred and forty-five by purchase, 

 and two hundred and twenty-five by exchange. 



The following are the most important additions : — ■ 



Thirty-four specimens, mostly representative of varieties of 

 European Lizards described by Dr. J. de Bedriaga ; purchased. 



Twenty-six specimens from Dalmatia and Montenegro, 

 among which examples of a Lizard new to the collection 

 (Loxerta mosorensis) ; presented by Prof. P. Kolombatovi"-. 



Types of a new Amphisbaena {Blanus aijorus) from the 

 Cilician Taurus ; purchased. 



Twenty-two specimens from Kurrachee ; purchased. 



A Tortoise new to the collection (Chaihassa tricarinata) , 

 from the E. Assam Hills ; presented by Lieut.-Col. Godwin 

 Austen, f.r.s. 



One hundred and nineteen specimens from Siam and the 

 Malay Peninsula ; received in exchange from the Royal 

 Siamese Museum. 



Thirty-three specimens from Siam, among which is a new 

 Snake (TypMo'ps floiveri) ; presented by S. S. Flower, Esq. 



The type of a very remarkable new Snake (Iguanognathus 

 luerneri) from Sumatra ; received in exchange. 



A new Lizard (Lygosoma alfredi) from North Borneo, 

 collected by the late A. Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 



Twenty four specimens from Christmas Island, Indian 

 Ocean, collected by Mr. C. W. Andrews, and presented by 

 Sir John Murray, f.r.s. 



Thirteen specimens from the Caroline Islands; presented 

 by F. W. Christian, Esq. 



Thirty specimens from N. Somaliland, including a new 

 Lizard {Latastia phillipsii), and a new Snake {jEhtroglena 

 cucullata) ; presented by E. Lort-Phillips, Esq. 



Twelve specimens from N.E. Somaliland; presented by R. 

 M. Hawker, Esq. 



Nineteen specimens collected in S. Somaliland, by Cap- 

 tains Ferrandi and Bottego; presented by the Genoa Civic 

 Museum. 



Twenty-one specimens from British East Africa, including 

 two new Lizards {ChamcBsaura annectens and Lacerta 

 jacksoni) ; presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. 



Eighteen specimens from British East Africa; presented 

 by C. Steuart Betton, Esq. 



A rare Snake from Central Africa (Grayia ftircata) ; 

 obtained in exchange from the Warrington Museum. 



Five specimens from the Congo ; presented by the Secretary 

 of State, Congo Free State. 



A lizard new to the collection (Scelofes occidentalis), from 

 Cameroons ; obtained in exchange. 



Forty-six specimens from Scuth Africa ; received in ex- 

 change from the South African Museum, Cape Town. 



