DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. Ill 



Another Brazilian Csecilian new to the collection (Sl2:)ho- 

 nops hrasiliensis) ; received in exchange. 



Fishes. — The additions number two thousand one hundred 

 and eleven ; nine hundred and ninety-six by presentation, two 

 hundred and seventy-two by purchase, eight hundred and 

 forty-three by exchange. The following are the most im- 

 portant : — 



Ninety-one specimens from the British Coast, including a 

 Fish new to the British fauna {Argentina silus), from off' the 

 Coast of Ireland ; purchased of the British Marine Associa- 

 tion, 



A Sun-fish {Orthagoriscus mola) from Hastings ; presented 

 by Mr. J. White, jun. 



An Opah {Laimpris luna) from Ireland ; presented by 

 R. Burbridge, Esq. 



An albino Sole {Solea vulgaris) from Ramsgate ; presented 

 by Messrs. Vigo and Sons, and a similar example and a 

 bicoloured Sole, from the same locality ; presented by J. H. 

 Clutton, Esq. 



A spinous Shark (Echinorhinus spinosus) from the Bay 

 of Biscay ; presented by C. H. Akroyd, Esq. 



A Sterlet {Acipenser ritthenus) and its variety, A. gmelini, 

 from the Danube ; received in exchange. 



Two specimens of a Trout [Salmo ischchan) from Lake 

 Goktscha, Caucasus ; presented by the Rev. Herbert Wilson. 



Types of two Fishes new to the collection (Tilapia niag- 

 dalence and T. flavii-josephi) from Syria ; presented by 

 Dr. L. Lortet. 



Forty-nine specimens collected in Siberia, in Asia, by 

 M. Chaff'anjon, among which examples of two species new 

 to the collection Thymallus hrevirostris and Leuciscus 

 lacustris) ; received in exchange from the Paris Museum. 



The type of a new genus of Salmon oids {Phylogei^hyra 

 altaica) from the Altai Mountains ; presented by St. George 

 Littledale, Esq. 



Twenty-five specimens collected by Dr. W. Morrison in 

 Northern China, among which is the type of a new species 

 [Opsariichthys morrisonii) ; purchased. 



Sixty-one specimens from Japan ; presented by Dr. K. 

 Kishinouye. 



Two hundred and six specimens from Siam, including the 

 type of a new genus of Cyprinoids (Catlocarpio siamensis), 

 and examples of three species new to the collection (Scomber 

 hrachysonia, Gosmochilus harmandi, Pseudolanhuca har- 

 mandi) ; received in exchange from the Royal Siamese 

 Museum. 



Thirty-eight specimens from Siam ; presented by S. S. 

 Flower, Esq. 



Three hundred and seventy specimens from Kurrachee 

 and the Persian Gulf, including examples of several species 

 new to the collection, and two types of two new species 



