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Ninety-four specimens from the Congo, including types of 

 several new species ; purchased. 



Twenty specimens collected on the Stanley Pool by Mr. 

 Oreshoff, mostly types of species described by Mde. Schilthuis ; 

 received in exchange from the Utrecht University Museum. 



Ten specimens collected at Monsembe, Upper Congo, by the 

 Rev. J. H. Weeks ; purchased. 



Type specimens oiCtenochromispectoralis andC strigigena, 

 from German East Africa ; received in exchange from the 

 Hamburg Museum. 



Seven specimens from the Cape of Good Hope, among 

 which is an example of the rare Lophotes cepedianus ; 

 presented by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist. 



Eggs and larvae of Ceratodus forsteri, from Queensland ; 

 purchased. 



A very large Salmonoid {Oncorhynchus quinnat) from 

 British Columbia ; presented by His Grace the Duke of 

 Wellington. 



A large Tarpon (Megalops thrissoides) from Florida ; 

 presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 



Skeletons of Lei')idosteus osseus and Amia calva, from 

 North America ; purchased. 



Thirty-five specimens collected by Signor H. Festa in 

 Central America, among them examples of several species 

 new to the collection ; presented by the Turin Museum. 



Types of a new fish (Rivulus geayi) from French Guiana ; 

 received in exchange from the Paris Museum. 



Nine specimens from the Prov. Sao Paolo, Brazil, among 

 which the types of three new spieces (Plecostomus heylandi, 

 Loricaricb latirostris, and L. paulina) ; presented by H. K. 

 Heyland, Esq. 



Five specimens from the Andes of Colombia ; presented by 

 Eear-Admiral H. W. Dowding, r.n. 



Types of a new fish {Oreogohius rosenhergii) from the 

 Andes of Ecuador ; purchased. 



Twenty-one specimens from the coast of Chili ; presented 

 by Dr. Delfin. 



Mollusca. — Three thousand six hundred and seventy-three 

 specimens were added during the year, amongst which the 

 following are the most important additions : — 



Six hundred and ninety-seven land and marine shells 

 mostly from South Africa, including several new species ; 

 presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



Seventy land and freshwater shells from West China; 

 presented by F. W. Styan, Esq. 



One hundred and thirty-eight Mollusca from Christmas 

 Island ; presented by Sir John Murray, k.c.b. 



