DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. Ill 



Batrachians. — Two hundred and fifty-eight specimens 

 were added to this class, of which the following are most 

 noteworthy : — 



Eighteen specimens from Austria ; received in exchange 

 from Dr. Franz Werner, of Vienna. 



Twenty-one specimens from the Parnassus ; purchased. 



A new Toad {Bufo surdus) from Beluchistan ; purchased. 



Thirty-six specimens from Ceylon ; presented by E. E. 

 Green, Esq. 



Early larvse of a Csecilian (Ichthyophis glutinosus) from 

 Ceylon ; presented by Drs. F. & P. Sarasin. 



Eight specimens from Pretoria, Transvaal ; presented by 

 W. L. Distant, Esq. 



Twenty-three specimens from Port Elizabeth ; presented by 

 J. M. Leslie, Esq. 



Seven specimens from Port Elizabeth ; presented by H. A. 

 Spencer, Esq. 



Nine specimens from New South Wales, including examples 

 of two rare Toads (Pseudophryne coriacea and Notaden 

 hennetti) and the type of a new genus (Phanerotis fletcheri) ; 

 presented by J. J. Fletcher, Esq. 



Ten specimens from St. Vincent ; presented by F. Du Cane 

 Godman, Esq., f.r.s. 



Ten specimens from Trinidad ; presented by J. H. Hart, Esq. 



Fishes. — To this class one thousand, five hundred and eighty- 

 seven additions were made during the year; the following 

 may be especially mentioned : — 



Sixty-five specimens from the French " Talisman " and 

 Cape Horn Expeditions, mostly duplicates of bathybial species 

 described by Prof. Vaillant ; received in exchange from the 

 Paris Museum. 



Seventy-six specimens from deep water off" the Scottish 

 Coast ; presented by Dr. J. Murray. 



A fine specimen of the Grayling {Thyviallua vulgaris), from 

 Stockbridge ; presented by the Earl of Ducie, f.r.s. 



A specimen of a rare British Flat-fish (Arnoglossus groh- 

 manni), from the Kenmare River ; presented by the Rev. 

 W. S. Green. 



Eighty-one specimens from Dalmatia ; presented by Prof. 

 Kolombatovic. 



Thirteen deep-sea fish from Madeira, including the types of 

 four new species {Anthias mundulus, Scopelus schmitzii, 

 S. pusillus and Gonostoma niaderense) ; presented by J. Y. 

 Johnson, Esq. 



Eighty-nine deep-sea fishes from the Indian Ocean, including 

 the types of many new species, obtained by Her Majesty's 

 Indian Marine Survey Steamer " Investigator," and described 

 by Surgeon A. Alcock ; received in exchange from the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. 



The type of a new deep-sea fish (Lophotes fishii), from the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; presented by the Rev. G. H. R. Fisk. 



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