112 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Thirty-six specimens from Torres Straits ; presented by 

 Professor A. C. Haddon. 



Thirty-two specimens from various Islands in the South 

 Pacific ; presented by J. J. Lister, Esq. 



A very rare deep-sea fish (AnoTiialops palpehratus),new to 

 the collection, from the New Hebrides ; and ten large fish 

 from New South Wales, including Serranus gigas, Carcha- 

 rodon rondeletii, and Galeus australis, received in exchange 

 from the Australian Museum, Sydney. 



Two hundred and forty-three specimens from Australia ; 

 transferred from the Imperial Institute. 



Thirty -five specimens from Port Phillip, Victoria; presented 

 by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq. 



Three hundred and seventy-five specimens from California ; 

 purchased. 



Eighty-seven American fishes, mostly from Brazil ; pre- 

 sented by Professor A. Agassiz to the " Challenger" office, 

 and received with the duplicates of the " Challenger" col- 

 lection. 



Thirty-nine fresh-water fishes from Mexico ; purchased. 



Sixteen fresh-water fishes from British Honduras ; pur- 

 chased. 



Thirty-two fresh-water fishes from St. Vincent, West Indies ; 

 presented by F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., f.r.s. 



Specimens of a new fish (Haplochilus hartii) from Tri- 

 nidad ; presented by J. H. Hart, Esq. 



Twenty-one specimens from Brazil ; presented by J. Wilson 

 Barker, Esq. 



Eighteen specimens from Brazil ; purchased. 



Specimens of two fishes new to the collection (Centro- 

 Tiiochlus perugioe and Characidiuni purpuratuin). from 

 Ecuador ; purchased. 



The type of a new fish (Salilota hovei) and specimens of a 

 fish new to the collection (Cynolebias bellottii), from the 

 Argentine Republic ; presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Mollusca. — To this class, including Tunicata, four thousand 

 seven hundred and fifty-four specimens were added. In addi- 

 tion to the " Challenger " collection, already mentioned, the 

 following were noteworthy : — 



A specimen of Morio echinophorus, from two hundred and 

 twenty fathoms, off" Achill Head; presented by the Royal 

 Dublin Society. 



A fine specimen of Histioteuthis riippelli, from the Mediter- 

 ranean ; purchased. 



Fifty-six Mollusca from British Columbia ; presented by 

 the Rev. J. H. Keen. 



Seventy specimens from various localities, including the 

 types of Trophon stewarti from Vancouver Island and Fusus 

 percyanus ; purchased. 



A pearl oyster, from central America, with a fish (Fierasfer) 

 enclosed beneath the nacre ; purchased. 



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