DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 99 



Reptiles. — To this class seven hundred and sixty additions 

 were made. The following are the most important : — 



Twenty-two Reptiles from Austria and Dalmatia ; received 

 in exchange. 



One hundred and fifty-two specimens from Algeria and 

 Tunisia, including the types of a new Lizard {Chalcides houlen- 

 geri) and a new Viper ( Vipera lihetina, var. deserti) ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S. 



A. Gecko new to the collection (Tropiocolotes tripolitanus) 

 from Tunisia; received in exchange. 



A Lizard new to the collection {Lacerta simonyi) from the 

 Roques del Zalmor, near Hierro, Canary Islands ; purchased. 



Fifty-nine specimens from Transcaspia, including examples 

 of a Lizard {Ophiomorus b^'evijws) new to the collection ; 

 obtained partly by purchase, partly by exchange. 



A Lizard and two rare Snakes {Coluber schrenckii) from 

 the Corea ; presented by C. W. Campbell, Esq. 



Seven Reptiles from the Province Sze-chuen, collected by 

 A. E. Pratt, Esq. ; purchased. 



Forty -three specimens from Baluchistan and India ; pre- 

 sented by W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.R.S. 



Fifteen specimens from Southern India ; presented by 

 Dr. J. R. Henderson. 



Two specimens of a Snake new to the collection {Typhlops 

 thurstonii) and a rare species {Melanopkidium punctatum), 

 from Malabar and Travancore ; presented by H. S. Ferguson, 

 Esq. 



Twenty-five specimens from near Toungoo, and twenty 

 from the Shan States ; collected by E. W. Gates, Esq. 



A rare Python (P. curtus) from Malacca ; purchased. 



Twenty-one specimens obtained by Dr. Modigliani in 

 Sumatra, including types of several new species to be de- 

 scribed by the Marquis G. Doria ; received in exchange from 

 the Genoa Museum. 



Fifteen specimens from Mount Dulit, Borneo, collected by 

 C. Hose, Esq. ; purchased. 



Type specimens of Gymnodactylus haluensis, Peltura- 

 gonia cephalus, and Tropidonotus Jiavifrons from Mount 

 Kina Balu, Borneo ; received from the Paris Museum, 



Twenty specimens from Java; presented by R. Kirkpatrick, 

 Esq. 



A new Snake {Gongylophis muelleri) from Sennar ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. F. Miiller. 



Fourteen specimens obtained in Somali-land by Sr. 

 Robecchi, among which are two Lizards new to the collection 

 (.Eremias erythrosticta and Mahuia hildebrandtii) ; received 

 in exchange from the Genoa Museum. 



Five specimens from Taveta, East Africa, including a 

 Chameleon (Chamctileon tavetensis) ; presented by Keith 

 Anstruther, Esq. 



Eight specimens from Delagoa Bay, among which are two 

 0.108. G % Snakes 



