104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Province Cordoba, Argentina ; presented by E. C. Knight, 

 Esq. 



A Snake, new to the collection {Ty]phlo2')S hituherculatus)^ 

 from Queensland ; received in exchange from the Calcutta 

 Museum. 



A Snake, new to the collection {HoiDlocephalus hranshyi), 

 from New South Wales ; presented by J. J. Fletcher, Esq. 



A Lizard {Dehna impar), and a Snake (Hoplocephalus 

 spectahilis), new to the collection, from Victoria ; presented 

 by Dr. E. C. Stirling. 



Batrachians. — To this class five hundred and seventy-eight 

 specimens were added. The following may be specially 

 mentioned : — 



Twenty-one specimens from various localities ; received in 

 exchange from the Christiania Museum. 



Fifty-six specimens, mostly European, from the collection 

 of the late M. Heron Koyer ; purchased. 



Twelve Newts from Central France, including specimens of 

 the rare Hybrid, Molge hlasii ; presented by M. R. Paratre. 



Eighteen specimens from Hungary ; presented by Professor 

 V. Mehely. 



Fifteen specimens from Greece and Malta, including several 

 specimens of the newly-described Rana groica ; presented by 

 Norman Douglass, Esq. 



Thirteen specimens from Syria; presented by Dr. T. 

 Barrois. 



Fifteen specimens from Tsu-shima ; purchased. 



Twelve specimens from Great Loo Choo Island, among 

 them the types of a new Frog {Rana holsti) and a new Newt 

 {Tylototriton andersoni) ; purchased. 



Seven specimens from Travancore, including a new Toad 

 (Bufo travancoricus), and a rare Csecilian {Gegenop>his 

 carnosus) ; presented by H. S. Ferguson, Esq. 



Twenty-five specimens from Borneo, including the types of 

 two new species (Rhacophorus dulitensis and Nectophryne 

 hosii) ; purchased. 



Thirteen specimens from Madagascar ; purchased. 



Seventy-five specimens from British North America ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty specimens from California ; purchased. 



Twenty-three specimens from Texas, including a Frog new 

 to the collection {Hylodes latrans) ; presented by W. Taylor, 

 Esq. 



Sixty-three specimens from Mexico ; purchased. 



A Frog new to the collection (Agalychnis helence), from 

 Mexico; received from the Institute of Jamaica. 



Twenty-one specimens from Porto Real, Province Rio 

 Janeiro ; purchased. 



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