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. vTwenty-nine specimens from Hungary; collected by 

 Professor L. Von Mehely ; purchased. 



Nine specimens from Greece, and the Ionian Islands, 

 including Lacerta peloponnesiaxa, Algiroides moreoticus, 

 &c. ; received in exchange from Dr. F. Werner. 



Thirty-eight specimens from Andalusia ; received in ex- 

 change from Professor Calderon. 



A large specimen of Vipera latastii, from Andalusia; 

 presented by the late Comte de Paris. 



A remarkably large specimen of Vipera herus from Bel- 

 gium ; presented by G. A. Boulenger, Esq., f.r.s. 



A new Lizard (Abl ephar us festce) from Palestine; presented 

 by Count Peracca. 



Twenty-nine specimens from the Eastern Littoral of the 

 ersian Gulf ; presented by S. Butcher, Esq. 



Two specimens of a new Lizard (Tachydromus holsti), dis- 

 covered by Mr. Hoist in Shimabara, Japan ; and ten 

 specimens from Formosa collected by Mr. Hoist, including 

 a new Lizard {Tachydromus formosanus) ; purchased. 



Seventeen Snakes from India and the Malayan Peninsula, 

 from the collection of the late Dr. T. Cantor, mostly types of 

 species described by him ; purchased. 



Forty-two specimens from Ceylon, mostly snakes, selected 

 from the collection of the late Sir C. Layard ; presented by 

 Miss Layard. 



Ten specimens from the Mentawei Islands, W. Sumatra, 

 including a new Lizard {Lygosoma modiglianii) ; presented 

 by Dr. E. Modigliani. 



Twelve specimens from Sarawak ; among which is a Snake 

 (Calamaria hicolor) new to the collection ; presented by 

 H. H. Rajah Brooke. 



Thirteen specimens collected in Sarawak, by Charles Hose, 

 Esq.; purchased. 



Sixty- seven specimens, among them types of several new 

 species, collected by Mr. A. H. Everett in North Borneo, 

 Balabac, and Palawan ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from Luzon, including two new Lizards 

 (Lygosoma luzonense and L. decipiens) ; presented by the 

 subscribers to the Whitehead Exploration Fund. 



Four Lizards, new to the collection (Varanus to(jianus, 

 Lygoso'ina t^anctumi, Lygosomia jiorense, and AUepharus 

 furcatus), from Celebes, Java, and Flores ; presented by 

 Professor Max Weber. 



Type specimens of a new Lizard (Lygosoma amahile), and 

 two new Snakes {Oligodon tceniurus, and Agrophis sarasi- 

 norum) from Celebes ; presented by the Doctors Sarasin. 



Nine specimens from the Mouth of the Niger ; presented 

 l)y Alvan Millson, Esq. 



Twenty-three specimens from the Mouth of the Loango ; 

 purchased. 



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