118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A gigantic Sea-Perch {Epinephelus gigas), from the Coast 

 of Portugal ; received in exchange from the Lisbon Museum. 



Examples of a Cyprinoid (Carassius hucephaliis), from hot 

 springs near Salonica ; presented by J. Southgate, Esq. 



A Sturgeon {Scaphirhynehus kaufmanni), from the Amu 

 Daria ; presented by A. Newnham, Esq. 



Fourteen specimens from Aden ; presented by Captain 

 Shopland. 



Thirteen specimens collected in Formosa by Mr. Hoist, 

 including a new Cyprinoid {Homaloptera formosana) ; pur- 

 chased. 



Sixty-two specimens from Burma, among which is a new 

 Siluroid (Macrones peguensis) ; presented by E. W. Oates^ 

 Esq. 



Seventy-five specimens from Sarawak, including examples 

 of several species new to the collection ; presented by H.H. 

 Kajah Brooke. 



Seventeen specimens from Sarawak ; presented by Mr. 

 E. Bartlett. 



Sixty-four specimens from Sarawak, collected by Charles 

 Hose, Esq. ; purchased. 



Thirty-five specimens from North Borneo, Balabac and 

 Palawan, collected by A. H. Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 



The skeleton of a large Perch (Lutes niloticus) from 

 Fayoum, Egypt ; presented by Dr. John Anderson, f.r.s. 



Twenty-one specimens from Natal ; presented by Colonel 

 Bowker. 



A rare Fish {Pteraclis velifer) from Mauritius ; purchased. 



A Perch, new to the collection (Macquaria australasica), 

 from Victoria; received in exchange from the Stuttgart 

 Museum. 



The type of a new Fish (Agonus gilherti) from Kamtchatka; 

 presented by Professor R. Collett. 



A hundred and forty-nine specimens collected by Pro- 

 fessor C. Eigenmann in various parts of North America;, 

 purchased. 



Thirty-six specimens from various localities in Mexico, 

 mostly representatives of species recently described by 

 Dr. Bean ; received in exchange from the National Museum, 

 Mexico. 



A hundred and one specimens from various parts of North 

 Mexico, including types of several new species described by 

 Mr. A. J. Woolman ; purchased. 



Specimens of a new Amphioxus (Asymmetron lucayanum) 

 from the Bahamas ; presented by E. A. Andrews, Esq. 



Nine specimens from Jamaica ; presented by the Institute 

 of Jamaica. 



A gigantic Sea-Perch (Epinephelus itaiara) from the 

 Coast of Colombia ; presented by Captain W. H. Milner. 



A very 



