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A very large Siluroid (Flatystoma ovhignianum) from 

 Buenos Ayres ; purchased. 



Sixty-five specimens from Chili, among which are examples 

 of several species previously unrepresented in the collection ; 

 presented by Professor F, Lataste. 



Mollusca. — Two thousand, two hundred and seventeen 

 specimens have been added to this class, of which the 

 following are worthy of note : — 



Two fine specimens of Sipho islandicus, and a variety of 

 Buccinum undatum from the British Coast ; presented by 

 H. K. Jordan, Esq. 



Nineteen specimens of recently-described species of Melania 

 from the Corea ; presented by Professor E. von Martens. 



Fifteen shells from Japan, Amboina, Australia, and 

 Kurrachee, including a specimen of Bathybemhix argenteo- 

 nitens Sind Donax townsendi ; presented by G. B. Sowerbv, 

 Esq. 



Sixteen Land-shells from the Bismarck Archipelago ; pre- 

 sented by Herr Bruno Strubeil. 



Forty-three Marine Shells from Thursday Island, Torres 

 Straits ; presented by F. A. Bather, Esq. 



A very fine and large specimen of the Orange Cowry 

 (Cyprcea aurora) from Fiji ; purchased. 



Fifty-three Marine Shells, including species of Marginella, 

 Tellina, Lucina, &c., from the Galapagos Islands and 

 California ; presented by Lieut. Boger, R.N. 



Seventeen Land-shells from the Galapagos Islands, in- 

 cluding new species of BulimuluSi Pupa and Succinea ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. Theodore Wolf. 



Sixty -nine Land and Freshwater Shells fropa the Bahamas ; 

 presented by Wilfred Bendall, Esq. 



Eleven Land-shells from the United States of Colombia 

 and Madagascar, including Bulimus procteri and Cyclostonia 

 philippianum ; presented by S. I. Da Costa, Esq. 



Crustacea. —Twelve hundred and thirty-eight specimens 

 have been added to the collection. Of these the following are 

 worthy of special mention : — 



A collection of five hundred and seven Crustacea from the 

 West Coast of Scotland, collected and presented by Dr. John 

 Murray, f.r.s.e. 



Eighty-five British Amphipods, including small females of 

 Atylus swammerdami with ova, and the rare male of Tritoita 

 gihhosa ; presented by A. O. Walker, Esq. 



A hundred and forty-four Entomostraca from the Gulf of 

 Guinea, forming part of a collection reported on by Mr. 

 Thomas Scott in the " Transactions of the Linnean Society " ; 

 presented by the Royal Society. 



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