146 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Batkachia — continued. 



A rare Frog {Breviceps adspersus) from Nam aqii aland ; 

 presented by Dr. R. Broom. 



Four Batrachians from the Zima Province, N. Nigeria, 

 including a Frog new to the collection {Rana longirostris) and 

 the type of a new species (Phrynohatrachus francisci) ; pre- 

 sented hy A. C. Francis, Esq. 



America, North. 



Nine Frogs from N.W. Mexico, collected by Mr. Neilly. 



America, South. 



Types of a new Frog discovered in Trinidad by Dr. L. H. 

 Gough {Hyla goughi) ; presented by the Zoological Society of 

 London. 



Twelve Batrachians from the Andes of Peru. 

 Australasia. 



Types of two new Frogs (Hyla pratti and Hylella chloro- 

 nota), obtained by Mr. A. E. Pratt on Mt. Arfak, New Guinea. 



Pisces. 



The additions number seventeen hundred and fifty-six, of 

 which nine hundred and twenty-six were acquired by presenta- 

 tion and eight hundred and thirty by purchase. 



The following are the principal additions : — 



Europe. 



A rare Skate from Iceland (Raia lintea) ; presented by 

 Mr. J. Mundie. 



A remarkably large Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) 

 from Ireland ; presented by Herbert Quinton, Esq. 



A yellow Eel {Anguilla vulgaris, ictera) from Holland ; 

 presented by Sir J. Wrench Towse. 



A rare Fish (Centrolophus pompilus) from Bordighera ; 

 presented by Mr. A. E. Hollis. 



Co-types of three Cyprinids from Herzegovina {Para- 

 phoxinus m,etohiensis, P. ghetaldii, and P. pstrossii) ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. F. Steindachner. 



Asia. 



Sixty-nine Fishes from the Persian Gulf and forty-seven 

 from Kurrachee ; presented by F. W. Toivnsend Esq. 



Examples of two Fishes from Rangoon, Burma, new to the 

 collection (Danio analipunctatus and Haplochilus melano- 

 stigma) ; presented by Mr. J. Paul Arnold. 



Nineteen Fishes from the Malay Peninsula ; presented by 

 Mr. E. Seimund. 



Thirty-three Fishes from Christmas Island; presented by 

 R. Kirhpatrick, Esq. 



