148 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



'Pisces— continued. 



Fifty-two Fishes collected in Liberia by Mr. W. P. Lowe, 

 including a new Polypterus {Polypterus loiuei). 



Eighteen Cyprinodonts, including a new species (Haplo- 

 chilus calliurus) from Liberia ; presented by Mr. J. Paul 

 Arnold. 



A new Fish (Mastacemhelus reticulatus) from Sierra Leone; 

 presented by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. 



America, North. 



Examples of a Ray (Dicerobatis olfersii) from North 

 Carolina, new to the collection ; presented by Mr. Russell J. 

 Coles. I 



A model of a record specimen of the Yellow-tail (Seriola 

 dorsalis) from South California ; presented by W. W. Simpson, 

 Esq. 



A large stuffed Tarpon {Megalops thrissoides) from Tampico^. 

 Mexico; presented by A. Louis Allen, Esq. 



America, South. 



Five hundred and sixty Fishes from Prof. C. H. Eigenmann''& 

 British Guiana Collection, including co-types of eighty-one 

 new species. 



Four Fishes from Manaos, Brazil, including one (CrenicicJila 

 lenticulata) new to the collection ; presented by E. Stanley 

 Sutton, Esq. 



The type of a new Cyprinodont (Petalosoma amazonum) 

 from Brazil; presented by Mr. A. Rachoiu. 



Thirteen Fishes from the Andes of Peru, collected by 

 Messrs. H. and C. Watkins. 



Fifty-six Fishes from the Falklands, including examples of 

 two species new to the collection (Liparis falklandicus, Noto- 

 thenia karlandrce) ; presented by Rupert Vallentin, Esq. 



Examples of a Sprat {Clupea fuegensis), new to the collec- 

 tion, from the Falklands ; presented by T. W. Proger, Esq. 



MOLLUSCA. 



The collection of Palsearctic Mollusca formed by the Rev. 

 Canon A. M. Norman constitutes the principal acquisition 

 during the year. It consists of about 50,000 specimens which 

 are in excellent condition and are named throughout. It 

 contains probably the most complete series of the British 

 species in this country and is a great accession to the Museum 

 on this account. Besides the British series the collection 

 includes Mediterranean, Madeiran, Atlantic, Scandinavian and 

 Arctic forms, besides others from the United States, Vancouver 

 and Japan. The Arctic portion of the collection is especially 

 fine and of much scientific interest. With regard to the 



