department of zoology. 14-5 



Repttlia. 



The additions number 511, of which 391 were received 

 by presentation, 87 by purchase, and 33 by exchange. 

 The following additions are the most important : — 



Europe. 



Twenty-nine Lizards from Southern Europe, including types 

 of varieties of Lacerta muralis described by the donor ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. F. Werner. 



Seven Lizards from Southern Europe ; presented hy Dr. 

 J. de Bedriaga. 



Asia. 



Seven Lizards from Syria, Mesopotamia, and Kurdistan ; 



presented hy the Lyons Museum. 



One of the types of Lacerta anatolica, from Asia Minor ; 

 presented by Dr. F. Werner. 



Twenty-eight Reptiles from Baluchistan ; presented hy 

 Gapt. C. Daulces. 



Six Snakes from French Indo-China ; presented hy Prof. 

 F. Guitel. 



Thirty-eight Snakes from Kelantan, Malay Peninsula ; 

 presented hy Dr. A. G. H. Smart. 



Twenty-five Snakes from Dutch Borneo ; presented hy 

 Henry Harvey, Esq. 



The type of a Snake, Xenelaphis ellipsifer, from Borneo ; 



presented by the Sarawak Museum.. 



Africa. 



Seventeen Reptiles collected by Capt. C. Citerni in Abys- 

 sinia and Somaliland, including the type of a new Lizard 

 (Hemidactylus citernii), and a Lizard new to the collection 

 (Latastia boscce) ; presented by the Genoa Civic Museum. 



Eight Reptiles from Uganda ; presented by Sir F. J. 

 Jackson, K.C.M.G. 



Four Reptiles from British East Africa ; presented hy R. L. 

 Scott, Esq. 



Fourteen Reptiles from Portuguese East Africa; presented 

 by Dr. J. J. Simpson. 



Four Snakes obtained in the Lower Congo by Dr. W. J. 

 Ansorge. 



Forty Reptiles from South Cameroon, collected by Mr. G. L. 

 Bates, among which are the types of three new Snakes {Typhlops 

 hatesii, Gonionotophis microps, Elapocalamus gracilis). 



Thirteen Reptiles from Southern Nigeria and French Central 

 Africa ; presented by P. A. Talbot, Esq. 



Ten Reptiles from the Gold Coast ; presented by Dr. H. G. F. 

 Spurrell. 



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