110 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Twenty Reptiles from Austria ; received in exchange from 

 Dr. Franz Werner, of Vienna, 



Twenty Snakes from Italy and Dalmatia ; presented by 

 Count M. G. Peracca. 



Forty-one specimens from Transcaspia ; obtained partly by 

 purchase, partly by exchange. 



Twenty-seven specimens from Ceylon, including the rare 

 Calotes liocephalus, C. liolepis and Oligodon tewipletonii; 

 presented by E. E. Green, Esq. 



Ten Lizards from Egypt ; presented by S. F. Worthington, 

 Esq. 



The type of a new genus of Geckos {Platypholis fasciata) 

 and a Snake new to the collection {TyiMops unitcaniatus), 

 from Mombasa, East Africa ; purchased. 



Twelve specimens from Pretoria, Transvaal, including a new 

 ^naike^Glauconia distanti) ; presented by W. L. Distant, Esq. 

 Twelve specimens from Port Elizabeth ; presented by Mr. 

 J. L. Drege. 



Thirty specimens from South Africa ; presented by H. A. 

 Spencer, Esq. 



A new Lizard (Chamcesaura didactyla) from South 

 Africa ; purchased. 



A rare Gecko (Phelsuma guentheri), from Round Island, 

 near Mauritius ; presented by W. Scott, Esq. 



Twenty-one specimens from the Islands of Torres Straits ; 

 presented by A. C. Haddon, Esq., 



Two specimens of a Lizard (Lygosoma devisii) new to the 

 collection, from Queensland ; presented by G. B. Howes Esq. 

 Sixteen Lizards from various South Pacific Islands ; pre- 

 sented by J. J. Lister, Esq. 



Five rare Lizards from New Caledonia ; purchased. 

 Type specimens of two new Lizards (Lygosoma viaccooeyi 

 and L. houle^geri) from New South Wales ; received in 

 exchange from the Australian Museum, Sydney. 



Forty-six specimens from Texas and N. E. Mexico ; pur- 

 chased. 



Two specimens of a North American Snake, new to the 

 collection (Conopsis lineatus) ; obtained in exchange from 

 the Paris Museum. 



Seventy-four specimens from Mexico, including types of a 

 new Lizard {Sceloporus p)leurolepis) and two new snakes 

 (Geophis omiltemanus and Howialo cranium hreve) ; pre- 

 sented by Osbert Salvin, Esq., f.r.s., and F. Du Cane Godman, 

 Esq., F.R,S. 



Eighty-seven specimens from Mexico ; purchased. 

 Twenty-two specimens from St. Vincent ; presented by F. 

 Du Cane Godman, Esq., f.r.s. 



The types of two new genera of Lizards (EchinosoAira hor- 

 rida and Ptychoglossus bilineatus) from Ecuador ; |)ur- 

 chased. 



A new Lizard (Ctenohlepharis jam^esii) from the Province of 

 Tarapaca, Chili ; presented by H. Berkeley James, Esq. 



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