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Twenty-eight specimens from Lagos ; presented by Sir C. 

 A. Moloney, k.c.m.g. 



Seven specimens from Taveta, East Africa ; presented by 

 Keith Anstruther, Esq. 



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

 Spencer, Esq. 



Eight specimens from Mauritius, including a Fish new to the 

 collection {Pteraclis velifer) and a new Scorpsena {S. fron- 

 dosa) ; purchased. 



One of the types of a new Fish {Galaxias nigrothorax) from 

 Victoria ; presented by Dr. A. Dendy. 



Eleven specimens from the Kara Sea and BaflSins Bay ; 

 received in exchange from the Copenhagen Museum. 



Two huMred and fifty-seven specimens from California, 

 many of them types of new species described by Dr. and Mrs. 

 Eigenmann ; purchased. 



Fifty-seven specimens from St. Vincent, West Indies ; pre- 

 sented by F. D. Godman, Esq., f.r.s. 



Seventeen specimens from Dominica; presented by the 

 West India Exploration Committee. 



Fifty-two specimens from Porto Real, Province of Rio 

 Janeiro ; purchased. 



Eighty-seven specimens from the Province of Rio Grande do 

 Sul, mostly Siluroids, among which were the types of four 

 new species {Pimelodus cottoides, Otocinclus nigricauda, 

 Bunoceiihalus iheringii, and Trichortiycterus viinutus) ; pur- 

 chased. 



Mollusca. — To this class, including Tunicata, six thousand 

 two hundred and seventy-nine specimens were added. In 

 addition to those already mentioned, the following were the 

 most interesting : — 



Eighty-nine land and freshwater Shells from various 

 localities, including the original types of twenty-seven species 

 from the collection of Mr. A. E. Craven ; purchased. 



Eight hundred and forty-six land and freshwater Shells 

 from Northern Italy, named by Professor Carlo de Stefani ; 

 purchased. 



A fine specimen of Trochus argenteo-nitens from Japan ; 

 presented by G. B. Sowerby, Esq. 



Two hundred and ninety -five land Shells from China ; pre- 

 sented by Carl Bock, Esq. 



One hundred and thirty-six land Shells from South For- 

 mosa ; presented by A. Schmacker, Esq. 



Sixteen land Shells from Borneo, including types of ten new 

 species ; presented by A. Everett, Esq. 



Three hundred and eighty-five marine Shells from North 

 Borneo ; presented by J. Whitehead, Esq. 



A hundred and five land Shells from the Philippine Islands, 

 including several very remarkable forms of Ennea and 

 thirty other species new to the collection ; purchased. 



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