108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following are the most important reports or descriptive 

 papers which have been prepared by the Departmental Statf 

 in connection with various parts of the collection, especially 

 recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific 

 journals : — 



1. " On Mammals from Nyassaland " ; " On a second col- 

 lection of Mammals sent by Mr. H. H. Johnston from Nyassa- 

 land " ; " Descriptions of two new Kodents from the Victoria 

 Nyanza " ; " Description of a new Monkey of the genus 

 Semnopithecus " ; " On sorne Mammals from Central Peru " ; 

 "On a new Cephalophus from Mount Kilimanjaro " ; "Des- 

 cription of a new Porcupine {Bystrix galeata) from East 

 Africa " ; " Descriptions of nine new Bornean Mammals " ; 

 " Descriptions of eleven new Mexican and Central American 

 Rodents," by 0. Thomas. 



2. " Notes on the Rails of the Leyden Museum " ; by R. B. 

 Sharpe. "Notes on the changes of plumage of the Red Grouse," 

 by W. R. 0. Grant. 



3. " Second Report on a collection of Reptiles, Batrachians 

 and Fishes transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C.B., from 

 British Central Africa " ; " Descriptions of the Reptiles and 

 Fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika," 

 by Dr. A. Giinther. " Concluding Report on the Reptiles and 

 Batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea " ; " Descrip- 

 tions of new Reptiles and Batrachians obtained in Borneo by 

 Mr. A. Everett and Mr. C. Hose " ; " On a little-known 

 European Viper {Vipera ursinii)" ; "Description of a new 

 Blennioid Fish from Kamtchatka " ; " Note on the variations 

 of the three-spined Stickleback " ; " List of the Fishes 

 collected by Mr. Gates in the Shan States," by G. A. 

 Boulenger. 



4. " Descriptions of new species of Land-shells from 

 Borneo " ; " Note on the genera Geothauwia and Gyrostropha " ; 

 " Descriptions of new species of Helix, Rissoina, and 

 Actoeon" ; "Observations on the genus Sphenia, with 

 descriptions of new species " ; " Descriptions of six new 

 species of Land-shells from Annam " ; " Notes on son e species 

 of Land-shells from New Guinea"; "Description of a new 

 species of Acroptychia" ; "On the generic names to be 

 applied to the Nerita aurita and other allied species " ; 

 " Notes on Cyprwa greegori, Ford " ; " On a small collection of 

 Land-shells from Palawan and Balabac " ; "On a collection of 

 Land and Freshwater Shells from British Central Africa," by 

 E, A. Smith. 



5. " On some Points in the Morphology of the Arachnida, 

 with notes on the classification of the group " ; " Contribu- 

 tions to our knowledge of the Arthropod Fauna of the West 

 Indies. Part I.y Scorpiones and Pedipalpi ; with a supple- 

 mentary note on the Freshwater Decapoda of St. Vincent. 



Part II.. 



