112 ACCOUNTS, -^"SC, OF TiiE BRITlSlt MUSEUM. 



Fourteen specimens from Halmaheira, collected by Dr. 

 Kiikenthal, including types of three nev\' Lizards (Lygosoma 

 Imekenthali, L. sorex, and L. brevipes) ; obtained in exchange 

 from the Senckenberg Museum. 



Sixty-nine specimens from Fergusson Island, British 

 New Guinea, collected by Mr. A S. Meek, among which are 

 types of five new species {Lygosoma iniotis, L. tetratoenia, 

 Stegonotus guentheri, S. reticulatus, and Bendrephis "tneeki) ; 

 purchased. 



Fifty-one specimens from the Trobriand Islands, British 

 New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek, among which 

 are types of a new Snake {Dendrelaphis papuensis) ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty-one specimens from North Australia, collected by 

 Dr. Dahl, including the type of a new Snake {Typidops^ 

 nigricaiida) ; received in exchange from the Zoological 

 Museum, Christiania. 



Ten specimens from West Australia, collected by Mr. E. H. 

 Saunders ; purchased. 



Thirty-nine specimens from Somaliland, including a Lizard 

 new to the collection {Holodacfylus africanus), and the 

 types of two new Lizards {Pristwvus phillipsii and Agama 

 phillipsii) ; presented by E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



Five specimens from Somaliland ; presented by Captain 

 C. G. Nurse. 



Type specimens of two Lizards {Agama rueppellii and 

 A. hatillifera) and a Snake {Brachyophis revoili) from 

 Somaliland ; received in exchange from the Paris Museum. 



The type of a new Lizard {Hanidactylus jiibensis), and a 

 Snake new to the collection {Psamraophis punctulatua), 

 obtained in Somaliland and Gallaland by Captain Bottego ; 

 presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



The types of seven new Reptiles from Somaliland and 

 Gallaland ; presented by Dr. Donaldson Smith. 



Twenty-five specimens obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith 

 on his Expedition to Lake Rudolf ; purchased. 



Four rare Lizards from German East Africa ; presented by 

 Hr. Oscar Neumann. 



Two Chameleons new to the collection {Ckanioileon 

 jificheri and Ch. spinosiis), and the type of a new Snake 

 {Atheris ceratophorus) from Usambara ; purchased. 



Types of a new Lizard {Gonatodes africanus), and two 

 new Snakes {Oligolepis niacrops and Aparallactus werneri) 

 from Usambara ; presented by Dr. F. Werner. 



Twenty-nine specimens from Central Africa, including 

 types of two new Lizards {Chamcvsaura tenuior and Channa'- 

 leon ellioti) ; presented by G, F. Scott Elliot, Esq. 



Fifteen specimens from British Central Africa ; presented 

 by Sir H. H. Johnston, k.c.b. 



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