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Specimens of a Lizard new to the collection (Artijihishoina 

 liberiensif;); obtained in Liberia by Dr. Biittikoff'er ; pur- 

 chased. 



Sixty specimens from the Niger, among which a Lizard 

 (Lygosoma guineense) and a Snake (Tropidonotus varie- 

 gatus) new to the collection, and the types of two new 

 Snakes (Simocephalus crossii and Naia goldii) ; presented 

 by Dr. W. H. Crosse. 



A Snake {Rhamphiophis togoensis) from Togoland, West 

 Africa, new to the collection ; received in exchange from the 

 Berlin Museum. 



Eleven specimens from the Transvaal, collected by Mr. W. 

 Ayres, including the types of two new Lizards {Pachydac- 

 tylus ajfiMis and Agartia innicroterolepis) ; purchased. 



Seventy-four specimens from Madagascar ; purchased. 



Nineteen specimens from Madagascar ; received from Dr. 

 Forsyth Major. 



A Tortoise, new to the collection (Chryseviys hiero- 

 glyphic'A) from North Carolina ; purchased. 



Twenty-seven specimens from California and Lower Cali- 

 fornia, mostly species new to the collection ; purchased. 



Eighty-seven specimens from Mexico and Central America ; 

 presented by F. D. Godman, Esq., f.r.s., and O. Salvin, Esq., 



F.R.S. 



Thirteen specimens from Montserrat and Antigua, West 

 Indies ; presented by Francis Watts, Esq. 



The type of a new Lizard (A^yieiva alboguttata) from 

 Mona, West Indies ; presented by Hr. W. WolterstorfF. 



One of the type specimens of Bothrops hicolor from Guate- 

 mala ; received in exchange from the Paris Museum. 



Fifteen specimens from Nicaragua, among which is a Snake 

 {Herp>etodryas vielas), new to the collection ; purchased. 



Nineteen .specimens collected in Costa Rica by Mr. Under- 

 wood ; among them are two Snakes new to the collection, 

 Tropidodipsas 2^sephota and Rhadincea pulveriventris ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty-seven Snakes from Para and the R. Ucayale, 

 among which are examples of three species new to the collec- 

 tion {TyplilopliAs squamosits, Atractus emmcli, Elapfi Piurin- 

 artiensis) ; presented by Dr. E. A. Goldi. 



Forty-seven specimens from Colombia, including the types 

 of two new Lizards {Anolis rosenhergii and A. notopholis), 

 and two new Snakes {Atractui^ hoettgeri and PJdlodryas 

 hol/'vianus) ; purchased. 



A new Lizard from Matto Grosso {Anolis holotropis), and 

 a new Snake from Paraguay {Helmlnthophis ternetzii) ; 

 purchased. 



Batrachians. — Six hundred and seventy specimens have 

 been added to the collection, three hundred and seventy-eight 

 by presentation, two hundred and sixty-eight by purchase, 

 twenty-four by exchange. 



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