114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following additions deserve special notice : — 



Twenty-two specimens from Aden ; presented by Colonel 

 Yerbury. 



Nine specimens from Benares ; presented by Lieutenant 

 S. S. Flower. 



Fifty-six specimens from Travancore ; presented by H. S. 

 Ferguson, Esq. 



Six specimens from Penang ; presented by Lieutenant 

 S. S. Flower. 



Five specimens from Singapore ; presented by H. N. 

 Kidley, Esq. 



Forty specimens from the Natuna Islands, collected by 

 Messrs. Hose and Everett, among which is a Frog (Rana 

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

 species {Diplopelma natunoi and Lcptohrachium natunce) ; 

 purchased, 



Twenty-nine specimens from Sarawak, among which are 

 the types of four new species {Rhacophorus hosii, R.fasciatus, 

 R. nigro])ahnatus, Nectophryne ^nacrotis), collected by C. 

 E. Hose, Esq. ; purchased. 



Thirteen specimens from British North Borneo ; presented 

 by Douglas Cator, Esq. 



Fifty-five specimens collected by Mr. Everett in Borneo 

 and the Philippine Islands ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from Luzon ; presented by the Sub- 

 scribers to the Whitehead Exploration Fund. 



Twelve specimens from Halmaheira and Batjan, collected 

 by Professor Kiikenthal, among which is one of the types of 

 a new Frog (Hyla ruep^pellii) ; received in exchange from the 

 Senckenberg Museum. 



Eleven specimens from Fergusson Island, British New 

 Guinea, collected by Mr. Meek ; purchased. 



The type of a new Frog {Ghiroleptes dahlii) from the 

 Daly Eiver, North Australia ; received in exchange from the 

 Christiania Museum. 



Eight specimens from Western Australia ; purchased. 



Twenty specimens from Somaliland ; presented by E. Lort 

 Phillips, Esq. 



The types of two new Frogs {Arthrolei^tis minutus and 

 Bufo dodsonii) from West Somaliland ; presented by Dr. 

 Donaldson Smith. 



Five specimens obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith on his 

 Expedition to Lake Rudolf ; purchased. 



The type of a new Csecilian {Bdellop>hi8 vittatusr.) from 

 XJsambara ; presented by Dr. F. Werner. 



Two rare Csecilians from XJsambara ; obtained in exchange 

 from the Berlin Museum. 



Eight specimens from Central Africa ; presented by G. F. 

 Scott Elliot, Esq, 



Eight specimens from the Niger ; presented by Dr. W. H. 

 Crosse. 



Fourteen 



