116 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(Platystoma juruense, Oxydorus trimaculatus, 0. trachy- 

 paria, 0. hachi, 0. elongatus, Chcetostomus hachi, Acestra 

 gladius, Cetengraulis juruensis, Sternarchus tamandua) ; 

 purchased. 



Forty specimens from Jamaica, among which are two new 

 Skates {Ehinohatus stellio and Ceratohatis rohertsii) ; 

 purchased. 



Examples of a rare Fish {Brontes prenadilla) from the 

 Andes of Ecuador ; received in exchange from the Paris 

 Museum. 



One hundred and five specimens from Bolivia and Argen- 

 tina, from the collection of Dr. Borelli, among which are 

 examples of several species new to the collection, and types of 

 two new species (Plecostouius horellii and Trichomycteriis 

 horellii) ; received in exchange from the Turin Museum. 



Mollusca. — Three thousand four hundred and ninety-tv/o 

 specimens were acquired during the year. The following are 

 the most important additions : — 



One hundred and fifty-two marine, land, and fresh-water 

 shells from the West Indies, New Zealand, South Africa, and 

 other localities ; presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



One hundred and forty-three marine shells from Lifu, 

 including many species new to the collection ; presented by 

 the Committee of the Manchester Museum. 

 ; Twenty marine shells from Lifu ; described and presented 

 by M. Le Pere Hervier. 



Two hundred and eighty-nine land and freshwater Mollusca 

 from Savu, Lombock, Flores, and Sumba Islands, including 

 many very fine interesting new species ; purchased. 



Twenty land, freshwater, and marine shells from New 

 Zealand, Karachi, etc., including the types of Plecotrema 

 sykesi ; presented by E. K. Sykes, Esq. 



Three hundred and two land shells from the Philippine 

 Islands, including more than a hundred species new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



One hundred and twenty marine shells, many of them in 

 very fine condition, from the Persian Gulf ; presented by 

 B. T. Ffinch, Esq. 



One hundred and eighty-six land and freshwater shells 

 from the island of Socotra, including several new species ; 

 presented by Mrs. Theodore Bent. 



One hundred and thirty land, freshwater, and marine shells 

 : from New Guinea, Mekran coast, and Persian Gulf, including 

 many new species ; purchased. 



Seventy-six land shells representing the fauna of Rotuma 

 Island ; presented by J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq. 



One hundred and forty-two land shells from China and the 

 Philippine Islands, including many species new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



