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Eleven specimens from Peru ; presented by M. Eugene 

 Robuchon. 



Sixteen specimens from Peru, collected by Mr. Ockenden ; 

 purchased. 



Batrachia. — The accessions number four hundred and 

 six, two hundred and fifty-six by presentation, one hundred 

 and forty-one by purchase, and nine received in exchange. 



The most important are : — 



Nine specimens from Sierra Leone, including the types of 

 a new Frog {Petropfidetes natator); presented by Major F. 

 Smith, R.A.M.c. 



Fifteen specimens from Angola, including the type of a 

 new Frog {Rana ansorgii), collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge ; 

 purchased. 



Sixty-four specimens from South Africa, collected by 

 C. Grant ; presented by C D. Rudd, Esq. 



Thirty-two specimens from Yunnan, including the types 

 of a new Toad (Bomhinator maxvmus) and a new Newt 

 (Molge ivolterstorffi), collected by Mr. J. Graham; purchased. 



Thirty-one specimens from Ceylon ; presented by E. E. 

 Green, Esq. 



Seven specimens from Selangor, including the types of a 

 new Frog (Jtxalus castanomerus) ; received in exchange from 

 the Selangor Museum. 



Nineteen specimens from Japan, collected by Mr. M. P. 

 Anderson ; presented by His Grace the Duke of Bedford. 



The type of a new Tree-Frog {Hyla graminea) from 

 British New Guinea ; purchased. 



Twenty-seven specimens from British Guiana ; presented 

 by Dr. C. Bovallius. 



Thirty-five specimens from the Andes of Venezeula, 

 collected by Sr. Briceiio ; purchased. 



Pisces. — The accessions number three thousand one 

 hundred and eighty-two, seven hundred and forty-nine b}' 

 presentation, one thousand three hundred and sixty-six by 

 purchase, and one thousand and sixty-seven received in 

 exchange. The most important are : — 



Eighteen prepared skulls of Malacopterygian Fishes ; 

 presented by Dr. W. G. Kidewood. 



A large Sea-Perch {Epincphelus cernioides) from Corn- 

 wall, new to the collection and to the British Fauna ; 

 presented by Harrod's Stores, Ltd. 



A Vendace from Derwentwater, the type of a new British 

 species {Coregonus gracilior), received in exchange from the 

 Keswick Museum. 



A large Schelly {Coregonus clupeoides) from Haweswater ; 

 presented by the Earl of Lonsdale. 



A very large Gwyniad {Coregonus clupeoides) from Bala 

 Lake ; presented by W. Owen, Esq. 



Two Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) from Loch Lomond ; 

 presented by W. L. Calderwood, Esq^. 



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