134 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Four American Salmon and Trout (Salmo ouananiche, 

 S. gairdneri and S. irideus), bred in Wales ; presented by 

 the Kt. Hon. Lord Denbigh. 



Eight hundred and seventy-two specimens from Mexico, 

 collected and described by Dr. S. E. Meek, including examples 

 of several species new to the collection ; received in exchange 

 from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. 



Type specimens of four Cichlid Fishes (Cichlosoma 

 Tostratum,, C. centrarchus, G. halteatum and C. basilare), 

 described by Dr. Gill, from Lake Nicaragua ; received in 

 exchange from the Smithsonian Institution. 



Thirty-one specimens froKi Jamaica, collected by C. A. 

 Wray, Esq. 



Types of Percichthys altispinis, from Buenos Ayres, and 

 Scicena bedsti from Cuba ; received in exchange from the 

 Geneva Museum. 



Twenty-six specimens from British Guiana, including the 

 types of a new Loricariid (Ancistrus hovallii) ; presented by 

 Dr. C. Bovallius. 



Thirteen specimens from Brazil, including the types of 

 four new species of Plecostomus described by Mr. R. von 

 Ihering ; received in exchange from the San Paulo Museum. 



One of the type specimens of Galaxias a^nnus Jenyns, 

 from Tierra del Feugo ; received from the Zoological Museum 

 of Cambridge University. 



MoUusca. — Two thousand six hundred and twenty-eight 

 specimens were acquired during the year. The following are 

 the most important series : — 



Altogether one hundred and thirty-two types of species 

 from various localities were obtained by purchase, and 

 fifty-four by presentation. 



Eighty land, fresh-water and marine shells from South 

 Africa, &c., including the types of twenty-seven species ; 

 presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



Seventeen specimens of Indian Mollusca, including the 

 types of fourteen species ; presented by the late Dr. W. T. 

 Blanford, c.i.E. 



Seventy-four land shells belonging to recently described 

 species from Japan ; purchased. 



One hundred and eighty-six marine Mollusca from 

 antarctic localities and three hundred and fifty-one from 

 the Auckland Islands, obtained by the ''Discovery" Expe- 

 dition. Several new and interesting forms were included in 

 these collections. 



One hundred and forty-six marine shells from Cape Verd 

 Island, including several new species and others new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



Fifty-six specimens, mostly marine, from Tierra del Fnego, 

 including six new species ; collected and presented by Capt. 

 Hichard Crawshay. 



