DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. i29 



One hundred and nine fresh-water Fishes from Trinidad, 

 including the types of three new species (Tetragonopterus 

 guppyi, Auchenipterus guppyi, and A. pasece) ; collected 

 and presented by L. Guppy, Esq., jun. 



Forty-seven Fishes from Venezuela and the West Indies ; 

 presented by Laura, Countess of Wilton. 



Thirty-seven Fishes from Argentina, collected by Herr 

 Steinbach, including the types of two new species {Loricaria 

 steinhachi and Jenynsla tnaculata) ; purchased. 



Twenty-two Fishes from the King River, Western 

 Australia, including the types of a new species {Nanna- 

 therina balstoni), collected by Mr. G. C. Shortridge ; 

 presented by W. E. Balston, Esq. 



Eighty-nine Fishes from the National Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion of the " Discovery," including the types of four new 

 species {Notothenia //odgsoni, N. scotti, Champsocephalus 

 tnacropterus, and Bathydraco macrolepis). 



Seven Fishes from the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 

 including examples of Champsocephalus gunnsri and 

 Notothenia brevipes, new to the collection ; presented by 

 Dr. E. Lonnberg. 



Thirty-six stuffed Fishes from various localities ; presented 

 by the Hon. W. Rothschild. 



Mollusca. — The most important acquisition during the 

 year was the collection of land and fresh-water shells (chiefly 

 Indian), bequeathed by the late Dr. W. T. Blanford, C.I.E., 

 F.R-S. The actual number of specimens to be retained has 

 not yet been ascertained, but it is estimated at about 2,000. 

 The collection contains the types of a considerable number 

 of species described by Dr. Blanford many years ago, and 

 numerous other species which were to have been published in 

 the " Fauna of India," a work upon which he was engaged 

 at the time of his death. 



Among the other additions, numbering two thousand four 

 hundred and thirty-six specimens, the following are the most 

 important series :— 



Three hundred and forty-eight marine shells mostly from 

 Singapore, collected by the late Surgeon-Colonel S. Archer ; 

 presented by Miss Archer. 



One hundred and sixty-five deep-sea Mollusca, dredged by 

 the R.I. M.S. *' Investigator " in the Bay of Bengal and the 

 Arabian Sea, including the co-types of many species recently 

 described ; presented by the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Fifty-six marine shells from the Gulf of Oman, the Persian 

 Gulf, and Ceylon, including the tj^pes of eight species of 

 C y do str ema a.nd the type of Nassa tindalli ; presented by 

 J. C. Melvill, Esq. 



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

 shells from South Africa, Hong Kong, and other localities, 

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