124 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The types of Barbus salessii and Barilius steindachneri 

 from French Guinea ; received from the Paris Museum. 



Sixteen Fishes from Liberia and Ascension, including 

 examples of a Blenny {Scdarias textilis)inew to the collection ; 

 presented by Dr. A. McCloy. 



Sixty-live Fishes from Gaboon, including specimens of 

 Mastacemhelus niger, new to the collection ; collected by 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge ; purchased. 



One of the types of Bistichodus petersii from the Kingani 

 River ; received from the Berlin Museum. 



Twenty-two Fishes from the Transvaal ; presented by 

 Lieutenant S. Pershouse. 



Thirty-three Fishes, including the types of a new species 

 (Barbus lobochilus) from Natal ; from the collection of the 

 Army Medical College. 



Sixteen Fishes from South Africa ; presented by Dr. J. D. F. 

 Gilchrist. 



Thirteen Fishes from the Cape of Good Hope ; purchased. 



Thirty fresh-water Fishes from Africa, including the types 

 of three new species (Eleotris pleui'ops, Fundulus arnoldi, 

 and Haplochilus liberiensis) ; presented by Herr J. Paul 

 Arnold. 



America. 



A stuffed Tarpon {Megalops thrissoides) from Tampico ; 

 presented by A. L. Allen, Esq. 



Thirty-two Fishes from Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. 

 including the types of a new species {Gichlosoma laurae) and 

 examples of three others {Enneanectes carminalis, Glinus 

 bimacuJatus, and Eleotris abacurus) new to the collection ; 

 collected by Dr. P. R. Lowe ; presented by Laura, Countess of 

 Wilton. 



Eight Fishes from the West Indies, including specimens of 

 two Sting-Rays {Trygon centrums and T. hastatus) new to 

 the collection ; purchased. 



A Blenny (Tripterygium kalisherae), new to the collection, 

 from the Tortugas islands ; presented by Dr. J. C. Thompson. 



Twenty Fishes from South America, including the types of 

 three new species {Poecilia heteristia, Otocinclus arnoldi, 

 and Gichlosoma biocellatum) ; presented by Herr J. Paul 

 Arnold. 



Sixteen Fishes from Colombia., including the types of two 

 new species (Arges heterodon and A. retropinna), collected by 

 Mr. G. Palmer ; purchased. 



One of the types of Tetragonopterus longipinnis from 

 Dutch Guiana ; received from the Leyden Museum. 



Examples of Pseudochalceus perstriatus, new to the col- 

 lection, from Brazil ; purchased. 



