128 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Reptilia — continued. 



Nine Snakes from French Guinea; presented by Dr. EL 

 Gendre. 



Six Snakes from the Gold Coast ; presented by F. W. H- 

 Miqeod, Esq. 



Forty-four Reptiles from South Cameroon, from th& 

 Collection of Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. 



Ten Reptiles obtained by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola ; 

 purchased. 



Sixteen Lizards from Rhodesia ; presented by the Rhodesia 

 Museum, Bulawayo. 



Twenty -four Reptiles from the Transvaal ; purchased. 



Nine Reptiles from Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony ; presented 

 by F. W. FitzSimons, Esq. 



America. 



A rare Tortoise (Staurotypus triporcatus) from British 

 Honduras ; presented by the Zoological Society of London. 



A rare Snake (Phrynonax eutropis) from Trinidad; 

 presented by R. R. Mole, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Reptiles from the Andes of Colombia ; 

 presented by Sir Bryan Leighton, Bart. 



Seventeen Reptiles from S.W. Colombia, including a Lizard 

 (Scolecosaurus pallidiceps) new to the collection, and types of 

 five new Lizards (Anolis euloemus, A. antonii, Prionodactylus 

 palmeri, Euspondylus stereolepis, Oreosaurus Icevis) and a 

 new Snake {Geophis nigroalhus), from the collection of 

 Mr. M. G. Palmer; purchased. 



Six Snakes from Brazil ; presented by Dr. Vital Brazil. 



Sixteen Reptiles from Buenos Ayres ; presented by 

 E. Gibson, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Reptiles from Chili ; presented by the late 

 Ewen Kennedy, Esq. 



Australasia. 



Seventeen Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea, including a 

 Tortoise {E my dura novcB-gninecB) and a Lizard {Gonyocephalus 

 auritus) new to the collection, from Mr. A. E. Pratt's collection ; 

 purchased. 



Sixteen Reptiles from Charlotte Waters, Central Australia : 

 purchased. 



Batrachia. 



Of the three hundred and twenty-eight additions, one 

 hundred and fifty were acquired by presentation, one hundred 

 and fifty-nine by purchase and nineteen by exchange. The 

 principal are : — 



Europe. 



A remarkably large specimen of the Common Newt (Molge 

 vulgaris) from Belgium ; presented by G. A. Boulenger, Esq.,, 



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