124 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Reptilia. — The additions number four hundred and fifty- 

 seven, of which two hundred and thirty-three were received 

 by presentation, two hundred and nineteen by purchase, and 

 five by exchange. The following are the most important : — ■ 



Twelve specimens from the Balearic Is. and Catalonia : 

 presented by Oldfield Thomas and R. I. Pocock, Esqrs, 



Thirty-eight vipers from various parts of the Austrian 

 Empire, showing remarkable variations in scaling and in 

 coloration ; purchased. 



Two specimens of a Snake from Baluchistan {Contia 

 angusticeps) previously unrepresented in the Museum ; pre- 

 sented by Capt. A. H. McMahon. 



Eighteen specimens from Sind and the Mekran Coast ; 

 presented by F. W. Townsend, Esq. 



Nineteen specimens from Mogok, Burma, including the 

 type of a new Snake (Ablahes hamptoni) ; presented by H. 

 Hampton, Esq. 



The types of four new Reptiles from Perak (Lygosoma 

 larutense, HydropJiis rhomhifer, Distira wrayi, Anihly- 

 ce'plialus vertebralis), and the skeleton of a rare Tortoise 

 {Testudo emys) from the Larut hills, Perak ; presented by 

 L. Wray, jun., Esq. 



Thirty-two specimens from the Larut hills, Perak, in- 

 cluding types of two new Lizards (Draco formosus and 

 Lygosoma stellatum) and a new snake (Lycodon butleri) ; 

 presented by A. L. Butler, Esq. 



Eighteen specimens from Sarawak ; presented by Dr. C. 

 Hose. 



A very large stuffed specimen of a rare Tortoise from Borneo 

 (Brookia haileyi) ; purchased. 



A skeleton of the Bornean Ghavial (Tomistoma schlegelii) ; 

 purchased. 



Twenty specimens from Damma and Aru Islands ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty-eight specimens from Egypt and the White Nile ; 

 presented by Capt. S. S. Flower. 



Eight specimens from the Northern Etbai, including a 

 Viper new to Egypt (EcJiis coloratus) ; presented by D. 

 Mac Alister, Esq. 



An example of a rare Egyptian Lizard (Uromastix acan- 

 thinurus) from Wady Haifa ; presented by Lieut. W. E. 

 Longfield, R.E. 



Eighteen specimens collection by Dr. Donaldson Smith, in 

 Somaliland, among them being the types of two new Lizards 

 {Hemidactylus Iwvis and H. harodanus) ; presented by 

 H.H. the Gaikwar of Baroda, 



