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Twenty-one specimens from British East Africa, including 

 the type of a new Lizard (Lygosoma clathrotis) ; presented 

 by Lord Delamere. 



Ten specimens from British East Africa ; presented by 

 C. Steuart Betton, Esq. 



Three rare Chameleons from German East Africa {Clta- 

 onwleon gcetzii, G. spinosus and Rliaiwpkoleon hrevicauda- 

 tus) : in exchange from the Berlin Museum. 



Thirty-two specimens from the French Congo, including 

 the type of a new Lizard {Mabuia hatesii) ; purchased. 



A new Blind Snake (Typhlojjs willeyi) from Lifu, Loyalty 

 Islands ; presented by Dr. A. Willey. 



A Lizai'd {Uma rufoyunetata) and a Snake (Contia occi- 

 pitalis), new to the Museum ; from Uma, Arizona ; pur- 

 chased. 



A Lizard (Cachryx defensor), new to the Museum, from 

 Yucatan ; presented by the Christiania Museum. 



A new Lizard {Biploglossus bakevi) from Jamaica ; pre- 

 sented by Montagu Brown, Esq. 



Fine specimens of the large Tortoises, Testudo Gphippiu']n 

 and T. vicina, from the Galapagos Islands ; purchased. 



One hundred specimens from various parts of Peru and 

 Bolivia, comprising examples of several species new to the 

 Collection and of eleven previously undescribed {Tropidurus 

 thomasi, Stenocercus melanoleucus, chrysopygus, and varia- 

 bilis, Liolcumus annectens, Liocepkalus scapularis and 

 rhodogaster, Euspondylus simonsii, Proctop)orus ventri- 

 maculatus, and Philodryas simonsii) ; purchased. 



Batrachia. — Of the two hundred and thirty-seven addi- 

 tions in this class, ninety were received by presentation, one 

 hundred and forty-two by purchase, and five by exchange. 

 The following deserve notice : — 



Eighteen specimens from the Balearic Islands ; presented 

 by Oldfield Thomas and R. J. Pocock, Esqrs. 



Thirty-one specimens from the Larut hills, Perak ; pre- 

 sented by A. L. Butler, Esq. 



One of the types of a new Tree-frog {Hyla eucnemis) 

 from German New Guinea ; presented by Dr. E. Lonnberg. 



Four specimens from British East Africa ; presented by 

 C. Steuart Betton, Esq. 



Eighty-five specimens from the French Congo, including 

 types of ten new species and five new genera {Scotohleps 

 gabonicus, Trichobatrachus robustus, Dilobates platycep)ha- 

 lits, GampsosUonyx batesii and Cardioglossa gracilis) ; 

 purchased. 



Three North American Frogs new to the Museum {Hyla, 

 gracilipes, H. arenicolor and Scaphiopus multiplicatus) ; 

 purchased. 



