126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Type specimens of Prostherapis variabilis, Hylodes huer- 

 geri and Hyla creolica, from the Andes of Colombia ; 

 received in exchange from the Gottingen Museum. 



Forty two specimens from Peru, with the types of three 

 new species (Paludicola si'nionsii, Bufo cophotis and Noto- 

 trema peruana) ; purchased. 



Pisces. — The additions number eleven hundred and forty- 

 four. Four hundred and eighty-two were received by 

 presentation, six hundred and fifty-seven by purchase, five 

 by exchange. The following are the most important : — 



A hybrid Bream {Ahramis buggenhagii) from near 

 London ; presented by T. Twyman, Esq. 



A specimen of Chivicera monstrosa from the Boston Market 

 (Lincolnshire) ; presented by Mr. J. M. Kime. 



Specimens of the Siil Smelt {Argentina silus) from the 

 Boston Market ; presented by W. H. Shrubsole, Esq. 



A Pipe-fish new to the Museum {Syngnathus hucculentus) 

 from the Caspian Sea ; presented by Dr. E. Lonnberg. 



Sixty-nine specimens from the Persian Gulf and the 

 Mekran Coast ; presented by F. W. Townsend, Esq. 



A new Sea-horse {Hippocamp'ws jayakari) from Muscat ; 

 presented by Surgeon Lieut.-Col. A. S. G. Jayakar. 



Three deep-sea fishes new to the Museum (Pterois ma- 

 crurus, Ateleopus indicus and Chasconopsetta luguhris) 

 from the Indian Seas ; presented by the Trustees of the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



A fine specimen, with young, of a viviparous Fish from 

 Japan, Ditrevia temminckii ; presented by W. B. Teget- 

 meier, Esq. 



Two young specimens of a gigantic Sea Perch, Stereolepis 

 gigas, from Japan ; presented by Dr. K. Kishinouye. 



A deep-sea Fish from Japan, new to the collection, Nem- 

 ichthys avocetta ; purchased. 



Fourteen specimens from the Nile and White Nile; pre- 

 sented by Capt. S. S. Flower. 



A Cat-Fish, new to the Museum (Synodontis frontosus), 

 from the Omo River ; presented by Dr. Donaldson Smith. 



A series of the Fishes of the Senegal (three hundred and 

 eleven selected specimens, among which are representations 

 of several species previously unrepresented in the Museum), 

 from the expedition undertaken by the late M. P. Delhez ; 

 purchased. 



A very young specimen of Polypterus senegalus, from 

 Gambia ; presented by Capt. Vipan. 



Twelve specimens from the Upper Niger, including the 

 type of a new Mormyr {Onathonemus abadii) ; presented 

 by Capt. G. F. Abadie. 



