120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Seventy-nine specimens from the Benito River District, 

 French Congo, collected by Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. 



Forty-nine specimens from the Congo Free State, including 

 types of three new Frogs {Raijpia rhodoscelis, undulata and 

 oxyrhynchus) ; presented by the Secretary of State, Congo 

 Free State. 



Twelve specimens from the Albert Edward Range, New 

 Guinea; purchased. 



Fifty-four specimens from Tasmania ; presented by T. M. 

 English, Esq. 



One hundred and seventy-five specimens from Mexico and 

 Central America, including the types of several new species 

 described in the " Biologia Centrali-Americana " ; presented 

 by F. D. Goclman, Esq., d.c.l., f.r.s. 



One of the types of a new Frog {Hyla hocourti),ivom. Vera, 

 Paz ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther, f.r.s. 



Fifty-five specimens collected by Mons. Robert in Brazil, 

 among them a Frog new to the collection, Hyla 2'^unctillata ; 

 purchased. 



Fifty-seven specimens from N.W. Ecuador, including a 

 Salamander (Spelerpes parvipes), new to the collection, and 

 the types of two new Frogs {Hylodes subsigillatus, and 

 Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus) , and a new CEecilia {Gcecilia 

 nigricans); purchased. 



Twenty-one specimens collected by Mr. P. 0. Simons in 

 Peru and Bolivia ; purchased. 



Pisces. — The additions number one thousand two hundred 

 and sixty-five, of which the following are the most im- 

 portant : — 



Examples of remarkable varieties of the Gold-fish ( Car assitfs 

 auratus), bred in this country ; presented by Capt. Yipan. 



A Skate from Norway, Raia nidarosiensis, new to the 

 collection; presented by Prof. Jungersen. 



Examples of the Trout of Sardinia, Salmo macrostigma ; 

 presented by Commander H. G. G. Sandeman, r.n. 



Twenty-eight specimens from Corea ; presented by Miss 

 Scarlett. 



Types of four new Fishes from Ningpo, Crossochilus styani, 

 Oohio mi')nr)iifer , Opsariichthys acanthogenys, and Homalop- 

 tera stenosoma ; presented by F. W. Styan, Esq. 



Ninety-seven specimens from the Persian Gulf, the Mekran 

 Coast, and Sind, including the types of a new Deep-sea genus 

 and species, Parascolopsis townsendi ; presented by F. W. 

 Townscnd, Esq. 



Three hundred and ten specimens from the Maldives, 

 including the types of three new species, Chanos gardineri, 

 Anthias oooperi and Gerres maldivensis ; presented by 

 J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq. 



