ISO ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



One hundred and six specimens from the Andes of Bolivia, 

 collectecf by the late Mr. P. 0. Simons, including the types of 

 several new species ; purchased. 



Eleven specimens from Brazil ; purchased. 



Thirty-three specimens from Province Cordova, Argentina, 

 collected by the late Mr. P. O. Simons, including the types of 

 two new Snakes {Glauconia unguirostris and Flaps 

 simonsii), and of a new Lizard {GyminopJithoX'musruhricadda); 

 purchased. 



Twenty-three specimens from E. Peru, collected by Mr. 

 Ockenden, including the types of a new Snake (Hoinalo- 

 cranium onarcapatae), and of two new Lizards (Oreosaurus 

 ocellifer and LiolcGmus tropidonotus) ; purchased. 



Examples of the large Lizards of the Galapagos Is. (Cono- 

 lophus suhcristatus and Amblyrhynchus cristatus) ; 

 presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, m.p. 



Batrachia. — The additions number six hundred and eighty- 

 one, of which the following are the most important: — 



Six Larvse of the Bull Frog {Rana cateshiana), from 

 Canada, bred in England ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther, f.r.s. 



One hundred and twenty-five specimens from Abyssinia 

 and Somaliland, collected by Mr. E. Degen. 



Six specimens from Rhodesia, including the types of a new 

 Frog (Rana darlingi) ; presented by J. fFolliott Darling, 

 Esq. 



A very large Tadpole of a Frog {Rana fuscigula), from the 

 Transvaal ; presented by Lt.-Col. W. A. Young. 



Twenty-three specimens from the Orange River Colony ; 

 presented by Capt. Barrett-Hamilton. 



Sixteen specimens from the Rocky Mountains of British 

 Columbia ; presented by Edward Whymper, Esq. 



Seventy-eight specimens from Costa Rica, including the 

 types of several new species described in the " Biologia 

 Centrali- Americana '' ; presented by F. D. Godman;, Esq., 



D.C.L., F.R.S. 



The type of a new Coecilian (Concilia thompsoni) from 

 Colombia; purchased. 



Sixty-one specimens from the Andes of Bolivia, collected 

 by the late Mr. P. O. Simons'; including the type of a new 

 Tree Frog {Hyla callip)leiira) ; purchased. 



Nineteen specimens from N.W. Ecuador, including the 

 type of a new Tree Frog (Agalychnis calcarifer) ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from the Province Cordova, Argentina, 

 collected by the late Mr. P. O. Simons; purchased. 



Forty-three specimens from E. Peru, collected by Mr. 

 Ockenden, including the types of two new Toads {Atelopus 



