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Sixteen specimens from Texas, Florida, and Mexico, in- 

 cluding examples of two tortoises new to the collection, 

 Cinosternum henrici and C. sonoriense ; purchased. 



A Lizard new to the collection, Diploglossus sagrce, from 

 Cuba ; presented by W. Schaus, Esq. 



Two hundred and nineteen specimens from Mexico, includ- 

 ing examples of four species new to the collection, Gerrhonotus 

 dipjni, G. autoges, Anelytropsis papillosus and Rhadinwa 

 clavata, collected by Dr. Gadow ; purchased. 



Forty-nine specimens from the Andes of Venezuela, in- 

 cluding the types of four new species, Anolis jacaro, Atr actus 

 erythromelas, Euspondylus brevifrontalis, and Anadia 

 hitceniata, collected by Sr. Briceno ; purchased. 



Twenty-nine specimens from Matto-Grosso, including the 

 type of a new Lizard, Norops sladenice, and a snake new to 

 the collection, Apostolepis assimilis, collected by Mr. A. 

 Eobert ; presented by Mrs. Percy Sladen. 



Eleven specimens from the province Mendoza, including a 

 Lizard new to the collection, Urostrophus scapulatus ; pre- 

 sented by G. Boag, Esq. 



One of the types of Philodryas erlandi from the Bolivian 

 Chaco ; presented by Dr. E, Lonnberg. 



Two large Lizards, Avihlyrhynchus cristatiis, from the 

 Galapagos Islands ; presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild, 



D.SC, M.P. 



Thirty-seven specimens from Queensland, collected by 

 Mr. Bellenden Ker ; presented by H. C. Eobinson, Esq. 



Twenty-one specimens from Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, 

 collected by Mr. C. L. Perkins ; presented by the joint com- 

 mittee of the Royal Society and of the British Association for 

 the investigation of the fauna of the Sandwich Islands. 



Twenty -two stuffed specimens from various localities; 

 presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild, D.sc, m.p. 



Batrachia. — The additions number six hundred and 

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

 Thirteen specimens, from Roumania ; purchased. 



Nine specimens from Persia ; presented by H. F. Witherby, 

 Esq. 



Forty-eight specimens from Travancore, including the 

 type of a new Frog, Rana aurantiaca ; presented by H. S. 

 Ferguson, Esq. 



The types of two new species from Ceylon, Rhacophorus 

 pleurotcema and Ixalus halyi ; presented by Mr. Haly. 



Thirty-seven specimens from the Malay Peninsula, in- 

 cluding the types of two new species, Rhacophorus rohinsonii 

 and Ixalus horridus ; presented by Messrs. N. Annandale 

 and H. C. Robinson. 



