-128 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Seventeen specimens from Siam, including the type of a 

 new Frog, Rana mortenseni ; presented by Dr. T. Mor- 

 tensen. 



One hundred and five specimens from Tonkin, including 

 the types of three new Frogs, Rana nasica, Rliacophorus 

 corticalis, and Ophryophryne microstoma ; purchased. 



The type of a new Dyscophid frog, Golpoglossus hrooksii, 

 from Sarawak ; presented by C. J. Brooks, Esq. 



Twenty-one specimens from Japan; purchased. 



Thirty-four specimens from the Gaboon, including the 

 type of a new Tree Frog, Megalixalus immaculatus ; 

 presented by the Madrid Museum. 



Forty-three specimens from Cameroon, collected by 

 Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. 



Twenty-four specimens from the Gold Coast, including 

 examples of a species new to the collection, Avthroleptis 

 calcaratus, collected by the late Mr. R. B. N. Walker ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. A. Gtinther, f.r.s. 



Thirty-two specimens from Declfontein, including the 

 types of a new Toad, Bufo granti, collected by Messrs. E. C. 

 Seimund and C. Grant ; presented by Col. Sloggett. 



One hundred and twelve specimens from Mexico, in- 

 cluding the types of two new species, Hylodes heata^, and 

 Eupemphix gadovii, collected by Dr. Gadow ; purchased. 



Fifty-eight specimens from the Andes of Venezuela, in- 

 cluding the types of three new species, Phyllohates alho- 

 guttatus, Hylodes hriceni, and Atelopus oxyrhynchus, 

 collected by Sr. Briceiio ; purchased. 



Twenty-nine specimens from Matto Grosso, collected by 

 Mr. A. Eobert ; presented by Mrs. Percy Sladen^ 



Fourteen specimens from Southern Peru, including the 

 types of three new species, Atelop)Us erythropus, Hylodes 

 platydactylus, and Bufo fissipes, collected by Mr. Ockenden ; 

 purchased. 



Pisces : — The additions number one thousand seven 

 hundred and forty-four, of which the following are the most 

 important : — 



Seventy-five examples of British Gobies ; presented by 

 E. W. L. Holt and J. W. Byrne, Esqs. 



Ten examples of a Goby, Gohius capito, new to the British 

 Fauna, from near Falmouth ; presented by F. 0. Pickard 

 Cambridge, Esq. 



Two monstrous varieties of the Gold Fish, Garassius 

 auratus, bred in England ; presented by Captain Vipan. 



Eight Fishes, Gohius friesii, G. scorpioides and Lirus 

 perciforonis from the Irish coast ; presented by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for Ireland. 



