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Mollusc A. — Five thousand four hundred and fifty-one 

 :.specimens have been added to the collection, of which the 

 following are the most important : — 



One thousand seven hundred marine shells from Port 

 Alfred, Cape Colony, including examples of many new 

 "species and others new to the collection ; an important addi- 

 tion to the Musuem series from S. Africa, collected and 

 ^presented by Lt.-Col. W. H. Turton, e.e. 



One thousand one hundred and thirty-five land shells 

 from the Azoiei-*, including fine series of most of the species 

 occurring on those islands, collected by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie 

 Oi'smt * presented by the Hon. V/. liothschikl, D.sc, m.p. 



Thirty-six land shells from Cyprus; presented by Miss D. 

 M. A. Bate. 



Seventy-five land shells from Madagascar, including 

 examples of several new species, collected by the late Mr. 

 Sikora ; purchased. 



Eighty-nine land shells from South Africa, including tlic 

 types of sixty-six species described by Messrs. Melvill and 

 Ponsonby in recent years, and eighty marine shells from 

 S. Africa, including a few types of species described by Mr. 

 E. A. Smith ; presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



Six specimens of Xylotrya praestans, a species new to the 

 British fauna, from Northumberland ; presented by J. R. Le 

 Brockton Tomlin, Esq. 



One hundred and thirty-one land shells from the Islands 

 ■of Obi, Batchian and Celebes and the Sulu Archipelago, 

 including examples of many rare species and others new to 

 the collection ; purchased. 



Three hundred and eighty-five marine Mollusca from the 

 Maldive Islands, including the types of twenty-four new 

 species ; collected and presented by J. Stanley Gardiner, Esq. 



Eighty-nine land shells from the islands of Waigiou, Obi, 

 and Gilolo, including the types of eight neA' species and 

 examples of many others new to the collection ; purchased. 



Thirty-five marine shells from South Africa, including the 

 types of fifteen species described by Mr. G. B. Sowerby ; 

 purchased. 



Twenty marine shells, including the types of eleven new 

 species belonging to the genera Sjiondylus, Valuta, JS-assa, 

 Conus, Stomatella, Latirus, Muvex, and Plcurotoma ; 

 purchased. 



One hundred and twenty land shells, including examples 

 of fifty-seven species, mostly new to the collection, from the 

 collection of Dr. Cox, of Sidney, and the types of thirteen new 

 speciss described by Mr. H. Fulton; purchased. 



One hundred and twenty-two marine shells from the 

 Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, including the types of 

 twenty-five new species described by Messrs. J. C. Melvill 

 and R. Standen ; purchased. 



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