124 A.CCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BHITISH MUSEUM. 



Seventy-five Fishes from British East Africa, including 

 the types of three new species, Biscognathus hindii, Barhus 

 thiketisis, and Amphilius grandis ; presented by S. L. 

 Hinde, Esq. 



Thirty-nine Fishes from Lake Victoria, including the 

 types of three new species, Barhus nuininifer , B. viacro- 

 pristis, and B. doggetti, collected by the late W. G. Doggett ; 

 presented by Colonel Delme RadcliiFe. 



A Cichlid, Astatoreochromis alluaudi, new to the collec- 

 tion, from Lake Victoria ; presented by the Paris Museum. 



A Mormya, Mormyrus kannuTYie, from Lake Victoria ; 

 presented by C. W. Hobley, Esq. 



Ten Fishes from the Transvaal ; received from the South 

 African Museum. 



Examples of a Cichlid new to the collection, Tilapia 

 'philander, from near Durban ; presented by Dr. A. Gnnther, 



E.R.S. 



Eight Fishes from Natal, including the types of three 

 new species, 8cyllium nataleoise, Trigla queketti, Sbud Alestes 

 natalensis ; presented by J. F. Quekett, Esq. 



Thirty-five Fishes from the seas of South Africa, mostly 

 taken at considerable depths, including examples of several 

 species new to the collection ; presented by Dr. J. D. F. 

 Gilchrist. 



Twenty-two Fishes from the coast of California, including 

 examples of two species new to the collection ; presented by 

 Charles B. Storey, Esq. 



Thirty-nine Fishes from the West Indies, collected by 

 M. J. Nicoll, Esq. ; presented by the Earl of Crawford, 



Seventy-eight Fishes from the West Indies, collected by 

 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, including examples of three species 

 new to the collection, Holocentrurii osculum, Platyglossus 

 garnoti, and Syngnathus rousseaui ; presented by the 

 Countess of Wilton. 



One hundred and thirty-seven Freshwater Fishes from 

 Cuba, collected by Professor C. H. Eigenmann, including 

 examples of seven species new to the collection, among them 

 the rare subterranean Brotulids, Stygicola dentatus and 

 Lucifuga suhterranea ; purchased. 



Nineteen Loricariids from South America, including the 

 type of a new species, Plecostomus garmani, and examples of 

 eleven species new to the collection ; received in exchange 

 from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, 



U.S.A. 



- The types of a new Loricariid, Xenocara rothschildi, 

 from Venezuela ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, 



PH.D., M.P. 



