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Examples of Pteroijhyllum altum, a Gichlid new to the 

 collection, from the Orinoco ; presented by the Paris 

 Museum. 



A large " Murray Cod," Oligorus macquairensis, from 

 Sydney ; purchased, 



A very large specimen of Latris hecateia from Tasmania ; 

 presented by Alexander Morton, Esq. 



Eleven Fishes from the New Hebrides, including the types 

 of a new Chaetodon, Chaetodon dixoni ; presented by Lieut. 

 Kenneth Dixon, r.n. 



Mollusca. — Three thousand three hundred and forty- 

 eight specimens were added to the collection, of which the 

 following are most important : — 



Three hundred and sixty-five land shells from Mindanao, 

 New Guinea, Obi, Waigiou, Borneo, and Kelantan, collected 

 by Herr Waterstraat, including examples of many new 

 species ; purchased. 



One hundred and twelve shells from Japan and Loo 

 Choo, including examples of many recently described species ; 

 purchased. 



Thirty-three marine shells from the Gulf of Oman, in- 

 cluding the types of twenty species described by Mr. J. C. 

 Melvill ; purchased. 



One hundred and seventy-one marine shells from South 

 Africa and various localities, including the types of Trifora 

 princeps, T. srnithi, and of thirty-three other species described 

 by Messrs. G. B. Sowerby and H. Fulton ; purchased. 



A fine specimen of Cyprcea thatcheri from Dampier's 

 Archipelago ; purchased. 



Five hundred and twenty-nine marine shells from Zanzi- 

 bar, including examples of some species new to the collection ; 

 presented by J. T. Last, Esq. 



Three hundred and nine specimens, mostly marine, from 

 Grand Cayman ; presented by Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. 



Twenty-two land shells from Japan and the Bonin Islands, 

 all new to the collection ; purchased. 



Sixty-four land Molluscs from the Malay Peninsula, 

 named by Mr. W. E. Collinge ; presented by Messrs. N. 

 Annandale and H. C. "Robinson. 



Seventy-five specimens from the Persian Gulf and the 

 Sea of Oman, including examples of many new species 

 recently described ; presented by J. C. Melvill, Esq. 



Sixty types of new species of land and fresh-water shells 

 and sixty-nine marine shells from South Africa ; presented 

 by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



Sixty-five fresh-water shells from the Victoria Nyanza ; 

 presented by Colonel Delme Radclifi'e. 



