ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 33 



A collection of Reptiles and Amphibians, made by the donor in the northern parts of 

 British India ; presented by the late T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



A collection of Ceylonese Reptiles made by E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., and contain- 

 ing a new species of Sea Snake {Hydrophis holdsworllii). 



A second collection of Ceylonese Amphibians ; presented by G. H. W. Thwaites, Esq. 



A very large collection of Bornean Reptiles and Amphibians, containing many forms 

 which were new or hitherto imperfectly known ( Tiaris sp., Ablabes peiiops, Hydrophis 

 brookii, Typhlocalamus, Hylorana sp., &c. ; purchased. 



A collection of Reptiles and Amphibians, made in the various islands of the Philippines 

 by Dr. A. B. Meyer, and very important with regard to the geographical distribution of 

 the species. 



Eighty-one specimens of Batrachians, collected near the cataract recently discovered 

 in Demerara; purchased. 



A new form of Turtle ( Spatulemys) from the Rio Parana ; and an Alligator from the 

 Rio Paraguay ; presented by Colonel P. Perez de Lasala. 



A perfect example of the very rare and apparently nearly extinct Metopoceros cornutus ; 

 purchased of the Zoological Society. 



An example of Coronella brevis, a new European snake, discovered by Lord Lilford in 

 the South of Spain, and presented by him. 



Fishes. — The specimens added to this part of the collection amount to 1,238 ; and of 

 these acquisitions, the following should be especially mentioned : — 



A collection of freshwater fishes from the southern and eastern parts of the Russian 

 Empire, among them the highly interesting Comephorus, a fish inhabiting the greatest 

 depths of Lake Baikal ; from the St. Petersburg Museum. 



A large collection of fresliAvater fishes from north-eastern Bengal and Cashmere, made 

 and presented by the late T. C. Jerdon, F.sq. 



Eleven jaws of Sharks from Kurrachee ; presented by Sir Bartle Frere. 



A large collection of marine species from Celebes, supplementing a similar collection 

 obtained last year from the same traveller. Dr. A. B. Meyer; containing several new 

 species of Anthias, Priacanthus, Sebastes, Cubiceps, Pseudophycis, &c. 



Two collections from the Philippine Islands, one made by Dr. A. B. Meyer, the other 

 presented by Harry J. Veitch, Esq. 



Another most valuable collection from Hobart Town ; presented by Morton Allport, 

 Esq. These specimens are very instructive as regards the abundance and variety of 

 food-fishes on the coast of Tasmania ; some of them were previously unknown to science, 

 as Chilodactylus allporti, Lanioperca, &c. 



A collection of fishes from New Zealand ; obtained by exchange from the New Zealand 

 Institute. 



Five specimens of the singular l^eochanna apoda from New Zealand, a fish living in 

 burrows under ground at a distance from water ; presented by E. Hill, Esq. 



A small collection from the Rio de Cordova, Argentine Republic ; presented by E. 

 Fielding, Esq. 



Forty examples from the Rio Parana, all new to the collection ; purchased. 



A magnificent example of a gigantic Siluroid from the Upper Amazons {Platystoma 

 gigas) ; purchased. 



A small collection of freshwater fishes from the Gaboon, containing several new forms ; 

 purchased. 



MoUusca. — The following are the principal acquisitions : — 



Six hundred and sixty -two Shells, some entire and with the animals preserved in spirits, 

 collected during the dredging excursion of the yacht " Noma," on the coast of Portugal; 

 purchased. 



Four species of Land-shells from Morocco ; presented by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., 



F.K.S. 



One hundred and twenty-seven minute forms of Shells, dredged in from 20 to 30 fathoms 

 off the island of St. Helena ; presented by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., F.K.S. 



A second series, consisting of 77 specimens, from the Gulf of Suez, collected and pre- 

 presented by R. McAndrew, Esq. This series as well as the one presented last year, 

 contains the types of several species described by H. Adams, Esq. 



A collection of 57 shells from the Persian Gulf, made by Hr. Schindler ; presented by 

 Madam Schindler. 



Fifty-one shells from various parts of Australia, some of them types of recently described 

 species ; presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



A further collection of 51 shells from the South Sea Islands ; presented by W. Harper 

 Pease, Esq. 



Sixty-seven Land-shells from Ecuador ; purchased. 



Sixty-seven Shells from California, all new to the collection ; purchased. 



Crustacea.— Thh part of the collection has been increased by 138 specimens, the most 

 noteworthy additions being : — 



A collection of small Crustacea, obtained on the coast of Portugal, during the dredging 

 excursion of the yacht " Noma" ; purchased. 



A small collection of 20 examples from the Philippine Islands ; presented by Harry J. 



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