ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 27 



Thirty- four specimens from Java ; presented by Gr. Lyon, Esq. 



The skeleton of an adult crocodile (thirteen feet long), from Southern Abyssinia ; pur- 

 chased. 



Nineteen specimens from the Camaroon Mountains, purchased. This small but highly 

 interesting collection contained two new Chama3leons, and two new snakes {Botkrolt/cus 

 ater and Lycophidium elapoides). 



A small collection of the Reptiles of Savage Island or Niue, made by the Rev. Mr. 

 Lawes ; it consists of five species of Avhich a Lizai'd (^Mabouia lawesu) and a Sea Snake 

 {Platurus schistorlnjncluis) were previously unknown. 



A magnificent specimen of one of the gigantic Land Tortoises which inhabited the 

 Galapagos Islands ; it proved to be a distinct species ( Testudo vicinaj ; obtained by 

 exchange from Professor Huxley, F.R.S. 



An adult specimen of the very rare Heloderma horridum, regarded by the Mexicana 

 as the most venomous Reptile, but perfectly harmless ; presented by J. Marshall, Esq. 



A small series of Frogs from High Peru, among them types oi Batrachophri/mia bracliy- 

 dactylus ; obtained by exchange from the Warsaw Museum. 



A collection of 122 Reptiles and Batrachians from Moyob'amba (High Peru) ; pur- 

 chased. 



Thirty specimens of Lizards and Snakes from the province Soriano (Uruguay); pre- 

 sented by Thos. Havers, Esq. 



Fishes. — Besides a selected series of desiderata from various localities obtained by 

 purchase, the majority of the additions made in the last year to this branch of the 

 Department have been donations. The .total number of accessions amounts to 618 

 specimens. 



Seven specimens, among which a very young example of an unknown genus of Gadoid 

 Fish, from the South-West coast of Ireland ; presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey 

 Egerton, Bart., m.p., f.r.s. 



Two specimens of the Pilot-fish (^Naucrates ductor) from the coast of Cornwall ; 

 purchased. 



A collection of marine and freshwater-fishes made by Dr. Rein and Professor C. von 

 Fritsch during their journey in Morocco, and presented by them ; it contains a new Sea- 

 Perch {Serranus atrkaudd) and three new species of Barbels {Bar bus rein'd, fritschu and 

 nasus^. 



Specimens of the Chromis desfontaiim, a small Perch inhabiting the Hot Springs of 

 Cafsa ; presented by the Marquis J. Doria. 



An exceedingly interesting collection from the River Tigris, made at Bagdad by 

 William Henry Colvill, Esq., and presented by Professor Sharpey, f.r.s. The most 

 important additions from this collection were a Freshwater- Shark {^Cdrcharias gangeticus), 

 a new Siluroid (Macrones cohillu), and a new Barbel {Barbus sharpeyi). 



A collection of Freshwater-fishes from Transylvania, made and presented by Messrs. C. 

 G. Danford and J. A. H. Brown. 



The types of Synodontis robbianus and Corvina nigripinnis from Old Calabar ; presented 

 by Dr. J. A. Smith. 



The types of IJolHenesiajoiiesu, a fish discovered by T. M. Rymer Jones, Esq., in a 

 volcanic lake near Huamantla in Mexico, 8,000 feet above the level of the sea; presented 

 by the discoverer. 



A collection of marine and freshwater fishes from the Bermudas, made and presented 

 by J. Matthew Jones, Esq., f.l.s. ; it contained two new species, Fundulus bermudce, 

 and Syvgnathns jonesu. 



A new genus of Loach from mountain torrents of the interior of Borneo ( Gastromyzon) ; 

 purchased. 



A series of 50 specimens of marine Fishes from the South Sea ; presented by the Rev- 

 S. J. Whitmee. 



MoUusca. — Large and valuable additions have been made during the last year to this 

 class. First is to be mentioned the donation of an extensive collection of Shells by Mrs. 

 John Edward Gray. It consists of about 12,000 specimens representing nearly 4,000 

 species, many of which have been desiderata to the Collection in the British Museum ; 

 it contains, besides, a great number of types of species described or figured by Dr. John 

 Edward Gray, S. Hanley, Lovel Reeve, and other Conchyliologists in the standard works 

 on this popular branch of Zoology. 



Although much smaller, yet of great intrinsic value, is a series of 445 shells, presented 

 by Mrs. T. Lombe Taylor. Mrs. Taylor allowed these specimens to be selected from 

 the famous collection of her late husband, because they were desiderata to the British 

 Museum, and many of them actual types. 



A series of 194 minute forms of shells from the Japanese Seas, all ncAv to the collec- 

 tion, and of special interest as having been described by Mr. A. Adams ; purchased. 



A series of 192 specimens of shells, collected by Capt. Francis Hamilton in the An- 

 daman Islands ; and presented by Edward Hamilton, Esq., V.P.z.s. 



A series of 99 Land and Freshwater shells from Trinidad and Dominicia ; j^resentedby 

 R. J. Lechmere Guppy, Esq., and containing many representatives of the species 

 described by the donor. 



Forty-three .Pteropods collected in the Mid-Atlantic; presented by Dr. Giinther. 



148. D 2 Crustacea. 



