ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A new form of Ampliishcena (^Phractogonus scalper), discovered by Commander 

 Cameron, C.B., at Kilemba in Urua. 



Perfect adult specimens of the gigantic marine Lizard from the, Galapagos Archipelago 

 (^Amblyr hynclius) and other reptiles ; obtained by Commander Cookson. 



A collection of forty Reptiles and Frogs from Spain ; presented by Lord Lilford. 



A collection of twenty-three Reptiles from the Cillcian Taurus, including specimens 

 of a new Lizard {Zootoca danfordi) ; presented by C. G. Danford, Esq, 



Sixty-two Reptiles and Batrachians from North Australia, among which some remark- 

 able new forms, as Nephrurus aspei-, Delma orientalis, Rliudona fragilis, etc. ; collected by 

 Hr. Darnel. 

 . An adult specimen of the very rare Madagascar Python, Sanzinia ; purchased. 



Two large specimens of an Indian Python (26 feet long) from Pinang, and of the 

 Anaconda (29 feet long) from Brazil ; purchased. 



Fishes, — The total number of specimens received amounts to 718 : — 



A specimen of Peleciis cultratm, from the Platten-See ; presented by T. R. Sachs, Esq. 



Specimens of the Algerian Trout {Salmo macrostigma) ; presented by the Editor of the 

 "Field." 



Thirty-eight specimens of large size, from Lake Erie; purchased. 



Specimens of a species of Spirohranclius (Sp. hainsii), new to the collection, from 

 King William's To\\ n, British Caffraria ; presented by H. Trevelyan, Esq. 



A series of 137 marine and freshwater fishes from Rodriguez and Kerguelen Land ; 

 selected from the collection of the " Transit of Venus " Expedition. 



A selected series of 164 species new to the collection, from North Australia, and the 

 neighbouring parts of the Pacific ; purchased. 



'1 hirteen specimens from the Galapagos Archipelago ; collected by Commander 

 Cookson. 



A selected series of 71 species new to the collection, from the Rio das Velhas ; obtained 

 from the Copenhagen Museum. 



MoUusca. — The total number of specimens added to this branch is 3,307. As in last 

 year, these additions have been, with few exceptions, donations ; and the following may 

 be mentioned as the most important : — 



A series of 53 glass-models of Nudibranch Mollu'sks, made by and purchased of Hr. L. 

 Blaschka. 



A collection of marine shells from Japan, formed and presented by G. Lewis, Esq. 



A series of 93 Sea and Land-shells from California, all new to the collection ; pur- 

 chased. 



A collection of 109 Land and Freshwater shells from South and East Africa ; presented 

 by J. S. Gibbons, Esq. 



A series of the duplicates (417 in number) selected from Dr. F. Welwitsch's Angolan 

 collection. 



A series of 1,281 specimens from Rodriguez, selected from the collection of the 

 " Transit of Venus " Expedition. 



A valuable series of 27 species of Land-shells, mostly types, from Assam; presented by 

 Major H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



A very important collection of Land-shells from the Philippine Islands, 95 in number, 

 amono- which many new and rare species ; presented by the collector. Dr. Steere. 



An equally valuable collection of 49 Land-shells from the Fiji Islands, several of them 

 being types of the species described by Lieut. E. A. Liardet, E.N., by whom they were 

 collected, and presented to the Museum. 



A further consignment of the MoUusca, collected by W. Wykeham Perry, Esq., ia 

 the Solomons, Fiji, and other islands, during the cruize of H. M.S. "Pearl." 



One hundred and twenty-one MoDusks irom Charles Island (Galapagos Archipelago), 

 collected by Commander W. E. Cookson. 



Crustacea.— T[\& additions amount to 1,181 specimens. The following are among tbe 

 principal acquisitions : — 



A highly interesting collection of 75 species from Lake Baikal, formed and described 

 by Dr. Dybowsky in 1874. 



A collection of 64 Crustaceans, obtained at Madeira by means of the dredge ; presented 

 by the Rev. R. Boog-Watson. 



A series of 170 specimens from Rodriguez and Kerguelen Land, selected from the 

 collections made by the Naturalists of the " Transit of Venus" Expeditions. 



A further consignment of the Crustaceans, collected by Mr. W. Wykeham Perry, in 

 the Fiji Islands, "New Hebrides and Western Australia, during the cruize of H. M.S. 

 " Pearl" 



Another scries of 155 Crustaceans from Samoa; collected and presented by the Rev. 

 S. J. VV'hitmee. 



Thirty specimens from the Galapagos Archipelago, and the vicinity of the Azores ; 

 collected by Commander W. E. Cookson. 



ArachnUla and Myriopoda. — The number of specimens added to this branch is 306. 

 The most interesting novelties were a genus of Myriopods {Eurylithobius), and an 



Arachnid 



