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



Reptiles and Amphibians. — The additions to these classes have been 385 in number ; 

 the following may be specially mentioned: — 



The skeleton of an adult Leathery Turtle from the Atlantic ; purchased. 



Seventeen specimens collected by the Naturalists of the Expedition sent by the 

 Geograjihical Society of Bremen to Western Siberia : purchased. 



A small collection made by Major Burton in the Land of Midian, and containing two 

 new species of Snakes {Zanienis eleyantisslma and Echis coloratd), described in the Proceed. 

 Zool. Soc. for 1878 ; presented by the collector. 



A small collection of Soutli African Reptiles and Batrachians ; presented by F. P, 

 Mansel Weale, Esq. 



Tlie types of the new species recently discovered by Col. Beddome in the Anamallay 

 Mountains { Melanobntrachus, Lophosalen, Xylophis, etc.), and described by him in the 

 Proceed. Zool. Soc. for 1878 ; j^resented by the collector. 



A small collection of snakes from Siam ; presented by W. H. Newman, Esq. 



The collections made by the Rev. J. G. MacFarlane in Murray and Cornwallis 

 Islands, and described by Dr. Gunther in the " Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.," 1878 ; 

 purchased. 



A series of 20 reptiles from New Guinea, most of which were new to the collection; 

 purchased. 



Types of Lepidosternum floridaniim, Crolaphytus collaris and Holhrookia texana, new 

 species described by, and obtained from, E. Cope, Esq. 



A specimen of a rare Snake ( Charina) from Western Oregon ; j^resented by H. N. 

 Moseley, Esq. 



Fifty-four specimens from Ecuador ; purchased. 



Ten specimens from the Argentine Republic ; purchased. 



Fishes. — The total number of specimens received amounts to 449: — 



The most remarkable addition to the British collection is a specimen of the Greenland 

 Shzvk {Lamargus horealis), 15 feet long, captured on the east coast of Scotland in the 

 neighbourhood of Anstruther. 



Specimens of a new species of Roach (Leiiciscus irbyi), discovered by Colonel Irby in 

 mountain streams in the vicinity of Gibraltar ; presented by the collector. 



A most valuable .collection of 95 fishes, made by H. Batson Joyner, Esq., in Ja])an. 

 It contains several new species desci-ibed in " Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.," 1878 ; 

 presented by the collector. 



Specimens of a genus recently discovered in the Camaroon country (^Pantodori); 

 purchased. 



Another consignment of the fishes of Demerara and Berbice ; presented by F. Beck- 

 ford, Esq. 



Another consignment of the fishes of the Rio de la Plata, consisting of 113 specimens; 

 purchased. 



MoUusca. — The total number of specimens added to this branch is 4,580 ; as in the 

 three preceding years, these additions have been chiefly donations ; besides the important 

 collections of Messrs. H. Adams and Captain St. John, and the " Challenger " series of 

 Brachiopoda, which have been mentioned above, the following may be referred to as the 

 most important : — 



A valuable collection made at Malta by Captain H. W. Fellden, r.a., and consisting 

 of 1,044 specimens of land and marine, shells ; presented by the collector. 



Fifty-eight shells from Mogador; presented by C. A. Payton, Esq. 



Sixty-eight shells from the Gulf of Akaba ; presented by Major Burton. 



One hundred and sixty shells from the Andaman islands, collected and presented by 

 Captain L. Worthington Wllmer. This very valuable collection contains many new 

 species, and forms the subject of a j^aper by Mr. E. Smith in the Proceed. Zool. Soc, 

 1878. 



Forty -one Land and Freshwater shells from Formosa ; presented by Matthew 

 Dickson, Esq. 



One hundred and four shells from Southern Australia, among them numerous types ; 

 presented by G. F. Angas, Esq., F.L.S. 



Crustacea. — The additions amount to 568 specimens, of which only 55 were obtained 

 by purchase. Besides Captain St. John's collection referred to above, the following 

 donations may be mentioned : — 



An interesting series of 16 Brachyura from Ireland, among them the rare Mediter- 

 ranean Portunus tuberculatus, a species new to the Irish Fauna ; presented by W. 

 Andrews, Esq. 



A valuable collection from Yokohama, containing several interesting forms ; presented 

 by H. Batson Joyner, Esq. 



Arachnida and Myriopoda. — The number of Bpecimens added to this branch amounts 

 to 272. 



A new species of Pseudoscorpion from Spain {Garypus suxicola); presented by Sydney 

 T. Klein, Esq., and described by Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse in Trans. Entomol. Soc, 

 for 1878. 



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