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



Twenty-nine specimens from Portugalj among which is a frog (Raria iberica) new to 

 the Museum; collected by Dr. Gadow. 



Fifty-one specimens from Britany, chiefly illustrating larval stages ; presented by Gr.. 

 A. Boulenger, Esq. 



A specimen of a rare Newt {Molgc vittata) from Trebizond; presented by Colonel 

 Biliotti. 



Two specimens of a new species of a frog {Ranu slernos'ignata) from N. W, India;: 

 presented by J. A. Murray, Esq. 



Six specimens iirom Perak, Straits of Malacca, among which is a new species of 

 Meffaloplirys {M. longipes); presented by L. Wray, Esq., of the Perak Museum. 



Four specimens from the Willis Mountains, Java, among which is a frog new to the 

 Museum yNyctixaliis margaritifer) ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from Madagascar ; collected by the E,ev. W. D. Cowan. 



A collection of 51 specimens from the Province Kio Grande do Sul, including sn. 

 new species of Pliylhmedusa {P. ikeringii) ; collected by Dr. von Ihering. 



Five specimens from Paraguay, among which are two species new to the collection,, 

 Leptoddctylus diptijx and Eupemphix nattereri ; purchased. 



Right specimens from California ; purchased. 



A collection of 42 frogs from Queensland ; presented by H. Ling Roth, Esq. 



Fishes : — The additions number 485, of which the following are the most important: — 



Forty -five specimens from the North Atlantic; received in exchange from the 

 Christiania Museum. 



A specimen of Ccpola rubescens from Falmouth ; presented by Professor Moseley, F.E.S. 



A collection of 33 specimens from Galicia ; presented by M. V. L. Seoane. 



Ten specimens of Portuguese fresh-water fish ; collected by Dr. Gadow. 



One hundred and six specimens from the East Coast of Italy; received from the 

 Florence Museum. 



Ten specimens from the Mediterranean; purchased. 



Ten specimens from Muscat, Arabia ; presented by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar. 



Twenty-one specimens from Senegambia ; presented by Captain Moloney. 



A fine specimen of GoJiorlignchus greyi, from the Cape of Good Hope ; presented by 

 W. A. Sanford, Esq. 



One hundred and thirty-three specimens from various parts of North and South 

 America; received from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, U.S.A. 



Fifty-one specimens from the Province II io Grande do Sul, Brazil, collected by Dr. 

 von Iherinir. 



Thirteen specimens from Treasury Islands, Solomon Group ; presented by H. B. Guppy, 

 Esq., M.B. 



Four type specimens of Deep Sea Fishes belonging to the " Challenger " collection ; 

 received from the Wellington Museum, New Zealand. 



MoUusca : — 8,511 specimens Mere added to the collecticn ; besides the "Porcupine'^ 

 series, already referred to, the following are the most important : — 



A model in Avax of a portion of a valve of a Chiton, shoAving the eyes, the presence 

 of which in the ChitonidcB has been recently demonstrated by Professor H. N. Moseley ; 

 purchased. 



Ninety-six land shells from the South of France and India : presented by Lieut. 

 Col. Wilmer. 



Two hundred and four land shells from Southern Europe and Asia Minor; presented 

 by Dr. J.. Anderson, f.b.s. 



Tavo hundred and twenty-five marine shells from different parts of the Mediterranean; 

 purchased. 



'iwenty marine shells from Norway and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; pi-esented by R. 

 Bell, Esq. 



Fifty-seven land and fresh-Avater shells from various countries ; presented by J. H. 

 Ponsonby, Esq. 



Three hundred and thirty-one marine, land, and fresh-water shells from Japan ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. J. Anderson, f.r.s. 



Twenty-nine land and fresh-water shells from the Malayan Peninsula, representing 

 12 species new to the collection: purchased. 



Sixteen new species of land ihells from the Comoro Islands and other localities ; pur- 

 chased. 



Nineteen land and fresh-water shells from Somali-land ; presented by Messrs, F. L. 

 and W. D. James. 



One hundred and fifty-one marine shells from the West Coast of Madagascar ; j^resented 

 by W. Grant, Esq. 



Forty-four marine shells from the Mauritius, some of them belonging to the genera 

 Ostrea, Meleagriiio, and Charna. They are of considerable interest, being attached to 

 pieces of pumice-stone drifted from the island of Krakatoa, near Java, where the terrific 

 volcanic eruption occurred in May 1883. 



One hundred and fortj'-six specimens of land and fresh-water shells from various jiarts 

 of Madagascar ;^ of these 39 specimens were selected to illustrate the variations in colour 

 of a single species (Helix calypso)] purchased. 



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