^8 ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Forty-seven specimens from California, Arizona and Texas, among them two lizards 

 new to ihe collection {Eublepharis variegatus and Sanromalus ater) and the type of a new 

 species {Anniella texaria) ; purchased. 



Fifty specimens from Texas and North Mexico ; purchased. 



Twenty-five specimens from the Island of Grenada; collected by George Murray, Esq, 



Fifteen specimens from British Guiana, including a new Lizard {Gouatodes annularis); 

 presented by W. L. Sclater, Esq. 



Nine specimens from Pernambuco, including anew Lizard {Stenolepis ridleyi); collected 

 by U . N. Ridley, Esq. 



Thirty-one sjjecimens from Rio Janeiro ; purchased. 



Batrachians. — Five hundred and fifty-three specimens were added to this class, ofwbich 

 the following may be mentioned : — 



Eleven specimens from various localities, including a Ceecilian new to the collection 

 {Gyninopis oligozoiid), I'rom Guatemala, and a new species of toad from the Philippine 

 Islands {Bufo mnelleri) ; received in exchange fiom the Museum at Basle. 



Sixteen specimens from Northern India, among them a rare Himalayan toad new to the 

 collection {Cophophryne sihkimensis) ; presented by W. T Blandford, Esq., F.R.S. 



Twenty-seven specimens from Burma : presented by W. Theobald, Esq. 



Eleven specimens from the hills of Perak, among them a frog new to the collection 

 Pdlypedutes Uprosus) ; presented by L. ^Vray, Esq, 



Sixteen specimens from the Loo Choo Islands, among them a frog, new to the collec- 

 tion { lihacophorus viridis); presented by H. Pryer, Esq. 



Fourteen specimens from the East Coast of Africa and Kilima-njaro, among them a 

 frog new to the collection ( l' hrynohntrachus acridioidex) ; j)resented by F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



Four specimens from Shoa, including a new species of Cassina ; presented by the Genoa 

 Civic Museum. 



Sixteen specimens from the Rio del Key, Camaroons district, including the types of two 

 new species [Cornufer johnstonii and Biifo superciliaris) \ presented by H. H. John- 

 ston, Esq. 



Five Frogs from the Portuguese West African possessions, among them two species 

 new to the collection {^Hylambates anchietcB and H. angolemis) ; presented by Prof. J. Y. 

 Barboza du Bocage. 



Eleven specimens from Madagascar, including types of three new frogs [lihacophorus 

 allilabris, Mantella barojii, and Platypelis pidlicaris) ; purchased. 



Twenty specimens from the Solomon Islands, including types of two new species 

 {Batrachylodes vertebra.lis and Hyla lutea); purchased. 



Eighty-nine specimens from Indiana and Florida; received and exchanged from the 

 Indiana University. 



Twenty-four specimens from Texas ; including two species new to the collection {Bufo 

 debilis and Molge meridionalis) ; purchased. 



A Cacilia new to the collection {C. poly zona) from Panama ; presented by Dr. J. G. 

 Fischer. 



Eight specimens from Rio Janeiro, among them a new Csecilian {Siphoiiops hardyi): 

 purchased. 



Fishes : — The additions number 1,248 specimens, of which the most important arc the 

 following : — 



The unique type specimen of a Deep-sea Fish ( Stylophorus chordatus) ; obtained in 

 exchange from the Royal College of Surgeons. This specimen was discovered and des- 

 cribed by Shaw in the Transactions of the Linnean Society in the year 1788 ; no other 

 specimen has occurred since. 



Fi\e Fishes from the Orkneys, among them a rare European Shark (Kotidunus grisus^; 

 presented by W. Cowan, Esq. 



A skeleton of a Shark [Lcemargus borealis) from Scotland ; purchased. 



A very large Trout from County Monaghan, Ireland ; purchased. 



Seventy-six freshwater fishes from Portugal ; purchased. 



A rare Fish from LakeBaikal {Comephorns baihalensis) ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther, 

 F.R.S. 



Six specimens from Central Asia, including fine specimens of a recently discovered 

 Sturgeon {Scaphi-rhynchvs kavffmanni); received in exchange from the St. Petersburg 

 Museum. 



Two specimens of the recently discovered Deep-sea Sliark {C hlamydoselache angtdna) 

 from Japan ; presented by A. Sanders, Esq. 



Two Deep-sea Fishesfrom Ja])Sin{Ateleopvsjaponicusaiid.Chlamydoselache anguina; pre- 

 sented by the Tokio Museum. 



Seventeen specimens from the Loo Choo Islands ; presented by H. Pryer, Esq. 



Five stuffed specimens from the South Coast of India ; presented by E. Thurston, Esq. 



Forty-three specimens of fresh-water fishes from Western India and the Persian Gulf, 

 including types of species recently described by Mr. J. A. Murray ; purchased. 



Twenty-nine specimens from the East Coast of Africa and Kilima-njaro ; presented by 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



Twelve specimens from the Lower Congo, including three new species {Ctenopoma 

 congicum, Mormyrus sauvagii, Clarias melas) ; purchased. 



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