5o ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Fifty-two specimens from S.E. New Guinea, collected hj Mr. H. 0. Forbes, and con- 

 taining types of four new species {Ra/licula forbesi, Melirrhophetes batesi), &c. ; pur- 

 chased. T /-I • 



Ten species of birds from the Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Grumea (including Oreo- 

 psittacvs arfaki and Drepanornis brmjni) ; purchased. 



The type oi Plalalea intermedia from S.E. New Guinea; presented by the Eight Hon. 

 Lord Walsingham, f.r.s. 



Specimens of Paradisea augusta Victories and Cyclopsitta edwardsi from N.E. New 

 Guinea ; purchased. 



Reptiles. — Six hundred and fifty- two specimens were added to this class, of which the 

 following are the most important : — 



Forty-four reptiles from Cyprus ; presented by the Eight Hon. Lord Lilford. 



Thirty specimens ffom Dr. Eadde's Transcaspian Expedition, including types of a 

 new Lizard {Fhrynocephalus raddii), and two other species new to the collection ; pur- 

 chased. 



Two specimens of a new Gecko {Teraloscincus prjevalskii) collected by General 

 Prjevalski in the Chinese province Gansu ; obtained in exchange from the St. Petersburg 

 Museum, 



Eleven specimens from Fao, on the Persian Gulf; presented by W. D. Cuming, 

 Esq. 



Nine Snakes from Muscat, Arabia, including a new species (PJryx jayakai-i) ; presented 

 by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar. 



Sixty-two specimens from Kiu Kiang, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, two species of Snakes 

 (^Simotes sinensis and Halys aculus) being new to science; purchased. 



The types of two new Snakes from Hong Kong {Achatinus rufescens and Calamohydrus 

 antlersonii), and two other Snakes new to the collection; obtained in exchange from the 

 City Hall Museum, Hong Kong. 



Seventy-four specimens from the Nilgherries and Anamallays ; presented by W. 

 Davison, Esq. 



A specimen of an Amphisbsenian from Somali-land {Agamodon anguliceps) ; obtained 

 in exchange from the Paris Museum. 



Twenty-one specimens from the Oil Eiver District, West Africa ; presented by H. H. 

 Johnston, Esq. 



Eleven specimens from the Lower Congo, including two Snakes new to the collection 

 [Xenocalamus mechowi and Elapsoidea guentlieri) ; purchased. 



Ten South African Eeptiles, mostly types of new species ; presented by the Trustees of 

 the South African Museum, Cape Town. 



.Six specimens from New Guinea, including a new Lizard {Lygosoma forbesii), and a 

 new snake ( Tyj^lilops inortiutus) ; purchased. 



One of the type sjDecimens of a new Turtle ( Chelodina novce-guinece) from New Guinea; 

 presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Thirty-one specimens from the Solomon Islands, among them two new Snakes 

 {Hpplocephalus melanurus and H, woodfordii) ; purchased. 



Eighteen specimens from the Kei Islands ; presented by Captain Langen. 



Eight specimens from Southern Texas; jjurchased. 



Fifty -five specimens from various Islands in the West Indies, mostly illustrating new 

 species recently described by Mr. Garman ; received in exchange from the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. 



Four Eeptiles from Bahia, including an Amphisbseniaa new to the collection [Lepid- 

 osternum rostratum) ; presented by the Eight Hon. Lord Walsingham, f.e.S. 



Ten Eeptiles from Iguarassu, Pernambuco, among them a new Gecko {Sphcey-odactylus 

 meridionalis) ; purchased. 



Eighteen specimens from the Province of Santa Catharina, Brazil ; purchased. 



Batrachians. — Two hundred and eighty-seven specimens were added to this class, of 

 which the following- are the most important : — 



A series of twenty-one specimens illustrating the Frog -fauna of Denmark ; received in 

 exchange from the Copenhagen University Museum. 



Fourteen Frogs from the Nilgherries and Anamallays ; presented by W. Davison, 

 Esq. 

 ^ Four Frogs from Ncav Guinea, representing two new species {Rana macroscelis and 

 CaUulops dorice) ; purchased. 



Thirty-one Frogs from the Solomon Islands ; purchased. 



Twenty-nine specimens from New South Wales and Victoria, including two new- 

 species of Frogs {Limnodyn astes Jietcheri a,ndi Crinia victoriana) ; presented by J. J. 

 Fletcher, Esq. "^ 



Ten Frogs from Iguarassu, Pernambuco, among them the types of three new species 

 {Hylodes plicijera, H. ramagii, Notolrema fissipes) ; purchased." 



Sixty- seven specimens from the Province of Santa Catharina, Brazil, including types 

 of four new species oi Yxoq^s {Eupemphix nana, Hyla bivittata, H. catharina, Engystoma 

 leucostictum) ; purchased. 



Four Frogs from the Province of Eio Grande do Sul, Brazil, types of three new species 

 {Paludicola bischoffii, Hyla marginata, H. bischoffii) ; purchased. 



Ushes. 



