720 Zoology. 



many new species described by E. A. Smith in the Annals and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1894, vol. xiii. pp. 453-465. 



A second series of land shells collected by Mr. Everett in 

 Balabac, Palawan, and Borneo was also added to the collection. 

 It comprised 231 specimens, including the types of many new 

 species described by E. A. Smith (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1895, 

 pp. 97-127). 



88 examples of deep-sea Mollusca dredged in the Bay of 

 Bengal and the Arabian Sea by the Indian survey steamer 

 Investigator, were presented by the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 during the years 1894-98. Many of these are most interesting 

 forms and were described at that time by E. A. Smith in a series 

 of papers in the Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist. They are co-types 

 of the species mentioned, the actual types having been returned 

 to the Indian Museum. 



1895. 



511 land and fresh-water shells from the Canary Islands, 

 Madeira, and other Atlantic Islands, including a number of 

 types and many species new to the collection, were purchased of 

 Mrs. Wollaston. They formed part of the collection of the late 

 T. Yernon Wollaston, author of " Testacea Atlantica," in which 

 work the specimens were described. 



The magnificent example of Pleurotomaria adansoniana from 

 Tobago, West Indies, described by Mr. Lechmere Guppy in the 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1891, pp. 484-85, was purchased for the sum of 

 £55. This is the highest price ever paid by the Museum for a 

 single shell. 



497 land and fresh-water shells from St. Vincent, Grenada, 

 and the Grenadines were presented by the Royal Society and 

 British Association. An account of this collection by E. A. 

 Smith appeared in the Proc. Malac. Soc, 1895, vol. i., pp. 

 300-322. 



A series of 207 land shells from Central Australia, collected 

 by the " Horn Expedition," were presented by W. A. Horn, Esq. 

 It included a number of species new to the collection. 



51 shells from Hong Kong, Persian Gulf, etc, were 

 purchased of Mr. G. B. Sowerby, by whom they had been 

 described in the Proc. Malac Soc, vol. i., pp. 153-161. The 

 series included the types of 27 species. 



