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very beautiful one, differing from the more southern form in its delicate 

 gray colour. 



The reptiles are still under investigation by Doctor Leonhard Stej- . 

 neger, who has already published in the Proceedings of the National 

 Museum, Volume XVI., pages 711 to 741, quite a number of new species 

 ("On Some Collections of Reptiles and Batrachians from East Africa 

 and the Adjacent Islands, Recently Received from Dr. W. L. Abbott and 

 Mr. William Chanler, with Descriptions of New Species"). He enu- 

 merates thirty species, of which five are new, among them the Mabiiya 

 Chafikri and the Simocephalus Chankri, thus named as a memorial 

 of your expedition. There is also another species, Eremias Hdhneli, 

 named after Lieutenant von Hohnel. Another collection subsequently 

 received will soon be reported upon, and the following preliminary list 

 has been furnished by Doctor Stej neger : — 



Reptiles — \, Hemidactylus mabuya ; 2, Chamaleo roperi ; 3, Cha- 

 nmleo sp. ; 4, RhampJwleon Kersteiii. 



Snakes — 5, Typhlops unitceniatus ; 6, Caiisiis rhombeatus ; 

 7, Echis sp. 



Toads and Frogs — 8, Biifo regularis ; r), Phrynomantis bifasciata ; 

 10, Hyperoliiis sp. ; 11, Rana sp. 



The collection of insects contained many interesting forms, but com- 

 ing as it does from a country so little known, there has been unexpected 

 delay in its identification, especially since two or three persons to whom 

 material has been intrusted for study have recently died. The Lepidop- 

 tera first received, those from the Tana River region, East Africa, were 

 submitted to Chancellor W. J. Holland, of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, and a report upon this collection is now in press (" List of the 

 Lepidoptera Collected in the Tana River Region, East Africa, by Mr. 

 William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant von Hohnel," Proceedings of the 

 United States National Museum, Paper No. 1063, Volume XVIIL, pages 

 259 to 264). This includes thirty-three species, of which two are new. 

 These are Iphthima Chankri and Charaxes Chankri. Others are pos- 

 sibly though not certainly new. Another and much larger collection 

 more recently received, from the Jonibeni range, is now in the hands 

 of Chancellor Holland. 



Several species of Neuroptera were received ; among these was an 

 interesting species of ant-hon, identified by Mr. Linell as Palpares tris- 

 tis Hagen ; also a considerable number of Odonata, which have been 

 described by Mr. Philip Calvert, of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia ("Notes on the Odonata"). This includes seven species. 



