Fishes. 543 
18938. 
The accessions totalled 1599. Mr. E. W. Oates presented a 
collection from the Shan States, containing the types of new 
species described by Mr. Boulenger, and one made in Borneo 
by Mr. A. Everett was purchased. <A series selected from the 
collection made by Signor L. Fea in Burma, including the 
types of many species described by Dr. Vinciguerra, was 
purchased. 
1894. 
The additions to the collection numbered 901. Fishes from 
Borneo were presented by Rajah Brooke and Mr. C. Hose, and 
from Chili by Prof. F. Lataste. A series from Mexico, repre- - 
senting species described by Dr. J. H. Bean, was received in 
exchange from the National Museum, Mexico, and another from 
North Mexico, including the types of several species described 
by Mr. A. J. Woolman, was purchased. 
1895. 
The accessions were 670 in number. A collection made 
during the Hopkins’s Expedition, from the West Coast of 
Mexico, containing the types of several new species described 
by Prof. Jordan, and one from the River Paraguay, made by 
Dr. Ternetz, including the types of many new species described 
by Mr. Boulenger, were purchased. A series from Madeira was 
presented by Messrs. C. Baring and W. R. Ogilvie Grant, and 
another, obtained during Dr. Donaldson Smith’s Expedition to 
Lake Rudolf, containing the types of some new species described 
by Dr. Giinther, was purchased. 
1896. 
The additions numbered 1004. From the Smithsonian 
Institution was received a series of 362 specimens from the deep 
sea off the coast of North America, including the types of many 
species described by Messrs. Goode and Bean and Dr. 38. 
Garman. Fishes from the Ogowe River, collected by Miss 
Kingsley, including the types of several new species described 
by Dr. Giinther, were purchased. A collection from the Shiré 
River was presented by Sir Harry Johnston, one from Brazil 
by Dr. Goeldi, and one from the Upper Congo by the Rev. 
J. W. Weeks, all three containing types of new species described 
by Mr. Boulenger. 
