96 Department of Zoology. 



1894-1895. Mr. W. E. Ogihie-Grant brought from his visit to the 

 Salvages 247 skins and eggs of Birds, mostly Petrels, 143 

 Fishes, 137 Land and Marine Shells and 16 Echinoderms. 



The remainder of Capt. G. E. Shelley's African Birds (3452 

 specimens) were purchased for 517 16s. Od., and Lieut.-Col. 

 H. H. Godwin- Austen's Collection made during his expedition 

 into Assam and Manipur (4426 specimens) for 200. 



122 Reptiles and Batrachians from Central America were 

 presented by Mr. F. D. Godman. 



175 Reptiles and Batrachians, with specimens of Lepidosiren, 

 from Paraguay, were purchased of Dr. J. BoJils. 



The original collection of the Land Shells of the Atlantic 

 Islands, described by the late T. V. Wollaston in his work 

 " Testacea Atlantica," consisting of 509 specimens, was purchased 

 for 30. 



328 Arachnida, 148 Myriopoda and 125 Odonata, also seven 

 specimens of Peripatus, all from the West Indies, were presented 

 by the Eoyal Society and the British Association. 



Of the numerous acquisitions by which the Entomological 

 section was enriched, only a few can be referred to here. The 

 most important by far was the collection of Indian Moths formed 

 by Mr. ' F. Moore; it consisted of 21,570 specimens, referable 

 to 5406 species and including 1856 types. It was purchased 

 for 500. 



Mr. F. Moore's Indian Satyrinse, 1732 in number, were 

 purchased for 65. 



Messrs. Godman and Salvin sent other instalments of their 

 Central American collection, viz., 2837 Coleoptera, 503 Ortho- 

 ptera, and 4844 Lepidoptera. The former presented, besides, his 

 collection of 2250 Old -World Butterflies, among them 318 

 specimens of Ornithoptera. 



1800 Coleoptera from the Nilgiris were presented by 

 Mr. G. F. Sampson. 



1500 Moths, part of the collection of the late Mr. W. Wilson 

 Saunders, containing many of Walker's types, were purchased 

 for 50. 



528 named Diptera, partly British species, partly valuable as 

 types of Syrphidse, were presented by Mr. G. H. Verrall. 



1809 Diptera, collected in the New Forest and South Devon, 

 were presented by Lieut.-Col. J. W. Terbury. 



Finally a collection of 91 Corals from N.E. Australia, formed 

 by Mr. W. Saville-Kent, and including four exceedingly fine 

 Turbijiaria, was purchased for 50. 



