84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



5. Ticks (Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus) biting 

 human beings in Devonshire. 



6. A mite {Rliizoglyphus echinopus), damaging tubers of an 

 exotic Aroid (^Sauromatum guttatum). 



VII. Crustacea. 



A report on Copepod parasites of Flying Fish has been supplied 

 to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. 



Information has been given to correspondents relating to the 

 invasion of a house at Hastings by Sandhoppers. 



VIII. Parasitic Worms. 



Parasitic worms and other organisms affecting man and 

 domestic or other animals of economic importance have been 

 determined for the following : — 



The Imperial Bureau of Entomology (for a correspondent in 

 Northern Nigeria, and for the Government Economic Biologist in 

 British Guiana). 



The Military Hospital, Tooting. In this case the parasite was a 

 leech taken from the nasal cavities of a soldier who had been in the 

 Gallipoli Peninsula ; advice was given with a view to the prevention 

 of such cases. 



Various Entozoa and other worms have been determined for 

 private individuals, and information has been given regarding them. 



VII. — Students and Visitors. 



The number of visits paid to the Zoological Department during 

 the year 1915 by students and other persons requiring assistance or 

 information amounted to 8,020. This number includes the visits 

 paid by Students holding tickets entitling them to do special work 

 in the Exhibition Galleries. 



In the 10 previous years the numbers were as follows. From 

 1905 to 1912 inclusive, the present Department of Entomology was 

 included in the Department of Zoology : — 



9,235 in 



the year 1914. 



9,982 



1913. 



12,564 



1912. 



12,175 



1911. 



12,443 



1910. 



11,461 



1909. 



10,220 



1908. 



11,043 



1907. 



10,813 



1906. 



11,811 



1905. 



Sidney F. Harmer. 



