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14 land-shells, from the Oriental Region. Presented hy G. K. 

 Gude, Esq. 



23 land-shells, from the same Region. Purchased. 



9 land-shells, from the Abor Hills. Presented hy the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. 



9 British Slugs. Presented hy W. Denison Roehuck, Esq. 



A Pecten {Pecten (Chlamys) scahricostatus, 8owb.), from Da 

 Costa's collection. Presented by G. B. Sowerby, Esq. 



A remarkably fine group of Vermetidse ( Vermiculus spiratus), 

 from Bermuda. Presented hy John P. Bartram, Esq. 



Myriopoda. 



The accessions numbered 17, including the syntypes of a European 

 Bristly Millipede (Lophoproctus inferus). Presented hy Prof. F. 

 Silvestri. 



Arachnida. 



The acquisitions numbered 435, the following being especially 

 noteworthy : — 



The types of a new Solpuga (S. toppini), from Zululand. Pre- 

 sented by E. C. Chuhh, Esq. 



63 Pseudoscorpions, from S. Africa, representing 14 different 

 species, most of which are new to the collection. Presented hy 

 Robert Godfrey, Esq. 



55 slides of British Water-Mites (Hydrachnidse), mounted by 

 W. Saville Kent, Esq. Presented hy A. S. Hirst, Esq. 



A specimen of Limidus, from Kuching River, Sarawak, Borneo, 

 having the telson bifurcated. Presented by Philip Schidrowitz, Esq., 

 Ph.D., F.C.S. 



Crustacea. 



The most important addition made during the year was the col- 

 lection presented by Mr. A. 0. Walker, consisting of Amphipoda, 

 Isopoda, and other Crustacea, chiefly from British seas, the Mediter- 

 ranean, and the Indian Ocean. The extent of this collection, which 

 contains many types and other specimens described by the donor, 

 cannot be precisely stated until it has been properly arranged, but it 

 is contained in over 650 bottles and tubes, and comprises also about 

 40 microscopic preparations. The other accessions number 379, and 

 include : — • 



89 specimens taken from Telegraph cables in the West Indies, 

 the Mediterranean, and the Malay Archipelago. Presented hy the 

 Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies. 



49 River-crabs and prawns, from Sierra Leone. Presented by N. 

 W. Thomas, Esq. 



144 Amphipoda and Isopoda, from South Africa, including syn- 

 types of 17 species. Presented by K. H. Barnard, Esq. 



16 Crustacea, from the Mawson Antarctic Expedition, including 

 the holotype of one species, and paratypes of another.' Presented hy 

 Prof. W. A. Haswell, F.R.S. 



