70 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Syntypes o£ three species o£ Decapoda, from the Red Sea. 

 Presented hy Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S. 



EcHIi^ODEEMA. 



The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies have again 

 presented interesting specimens from deep water, most of which 

 have been determined. 



' Worms. 



The most important acquisition in this part of the collection is 

 the series of Rotifera and other microscopic organisms, mostly from 

 fresh water, collected, mounted, and presented by Mr. C. F. Rousselet. 

 The collection consists of more than 1,000 slides of Rotifera, with a 

 few Gastrotricha, the Polyzoa noticed below, and other slides and 

 tubes. The specimens are admirably preserved, and the slides are 

 mounted with great skill. 



Other noteworthy additions are as follows : — 



A specimen of the rare Marionina georgiana, from the Falkland 

 Islands. Presented hy Dr. J. H. Ashworth, F.R.S. 



Small collections of parasitic worms made by Mr. G. E. Bodkin 

 in British Guiana, and by Dr. W. M. Aders in Zanzibar. Presented 

 by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. 



3 species of parasitic worms, &c., including types. Presented hy 

 Dr. J. H. Ashworth, F.R.S. 



Specimens of Bilharzia or Schistosoma, producing the formidable 

 disease Bilharziosis, from Egypt. Presented hy Major E. E. Austen. 



Specimens of the Land-Planarian, Rhynchodemus terrestris, and 

 their egg-capsules, from Oswestry. Collected and presented hy Capt. 

 H. E. Quick, R.A.M.C., T. 



Anthozoa. 



The only specimens obtained during the year have been a few 

 collected in deep water. Presented hy the Eastern and Associated 

 Telegraph Companies. 



Polyzoa. 



109 specimens, comprising a duplicate set, including many 

 paratypes, of the species of Polyzoa described in "The Polyzoa 

 of the ' Siboga ' Expedition," Part I, " Entoprocta, Ctenostomata 

 and Cyclostomata," by S. F. Harmer. Presented hy Prof. Dr. 

 Max Weber. 



8 specimens of Polyzoa, including two types and four other 

 figured specimens described or referred to in Dr. Harmer's " Siboga " 

 Report. Presented hy the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. 



178 specimens of Polyzoa, mostly fresh-water, including 

 numerous examples beautifully preserved and mounted, with tentacles 

 extended. Presented hy C. F. Rousselet, Esq. 



