DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. Ill 



16 specimens of freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea from Sinai 

 and Palestine ; iiresented by Major E. E. Austen, D.S.O. 



4 Mysidacea from the Yorkshire Coast ; presented htj ]V. P. 

 Pi/ craft, Esq. 



4 Crustacea from Dar-es-Salaam ; presented hi/ Commander 

 Smart, R.N. 



15 specimens of the Fairy shrimp {^Cldroeepliahis diaplianus) 

 from Buckinghamshire ; /presented hij (lias. Oldliam, Esq., and by 

 J. F. G. Seltman, Esq. 



91 specimens of freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea (including 

 the holotype of a new species) from Mesopotamia ; presented b// 

 Capt. C. L. Botilenfjer. 



4 Crustacea from Basra ; presented Itij Major C. Christ//. 



5 specimens of a parasitic Crustacean from the Transvaal ; 

 presented b/j the Hon. P. A. Methnen. 



ECHINODERMA. 



8 specimens collected in the China Sea, including 2 specimens of 

 a Stalked Crinoid {Metacrinus interriipti(s) ; presented b/j the Eastern 

 and Associated Telearaph Companies. 



Worms. 



Among the earthworms attention should be called to Dichoyaster 

 stuhlmanni, from the Sudan ; presented b/j Major S. S. Flower ; and 

 to a luminous species, Chilota ak/oensis, from Table Mountain ; 

 presented Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist. 



A collection of 73 Polychaetes, etc., determined and presented h/j 

 H. A. Baylis, Esq. 



An interesting collection of 14 British Leeches ; presented bi/ 

 W. N. Blair, Esq. 



The total number of specimens of parasitic worms registered 

 during the year was 570. Among these the following were the 

 more important additions to the collection : — 



A considerable number of Entozoa, chiefly from birds (including 

 5 new species), from the Murman Coast, collected and presented by 

 Dr. E. A. Cockayne. 



A collection of Entozoa from birds, chiefly new species, from 

 Uganda, collected by Mr. C. C. Gowdey, and presented by the 

 Imperial Bureau of Entomoloyy. 



Co-types of the parasitic Turbellarian, Avagina incola, from 

 Scotland ; presented by Dr. R. T. fjciper. 



Examples of 7 species of parasitic worms (including type 

 specimens of 4 species) from India ; presented by Lt.-Col. Claijton 

 Lane, I. M.S. 



A very remarkable specimen of Taenia sayinata (from a patient 

 in London), showing a hitherto undescribed malformation of the 

 segments ; /iresented by Dr. W. T. Hillier. 



Various collections of parasitic worms from Africa and from. 

 South America ; presented by tlie Imperial Bureau of Entomoloyy . 



