120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A co-type (microscopical preparation) of a Mile [Geckohiella 

 [Hirstiella) trorabiddiformis); 'presented, by Prof. A. Berlese. 



Crustacea and Pycnogonida. 

 588 Crustacea and 12 Pycnogonida have been added to the 

 collection during the year. The following are the more 

 important of the accessions : — 



10 syntypes,of a recently described Crustacean (Bathynella 

 chappuisi) of exceptional interest, from Switzerland; preseiited 

 hy M. Th. Delachaux. 



4 deep-water Crustacea from the North Atlantic ; presented 

 hy the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



145 freshwater Crustacea from India ; presented hy J . Omer- 

 Cooper, Esq. 



30 freshwater Decapoda from India and Mesopotamia; pre- 

 sented hy R. Gvrney, Esq. 



6 freshwater Decapoda from Mesopotamia; presented hy the 

 Bomhay Natural History Society. 



7 freshwater Crustacea from Bagdad; presented hy Capt. 

 T. P. Buist, R.A.M.C. 



5 Decapoda from the coast of Palestine ; presented . hy I. 

 Aharoni, Esq. 



25 Decapoda from Sierra Leone; presented hy W. P. Lowe, 

 Esq. 



A syntype of a remarkable new Crustacean {Typhlocaris 

 letluea) from the Cave of Lethe in Cyrenaica ; presented hy Dr. 

 B. Parisi. 



TG freshwater Shrimps from Madagascar; presented hy the 

 Hon. Paul A. Methuen. 



16 Syncarida from Australia and Tasmania ; received in 

 exchange . 



8 freshwater Crustacea from "West Australia ; presented hy 

 the Director of the West Australian Museum. 



11 Crustacea from Torres Straits; presented, hy F. A. Potts, 

 Esq. 



G Cumacea (includinc 4 syntj-pes of a new species) from 

 the Antarctic; presented hy the Australian Antarctic E.rpedition. 



77 Crustacea and 6 Pycnogonida from the South Shetlands 

 and South Orkneys; presented hy His Excellency the Governor 

 of the FalMand Islands. 



45 Crustacea and 6 Pycnogonida from the SoutTi Shetlands 

 and South Orkneys; purchased. 



54 parasitic Crustacea from Whales, from South Georgia; 

 presented, hy Messrs. J. JRasmussen and Alex. Lange. 



ECHINODERMA. 



The accessions numbered 108, of which 93 were presented, 13 

 purchased and 2 received in exchange. The following are of 



G8 specimens from Lousy Bank, Lat. 60° 20' N. Long. 12° 40' 

 W. 108-200 fms., collected by Capt. F. M. Davis; presented hy 

 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



