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13 specimens (species new to the collection) from the South 

 Shetland and South Orkney Islands; collected by A. G. Bennett, 

 Esq. ; purchased. 



Worms. 



The total number of Parasitic Worms registered during the 

 year was 627 ; among the more important of these were the 

 following : — 



Europe. 



Examples of 8 species of Nematodes parasitic in Equidae, 

 including co-types of 5 forms described as new by the donor; 

 presented by Prof. Warrington Yorke, M .D. 



85 parasitic worms, being duplicates of species collected at 

 the Prosectorium from animals that had died in the Society's 

 Gardens; presented by the Zoological Society of London. 



Asia. 



Examples of a number of species of the Nematode family 

 Gnathostomidae from India and Ceylon (some of them new to 

 science) ; ^presented by Lt.-Col. Clayton Lane, M.D. 



Africa. 



A collection of 230 parasitic worms from East Africa; 

 presented by A. I^overidge, Esq. 



Other worms numbered 62, including the following : — 



5 specimens of Dichogaster jaculatrix (co-types), from the 

 Ituri Eorest, Belgian Congo; presented by the Tervueren Museum. 



5 examples of Phreaotothrix cantabrigiensis (co-types), from 

 a well at Chittering, Waterbeach, Cambridge; presented by the 

 University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. 



The type of Trichodrilus icenorum from Pulliam St, Maiy, 

 Norfolk; presented by C. Candler, Esq. 



22 worms, including examples of Leocrates atlantica, Pontob- 

 della muricata and Hyalinoecia sp.; collected by Capt. F. M. 

 Davis; presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and. Fisheries. 



Brachiopoda. 



The accessions total 42 ; none is of special importance. 



POLYZOA. 



The accessions total 24, inciluding 8 specimens from the 

 coast of Spain, received in exchange from Dr. M. J. Barroso. 



CCELENTERATA. 



The accessions number 73. 



The most important is a series of Pennatulidse from the 

 Indo-Australian Archipelago collected by the " Siboga " ; 

 received in exchange from Prof. Max Weber. 



Collections from the Bahamas and from tlie Lousy Bank are 

 also worth mention. 



