136 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



262 Lepidoptera Tineina from Madagascar ; f resented by Lord 

 Rothschild, F.R.S. 



America. 



710 specimens of various orders from the West Indies; pre- 

 sented by W. E. Broadway, Esq. 



600 Heterocera fiioni Jamaica; presented by Dr. F. W. 

 Jackson. 



572 specimens, mostly Lepidoptera from California and 

 Brazil; presented by E. Dukinfield Jones, Esq. 



400 Diptera from North and Central America ; presented by 

 Dr. L. 0. Howard. 



328 specimens of various orders from Ecuador; presented by 

 Gilbert Hammond, Esq. 



209 specimens, chiefly Diptera, from the West Indies ; pre- 

 sented by St. George Gray, Esq. 



150 Heterocera from South America; presented by W. /. 

 Kaye, Esq. 



150 Diptera from United States of America; in exchange. 



1'60 E-hynchota from North America; in exchange. 



468 Lepidoptera from Honduras; purchased. 



Australasia. 



226 Coleoptera including many co-types; presented by A. M. 

 Lea, Esq. 



VI. Economic Entomology. 



Correspondence dealing with matters of an economic nature 

 has shown a very great increase over previous years. The en- 

 quiries have been very varied and of wide scope, those having 

 reference to pests of stored products and of wood predominating. 

 Where it was thought that correspondence would not be quite 

 satisfactory, visits were paid and examinations carried out on 

 the spot. The series illustrating injurious and beneficial insects 

 and the card catalogue of economic literature have been fre- 

 quently consulted by students. The economic series is expand- 

 ing rapidly, but progress is considerably hampered by lack of 

 space. Pamphlets on the Furniture Beetles and the House-fly 

 have been published, a new edition of the previous pamphlet on 

 the latter subject has been prepared, the one on Mosquitoes re- 

 vised, and one dealing with the Cockroach is on its way through 

 the press. 



Amongst the subjects on which information or advice has been 

 sought, and so far as possible given, the following may be 

 mentioned : — 



Coleoptera. 



(1) Woodworms. — ^Many pieces of damaged wood have been 

 received and reported upon. One of the most interest- 

 ing was a piece of Scots Pine from a City church 

 riddled with the borings of Xestobium tessellatum. 

 This species had not, hitherto, been suspected of 

 attacking coniferous woods. 



