114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Insecta. — The total number of specimens acquired during 

 the year amounted to seventy-four thousand four hundred 

 and eighty-one. They are distributed as follows : — 



Ooleoptera - - - - - - . - 42,454 



Orthoptera - ^ - - - - - 1,490 



Neuroptera --.----- 410 



Lepidoptera ------- 11,876 



Hymenoptera ------ 7,670 



Diptera -------- 3,085 



Rhynchota - - 7,280 



Nests, economic specimens, etc. - - _ 225 



Total - - - 74,481 



The most important of these are : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



Thirty thousand Ooleoptera and six thousand Hemiptera, 

 the collection formed by the late Dr. John A. Power; pur- 

 chased. 



Six hundred and forty Diptera, eighteen Ooleoptera, seven 

 Hymenopcera and two Neuropteta, from South Devon, the 

 New Forest and Farrington, Herefordshire ; presented by 

 Col. Yerbury. 



Fifty Dipterii from Roscrea, Tipperary; presented by 0. J. 

 Gahan, Esq. 



Eighty-seven Diptera from Felixtowe and four hundred 

 and eighty-four from Hertfordshire, including Degeeria 

 ornata, new to the collection ; collected, mounted and mostly 

 named by the donor, A. Piffard, Esq. 



Male and female specimens of Prestiuichia, a rare aquatic 

 Hymenopteron ; purchased. 



One hundred and fifty Diptera from Bearsted, Kent, and 

 twelve specimens of Scale Insect (Aspidiotus iimonii) on a, 

 lemon ; presented by E. E. Green, Esq. 



Three hundred and forty-three moths from Mr. 0. A. Briggs' 

 collection ; purchased. 



Four Peach Stems from Fernhurst with Aspidiotus 

 ostreceformis ; presented by 0. Salvin, Esq., f.r.s. 



(From Europe.) 



Twenty-six Ooleoptera, twelve Orthoptera, sixty Diptera 

 and forty Hymenoptera, including Polistes biglumis with its 

 nest ; collected at S. Antonien, Switzerland, and presented 

 by Sir W. H. Flower, k.c.b. 



One thousand eight hundred and sixty -one Ooleoptera, five 

 hundred and four Orthoptera, five hundred and seventy- one 

 Lepidoptera and seventy-three Ehynchota, from Greece; 

 presented by Mrs. Merlin. 



