12t) ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eight specimens of Perij)atus from Brazil, collected by 

 Messrs. Austen and Cambridge during the voyage of Messrs. 

 Siemens, Bros.' cable S.S. " Faraday," from Para to Manaos. 



Crustacea. — Two hundred and thirty-six specimens were 

 added to this class. The most important acquisitions are : — 



Thirty fish-parasites from Plymouth ; presented by P. W. 

 Basset-Smith, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Amphipods from Jersey and Guernsey ; pre- 

 sented by A. O. Walkei', Esq. 



Sixteen dried Decapods from Naples ; presented by Miss 

 Pascoe. 



Forty deep sea forms from the Indian Ocean ; presented by 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Twenty-seven West Indian Isopods, determined by Mon. 

 Dollfus ; presented by the AVest Indian Committee of the 

 Royal Society. 



A collection, chiefly of larvae, made in the New ]Iebrides ; 

 presented by Captain Meryon, r.n. 



Bvynzoa. — Only twenty- three specimens were added to this 

 branch of the collection. None are of special interest. 



Annulata, Nennatoda, Rotifera and P latyhelminthes.— Of 

 these groups of Worms, two hundred and forty-three examples 

 were acquired. The most important are : — 



A large Dutrochet's Landleech, from Maidenhead ; presented 

 by Latimer Clark, Esq., f.r.s. 



Sixty-five well-preserved Worms from Naples, and forty- 

 eight from Plymouth ; purchased. 



The type of a new family, Arhynchus hemignathi ; pre- 

 sented by A. E. Shipley, Esq. 



Twelve well-preserved examples of Rotifera ; mounted and 

 presented by C. Rousselet, Esq. 



Thirty-one well-preserved specimens of Platyhelminthes, 

 purchased from the Marine Biological Association. 



Six Land Planarians from Ceylon, determined by Prof. 

 Orafi*, and presented by E. E. Green, Esq. 



Ten Earthworms (Perichceta) from Celebes ; purchased. 



"The type of a new Gephyrean, Phyniosonia iveldoni, from 

 the Bahamas ; presented by A. E. Shipley, Esq. 



Echinoderma. — The following are the most important of 

 the eighty-four specimens added to this class : — 



Thirty-six specimens from Marseilles ; presented by Prof. 

 Yayssiere. 



Twenty-six deep-sea specimens from the Bay of Biscay ; 

 received in exchange from Prof. Koehler. 



A Strongylocentrotus drohachiensis, from Spitzbergen ; 

 presented by Dr. J. W. Gregory. 



Arithozoa. — 



