122 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Platyhelminthes, &c. — Sixty specimens added to the col- 

 lection, the most important are : — A small collection, 

 containing among other Oxyuris paronai received in 

 exchange from Prof. Parona of Genoa ; and two species of 

 Tristomum, received in exchange from Mr. S. Goto. 



Anthozoa. — Four hundred and seventy specimens v^ere 

 obtained, the most interesting are : — An exceedingly fine 

 dried specimen of Gorgonella umbella from Mergui ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. H. G. Batten. 



A few deep-sea corals from off Travancore ; presented by 

 the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Forty-six sea anemones from Bohuslan, Spitzbergen, and 

 other localities ; obtained by exchange from the Stockholm 

 Museum. 



Both red and white varieties of the interesting Pleuro- 

 corallium secundum of Japan ; presented by Dr. Kishinuye. 

 Two examples of the beautiful Virgularia gracillima from 

 Lyttelton, New Zealand ; purchased. 



Thirty corals, some of much interest ; presented by the 

 Raffles Museum, Singapore. 



Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Bryozoa, Hydrozoa, Porifera. — 

 Altogether six hundred and thirty-eight specimens have been 

 added to these groups. The more important acquisitions 

 are : — Fifty-nine Sponges, one hundred and forty-three 

 Hydrozoa, fifty-six Bryozoa, two Brachiopods and one 

 hundred and eighty-eight Tunicata, forming part of the 

 collection of the Rev. Dr. A. M. Norman ; purchased. 



Twenty-eight magnificent specimens of Hexactinellid 

 Sponges from Sagami Bay, Japan, including the types of 

 several species described by Prof. Ijima ; purchased. 



Fifty specimens of Sponges from Christmas Island, col- 

 lected by Mr. C. W. Andrews ; presented by Sir John 

 Murray, K.C.B. 



VI. — Visitors and Students. 



Ten thousand eight hundred and thirty visits have been 

 paid to the Department by persons who have required atten- 

 dance or assistance, as compared with — 

 9,708 in the year 1897. 



7,995 



1896. 



8,189 



1895. 



10,730 



1894. 



10,872 



1893. 



10,932 



1892. 



9,443 



1891. 



9,034 



1890. 



8,360 



1889. 



8,797 



1888. 



