104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



families Gryllidae and Phasgonuridae ; and 2,247 species of 

 Formicidae, also from Central America, including the types 

 of a new sub-genus, 42 new species, and 25 new races or 

 varieties, also 7 nests. 



From Dr. F. P. Moreno, Director of the La Plata Museum, 

 — A large collection from South America, consisting of recent 

 and fossil Mammals, Birds, Reptile remains, casts of various 

 fossils. Plants, a, fragment and a cast of Meteoric Iron found 

 in Patagonia, &c. 



Among the Birds of Prey presented are several rare 

 species, including an example of the White-throated 

 Caracara, previously known only from the unique type in 

 the British Museum, 



From the Secretary of State for the Congo Free State. — 

 A fine series of Fishes from the River Congo. 



From the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund. — A 

 collection of remains of mummied animals from the cata- 

 combs of sacred animals at Dendereh, collected by Prof. W. 

 M. Flinders Petrie. Skiagraphs of some of these have been 

 taken by Dr. John Anderson with interesting results. 



From Mrs. Farren White. — The collection of Hymenoptera 

 made, named, and arranged by the late Frederick Smith, 

 consisting of 17,450 specimens. 



From the Misses E. and F. Busk. — The very valuable 

 collections of Polyzoa and Hydroida made by their father, 

 the late George Busk, f.r.s., comprising 7,511 specimens of 

 recent and fossil Polyzoa and 694 Hydroida, including many 

 type-specimens. 



From Mrs. Hincks. — The valuable collections of Polyzoa 

 and Hydroida made by her husband, the late Rev. Thomas 

 Hincks, f.r.s., comprising 1,375 specimens, and including 124 

 types of Polyzoa and 17 types of Hydroida. 



From Sir William Ingram. — The celebrated Greyhound 

 " Fullerton," winner of the " Waterloo Cup " for four 

 consecutive years (1889-92). 



From the Royal Society. — An interesting and valuable 

 series of natural history specimens, including mammals, 

 birds, reptiles, fish, and insects from Sokotra and the island 

 of Abd-el-kuri, including many species not represented in 

 the British Museum, collected by Messrs. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 

 and H. O. Forbes (see pp. 98-101). 



From Lord Lovat and Mr. H. Weld-Blundell. — A first set 

 of the specimens from the collection of birds and mammals 

 obtained by those gentlemen during their expedition through 

 the Galla country and Southern Abyssinia to the Blue 

 Nile.] 



From Captain A. W. S. Wingate. — A series of Zoological 

 specimens collected by him during an expedition up the 



