130 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



poeus truculentus, Ischnothele dumicola and Stegodyphua 

 mirandus ; presented by members of the Natural History- 

 Society, Bombay, per Messrs. H. M. Phipson and R. C. 

 Wroughton. 



Forty-eight Arachnida from Ceylon, including, amongst 

 other species, magnificent specimens of Pcecilotheria 

 suhfusca and fasciata ; presented by E. E. Green, Esq. 



Twenty -five Arachnida from Nassau, in the Bahamas, in- 

 cluding specimens of a new species of Eurypelma ; presented 

 by J. L. Bonhote, Esq. 



Forty Arachnida from Guanajuato, Mexico, including 

 specimens of the rare Scorpions VoBJovis nitidulus, mexi- 

 canus and nigropictus, and also an example of Metriopelma 

 breyeri, new to the collection ; presented by Dr. A. Duges. 



Twenty-seven Spiders and Scorpions from Mount Roraima, 

 including specimens of the following new species : — Bro- 

 teochactus granosus and punctulatus and Trechalea 

 macGonnelli ; presented by F. V. Macconell, Esq. 



Insecta. — Of this class sixty -two thousand and forty-two 

 specimens have been registered during the past year, distri- 

 buted as follows : — 



Coleoptera ------- 13,313 



Orthoptera - ^ , - - - - 1,910 



Neuroptera ------- 6,259 



Lepidoptera ------- 12,011 



Hymenoptera ------ 25,503 



Diptera -------- 1,542 



Rhynchota ----.,. 1,448 



Aptera --__-__ IQ 



Economic specimens, nests, etc. - - - 46 



Total - - - 62,042 



Of these, the most notable are : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



Seven hundred and thirty-six Diptera from Felden, Herts, 

 and eighty from Hythe, Kent ; presented by A. Piffard, Esq. 



A portion of an Ants' Nest from the interior of an old 

 Weymouth Pine blown down in Kew Gardens ; presented by 

 Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, k.c.m.g. 



Ten Hymenoptera and four Diptera from Scotland, illus- 

 trative of Mimicry ; presented by Colonel Yerbury. 



A rare Saw-fly, Cladius pectinicornis, from Wells, 

 Somerset ; presented by Dr. H. W. Rivett. 



