120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eleven specimens of Bipalium from Ceylon ; presented by 

 E. E. Green, Esq. 



Seven worms from South America ; presented by D. Wilson 

 Barker, Esq. 



Echinoderms. — To this class two thousand two hundred and 

 forty additions have been made in the year. In addition to 

 the " Challenger " and '■ Porcupine " collections already men- 

 tioned, the following are noteworthy : — 



Eighty specimens from the Laboratory of the Marine Biolo- 

 gical Association at Plymouth ; purchased. 



Twenty-nine deep-sea forms from the South-west Coast of 

 Ireland, including Brisinga,Pontaster tenuispinis, Ophiohyrsa 

 hystricis and Holothuria tremula ; presented by G. C. Bourne, 

 Esq. 



A second series of twenty-six deep-sea forms, from the 

 West Coast of Ireland, amongst which were Phorrtioso'ma 

 placenta and Spatangus raschi ; presented by the Royal 

 Dublin Society. 



A very valuable collection of sixty-four specimens, of 

 considerable historical interest, as forming part of the col- 

 lection of the late William Thompson, the well-known author 

 of the " Fauna of Ireland " ; presented by the Belfast Natural 

 History Society. 



Twenty-six Starfishes from Cullercoats ; presented by R 

 Howse, Esq. 



A series of twenty specimens of Strongylocentrotus 

 drohachiensis from Montrose ; presented by W. Duncan, Esq. 

 Two hundred and fifty-two specimens selected from a series 

 formerly in the possession of the late Sir Wyville Thomson, 

 and including a number of interesting northern species, such 

 as Ophiacantha 8p)ectahilis, 0].')liioglypha carnea and Ec hi 

 nocucumis typica, as well as a valuable series of determined 

 North American forms, such as Actinometra meridionalis, 

 AstrogoTYiphus vallatus and Echinarachnius excentricus ; 

 presented by John Murray, Esq. 



A good series of Echinus norvegicus from the North Sea ; 

 presented by Professor S Lov6n. 



Seventy-nine Echinoderms from various localities, including 

 Aniphiura viacilenta, Odontaster hispidus, Diplopter aster 

 multipes, Leptasterias compta, and Avchaster americanus ; 

 received in exchange from the United States National 

 Museum. 



Eight Echinoderms from Ceylon, including Cidaris 

 ir)%'peTialis ; presented by the Colombo Museum, 



Forty-two Echinoderms from Madras, including Asterodis- 

 cus elegans and Pseudoholetia maculata ; presented by the 

 Central Government Museum, Madras. 



Fourteen Echinoderms from South America ; presented by 

 D. Wilson Barker, Esq. 



Sponges. — 



