106 ACCOUNTS, ETC., Of* THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Twenty specimens from Lagos; presented by his Ex- 

 cellency Sir C. Alfred Moloney, k.c.m.g. 



Eighty specimens from South Africa, including Corwioce- 

 'phalus cupzipes ; presented by H. A. Spencer, Esq. 



Nineteen specimens from Queen Charlotte Island ; pre- 

 sented by the Rev. J. H. Keen. 



Twelve specimens from New Zealand ; presented by 

 J. Vaughan Jennings, Esq. 



Insecta. — The total number of specimens acquired during 

 the year amounted to twenty thousand seven hundred and 

 seven ; they are distributed among the various orders as 

 follows : — 



Coleoptera 11,006 



Hymenoptera _.__-_ 1,223 



Lepidoptera - - - - - - - 6,050 



Diptera -------- 939 



Mallophaga ------- 21 



Neuroptera ------- 448 



Orthoptera ------- 440 



Rhynchota - 580 



Total - - - 20,707 



In addition to the collections already referred to, the 

 following are the most important acquisitions : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



Two hundred and sixteen named specimens of British 

 Diptera ; presented by G. H. Verrall, Esq. 



A Nest of a Humble Bee, probably Bombus muscorum, 

 from England ; presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart. 



Sixty British Diptera for exhibition in the gallery ; pur- 

 chased. 



Eighty Lepidoptera, formerly part of J. F. Stephens' col- 

 lection, containing the type of Plusia bimaculata, all the 

 specimens either reputed British or European ; presented by 

 H. T. Stainton, Esq., r.R.s. 



Seventy-two Galls formed by Insects of various orders, 

 seventeen types of Neuroptera, Orthoptera, and Hymen- 

 optera, and an Ant's Nest, chiefly British ; purchased. 



(From Europe.) 



Seventeen Insects in amber from Samland ; purchased. 

 Sixty one Diptera, chiefly from Heidelberg; collected and 

 presented by E. E. Austen, Esq. 



Sixty 



