96 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



but the following are mentioned here also as being of special 

 interest : — 



From the Lords of the Admiralty. — Further consignments 

 of zoological specimens, collected by Messrs. J. J. Walker, 

 Chief Engineer, and P. W. Bassett-Smith, Surgeon, of H.M.S. 

 " Penguin," during the surveying operations of that vessel 

 among the East Indian Islands and in the China Seas. 



From Mrs. Stainton. — The collection of Lepidoptera formed 

 by her husband, the late Mr. H. T. Stainton, f.r.s. ; his 

 entomological correspondence ; and an extremely valuable 

 series of his original drawings of the larvse of Micro- 

 lepidoptera. Certain portions of this collection, representing 

 the materials on which Mr. Stainton's various publications 

 are mainly based, will be preserved intact, and permanently 

 distinguished as the " Stainton Collection." 



From J. C. Williams, Esq., m.p. — 510 specimens of Minerals, 

 mostly Cornish, selected from the collection brought together 

 by the father and grandfather of the donor. These speci- 

 mens form a series which, owing to the closing of so many 

 Cornish mines and the change of mineral conditions in 

 others, it would be impossible to make in the present day. 

 They have been arranged in four window-cases in the 

 Mineral Gallery, where they will be exhibited together 

 for a year or two, before incorporation into the General 

 Collection. 



From F. D, Godman and O. Salvin, Esqrs. — The remaining 

 portion of their collection of skins of American birds, con- 

 sisting of 11,704 specimens; a series of 8,01G Mexican birds; 

 and a collection of 1,267 eggs brought together by the 

 American ornithologist Henshaw, and acquired by Mr. 

 Godman some years ago. 



A further instalment of their collection of Central American 

 Coleoptera, consisting of 12,636 specimens of the family Hete- 

 romera, and including 1,717 of the 1,776 species recorded from 

 Central America, among which are the types of 1,295 species 

 described as new. 



Also the first instalment of their collection of Rhynchota 

 from Central America, consisting of 937 species, represented 

 by 5,543 specimens, of which 584 are types. 



From H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's 

 Commissioner and Consul-General for British Central Africa. 

 — A valuable collection of animals from various localities in 

 the Protectorate, many of the species being new either to 

 science or to the Museum collection. 



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