120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Fifteen Arachnida from Secunderabad, including examples 

 of the rare Isometrus scaher ; presented by St. Quentin 

 Ricardo, Esq. 



Eighty-eight Scorpions, principally from Aden and Burma, 

 including examples of species of Scorpiops, Neho and Hemi- 

 scorpius new to the collection; presented by E. W. Gates, Esq. 



An example of Scorpiops lindstrcemii from Upper Burma 

 new to the collection ; presented by Lieut. E. Y. Watson. 



Seventy-one Arachnida from Perth, West Australia ; pre- 

 sented by H. W. J. Turner, Esq. 



Twenty-six Scorpions from Victoria and New South Wales ; 

 presented by Walter W. Froggatt, Esq. 



Thirty Arachnida from Trinidad ; presented by J. H. Hart, 

 Esq., F.L s, 



Myriopoda. — Two hundred and sixty additions have been 

 made to this class ; the following are worthy of special 

 mention : — 



Twenty-six Myriopoda from Cape Palmas, including ex- 

 amples of the rare Alijoes multicostis and of an undescribed 

 species of Oxydesmus ; presented by Alvan Millson, Esq. 



Fourteen Myriopoda from Canara, including examples of 

 undescribed species of Strongylosoma, Camhala and Allo- 

 porus ; presented by Major Wraughton. 



Twenty-five Myriopoda from Upper Burma ; presented by 

 Lieut. E. Y. Watson. 



Twenty-eight Myriopoda from Perth, West Australia; pre- 

 sented by H. W. J. Turner, Esq. 



A hundred and thirty-one Myriopoda from Eastern Aus- 

 tralia and New Zealand, including many undescribed species 

 of Polydesmidce and lulidce ; presented by Professor Baldwin 

 Spencer. 



Insecta. — The total number of specimens acquired during 

 the year amounted to one hundred and six thousand five 

 hundred and ninety-one ; they are distributed among the 

 various orders as follows : — 



Ooleoptera ------- 65,939 



Hymenoptera - - - - - - 1,154 



Lepidoptera ------- 30,273 



Diptera 2,415 



Neuroptera ------- 83 



Orthoptera 236 



Rhynchota - 6,473 



Trichoptera ------- 15 



Thysanura ------- 3 



Total - - - 106.591 



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