122 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



In addition to the collections already referred to, the 

 following are the most important acquisitions : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



Six Coleoptera (Eumicrus rufus), from Croydon ; pre- 

 sented by C. O. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Eleven examples of Phymatocera aterriima and Blenno- 

 carpa fuscula, from Kew ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther, 



F.R.S. 



Six Root-galls on plum, supposed to be caused by Biorhiza 

 terinioialis ; presented by Dr. M. T. Masters. 



Ten examples of Dryophanta folii and five galls made by 

 the same, from Plymouth ; presented by G, C. Bignall, Esq. 



One thousand eight hundred and nine Diptera and fifty 

 Coleoptera, from the New Forest and South Devon ; collected 

 and presented by Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Yerbury. Among 

 the Diptera are Psilota atra, Pocota apiformis, and many 

 other rare species ; the Tipulidce and Lhnnobdiidce from 

 Devon being carefully mounted and named by Mr. G. C. 

 Bignell.* 



A raw bullock's hide containing a large number of Box-fly 

 larvae {Hypoderma bovis), and two pieces of tanned leather, 

 showing the injury done by larvae of this fly, from England; 

 presented by H. O. Hinton, Esq. 



Sixty-three Diptera from Warwickshire, chiefly valuable 

 as a contribution to the British collection ; presented by Mr. 

 K C. Bradley. 



Three hundred and twenty-six Diptera, carefully mounted 

 and partly named by the donor, from Hertfordshire ; pre- 

 sented by A. PifFard, Esq. 



Two hundred and twenty Psychodidce, belonging to thirty- 

 seven species, collected in Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, and 

 co-types of species described by the donor ; presented by the 

 Rev. A. Eaton. 



(From Europe.) 



Eighty-four Coleoptera, from Corsica ; presented by G. C. 

 Champion, Esq. 



One thousand nine hundred and twenty Coleoptera, all care- 

 fully mounted, chiefly from the Mediterranean ; presented by 

 J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N. 



(From North America.) 



Sixty Coleoptera, fifty-nine Lepidoptera, and nineteen 

 insects of other orders, from the Eraser River Valley, in the 

 Cascade Mountains, 800 feet above sea level, 137 miles east of 

 Vancouver; presented by the Rev. J. S. St. John, b.a. 



Ten Butterflies and fifty-three Moths, unmounted, from 

 Vancouver, chiefly co -types of species recently described by 

 American authors ; presented by W. H. Danby, Esq. 



