I 12 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



From the Rev. F. D. Morice. — The collection of British 

 Hymenoptera formed by the late Mr. Edward Saunders, F.R.S. 



From an anonymous donor (through Mr. Guy A. K. 

 Marshall). — The specimens of palsearctic Rhynchota which 

 formed part of the entomological collection of the late Edward 

 Saunders, F.R.S. 



From the Premier (Transvaal) Diamond Mining Co., Ltd. — 

 An interesting series of specimens from the Premier Mine. 



From the Directors of the De Beers Consolidated Mines 

 Ltd., Kimberley. — A comprehensive and carefully selected 

 series of 66 specimens of rocks and minerals from the De 

 Beers and associated diamond mines. 



From Prof. K. Oebbeke, of Munich. — An interesting series 

 of minerals from Epprechtstein, Bavaria. 



From Sir Joseph D. Hooker. — A bust of his father, Sir 

 William Hooker, and portraits of several well known botanists 

 and collectors of the earlier part of the last century. 



From Mrs. A. J. Godden. — A collection of British plants, 

 dried in sand, for exhibition in the Botanical Gallery. 



From Mr. J. S. Shenstone, F.L.S.— His collection of 1,000 

 photographic slides of British wild plants. 



Purchases. 



Among the more important purchases made during the 

 year, special mention may be made of the following : — 



The third instalment of Canon Norman's collection of 

 Atlantic and Arctic Invertebrates, other than insects, con- 

 sisting of about 3,290 specimens of sponges (including 195 types 

 and 184 co-types) and of a number of specimens of Hydrozoa, 

 Anthozoa, Crustacea, etc. 



The third and last portion of the Jacoby collection of 

 phytophagous coleoptera, consisting of 3,981 specimens and 

 including 934 types. 



The first instalment of the collection of coleoptera from 

 Japan and Ceylon formed by Mr. G. Lewis, of Tunbridge Wells, 

 including about 400 species from Japan and about 1,600 species 

 from Ceylon. 



The collection of Pala3arctic Hymenoptera formed by the 

 late Mr. Edward Saunders, F.R.S. 



A mounted head of the Northern W^hite Rhinoceros, killed 

 by Major Powell Cotton. 



A collection of specimens illustrating the rate of growth 

 and the food of certain fishes. 



The second and final instalment of the Seeley collection 

 of fossil reptiles, chiefly from the Karoo formation of South 

 Africa. 



