15G ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Crustacea — continued. 



Fifty microscopical preparations of Ostracoda, including 

 liolotypes of eleven species, from Funafuti ; iDresented by the 

 Royal ^Society. 



Eight Crustacea from the Friendly Islands, collected by 

 the Solar Physics Observatory Eclipse Expedition of 1911 to 

 Vavau ; 'presented by Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer. 



A Woodlouse and four specimens of Aj)U8 from Hawaii ; 

 presented by the late F. W. Terry, Esq. 



Twenty-one Whale-parasites from South Georgia; presented 

 by Dr. George Cruickshank. 



Forty Cumacea from the "Nimrod" Antarctic Expedition ; 



presented by Sir Ernest Shackleton. 



Pycnogonida. 



Four specimens from South Georgia ; presented by Dr. 

 George Cruickshank. 



Echinoderma. 



Of the few (eight) specimens obtained during the year, none 

 call for special mention. 



Worms. 



Of these the most important are : — 



Two hundred and twenty-six Polychteta collected by the 

 National Antarctic Expedition, including representatives of 

 thirteen genera hitherto wanting to the collection ; described by 

 Prof . E. Ehlers in Vol. VI. of the " Discovery" Reports. 



Forty-eight Polychseta described by Dr. A. Willey, F.R.S., 

 in the Transactions of the Linnean Society (Vol, ix) ; 

 presented by the Trustees of the South African Museum. 



Various additions to the collection of Oligochseta which 

 have been determined most kindly by Dr. L. Cognetti de 

 Martiis. 



A further set of twenty-four beautiful preparations of 

 Hotifers, determined and mounted by C. F. Rousselet, Esq. 



POLYZOA. 



The most notable acquisition has been that of the Norman 

 Collection of Polyzoa, the most important part of which was 

 contained in 1,063 glass-topped boxes,, and included types, 

 co-types, and figured specimens. 



