104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MI^SEUM. 



Bequests. 

 Vervall Collection. — Some 11,650 Diptera were received at 

 the Museum under the terms of the will of the late Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall, to whose bequest of part of his collection reference was 

 made in the last report (p. 105). 



Adams Collection of Lepido2^tera. — The Museum has been 

 enriched by the acquisition of the very valuable collection of 

 Exotic and Palsearctic Lepidoptera formed by the late Mr. H. 

 J. Adams, who bequeathed it to the Trustees, subject to the 

 conditions that the collection " be known as the ' Adams 

 " Collection ' and kept intact for 25 years, after which time 

 " the authorities shall be at liberty to transfer the ' type ' 

 " specimens to the National Collection and also such others 

 " (with due care not to deplete) as they may think desirable 

 " for improvement of the same " ; that all specimens transferred 

 be labelled as from the H. J. Adams Collection ; and that the 

 remainder be still known as the " Adams Collection," and no 

 part of it sold or exchanged. 



This magnificent collection is estimated to consist of about 

 140,000 specimens, 109,000 of these, comprising the butterflies 

 and som.e of the larger moths, being contained in 69 cabinets, 

 while the remaining 31,000 are moths contained in 531 carton 

 boxes. 



Hume Collection of Indian Horns. — The late Mr. Allan O. 

 Hume, C.B., who died in July, bequeathed to the Museum his 

 valuable collection of heads and horns of Asiatic and other 

 horned animals, subject to the condition that it be preserved 

 " as an entire and undivided collection." The bequest consists 

 of 107 specimens, considered to be the finest series of Indian 

 horns ever brought together, all being much beyond average 

 dimensions, some being records, and several types. The 

 Trustees have accepted this splendid bequest, with the condition 

 attached, and arrangements are in progress for exhibiting the 

 collection. 



Presents. 



The total number of gifts received during the year by the 

 several Departments was 2,444, as compared with 2,431 in 1911. 

 Many of these comprised large numbers of individual specimens. 

 The details of the more important of them will be found in the 

 reports of the Keepers of the Departments, but the following 

 are mentioned here also, as being of special interest : — 



From Mrs. Beddome. — A selection from the collection of 

 shells from India (including Burma and the Malay Peninsula) 

 made by her husband, the late Col. R. H. Beddome, of all such 

 species as were required to complete the Museum collection ; 

 the selection to be made by Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, 

 who had been a close friend of Col. Beddome and was well 

 acquainted with the contents and value of the collection. 



From Mr. A. Blayney Percival. — The skin of a white Zebra, 

 from the Loriar Swamp, British East Africa. 



