126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Of the Norman collection 10,033 specimens have been 

 registered during the year and the tubes containing them 

 sealed with wax. 



The Budde-Lund collection received in lul2 and the Koch 

 collection received in 1913 still await attention, but it has 

 not been possible to do more than dust and refill the bottles, 

 and there is, unfortunately, no immediate prospect of these 

 important collections being made accessible for study. 



The number of accessions continues to diminish rapidly, and 

 it has thus been possible to find places in the overcrowded 

 Crustacea Room for most of the specimens received during the 

 year. 



A considerable part of the " Terra Nova " collection of 

 Crustacea has been distributed to various specialists for exami- 

 nation. The collection of P3^cnogonida has been studied, and a 

 report on it is in preparation. 



Prototracheata. 



1'he most important event for many years in the history of 

 the collection is the acquisition of the specimens got together 

 by the late Prof. Adam Sedgwick, F.R.S. 



ECHINODERMA. 



Gieat difficulty has been experienced in findiiig accommoda- 

 tion for specimens preserved in spirit, and further orderly 

 arrangement of species cannot be completely carried out. 



Most of the specimens obtained during the year have been 

 determined, and all have been incorporated. 



Specimens of Astrotoma agassizii from the Antarctic have 

 been mounted and added to the exhibited collection ; and 

 instructive series of dissected preparations of Ophinotus vivi- 

 ■parus have been set out. 



A revision of the MSS. Catalogue of Asteroidea was 

 commenced, but has to yield to the necessity of working out 

 the Echinoderms collected by the " Terra Nova." 



Worms. 



With the help of Mr. W. A. Harding for Leeches and of 

 Dr. Cognetti de Martiis for Oligochseta, nearly all the worms 

 obtained during the year have been determined and all have 

 been incorporated. 



Considerable progress have been made with the systematic 

 arrangement of the microscopic slides ; those of the Willey 

 collection, which bore only numbers, have been labelled, and 

 incorporated with the rest of the collection. 



The collection of Rotifers was thoroughly revised by 

 Mr. Rousselet, the original mounter. 



The study collections of all groups of Parasitic Worms have 

 been re-arranged, as far as the limited space in the Spirit 

 Building permits, on a plan which renders tbem more readily 



