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eight types and three species new to the collection ; presented 

 by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



5. The second instalment of the collection of African birds 

 formed by Captain G. E. Shelley, containing seven hundred 

 and forty-three specimens, and comprising the families Capri- 

 mulgidce, Cypselidce, Bucerotidce, Upupidce, Alcedinidw, 

 Coraciidce, Meropidce, Trogonidce, Psittacidce, and Muso- 

 phagidce, of which four are types and five -species new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



6. Five hundred and thirty Birds from Africa ; being the 

 collection formed by the late Mr. J. H. Gurney, and the 

 originals of the numerous papers written by him and Mr. T. 

 Ayres on African Ornithology ; presented by J. H. Gurney, 

 Esq., Jun. 



7. A valuable collection received through the Hydrographer 

 of the Admiralty, and consisting of two human crania, two 

 eggs of the Osprey, twenty-four Reptiles and Batrachians, 

 one hundred and sixty land and fresh-water Shells, thirteen 

 Crustacea, four Scorpions, a Galeodes, a new genus and 

 species of Scolopendridcv, one hundred and eighty-nine 

 Hymenoptera, ten Diptera, two hundred and eighty-four 

 Butterflies and one hundred and twenty-three Moths, one 

 Trichopteron, two Termites, twenty-three Orthoptera, and one 

 hundred and forty-six Rhynchota ; collected by J. J. Walker, 

 Esq., Chief Engineer, .R.N., during the outward voyage of 

 H.M.S. "Penguin," 



8. The collection of Arachnida formed by the late Count 

 Keyserling is one of the five large collections of Spiders 

 known to exist at present in piivate or public museums. It 

 comprises more than two thousand species, or about ten 

 thousand specimens. The great value of this collection, how- 

 ever, consists less in the number of species and well-preserved 

 specimens from every part of the world, than in the number 

 of types described by himself (884), and especially in the large 

 proportion of specimens, the correct determination of which 

 can be relied upon, having been authenticated by him during 

 his visits to other Museums and by his interchanges with 

 other Arachnologists ; purchased. 



9. The valuable collection of Lepidoptera formed by the 

 late Professor Frey, consisting of sixteen thousand named 

 specimens in beautiful condition, and chiefly pertaining to the 

 Alpine Fauna of Europe ; of these the Macro-Lepidoptera are 

 represented by seven thousand, and the Micro-Lepidoptera by 

 nine thousand examples, comprising together four thousand 

 five hundred species. This important acquisition is only 

 second in value to the Zeller collection reported upon in the 

 statement of additions for 1884 and 1885 ; purchased. 



10. The sixth, seventh, and eighth instalments of Central 

 0-81. American 



