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preserving specimens of other orders, as the following list of 

 them will show : twenty-eight Reptiles, including the type of 

 a new Lizard ; seven hundred and fifty-three marine Mol- 

 lusca, thirty-seven Polyzoa, ninety-three Brachyura, sixteen 

 Arachnids, five Myriopods, three thousand eight hundred and 

 twenty-five Coleoptera, nine hundred and eighty-six other 

 Insects, and forty Echinoderms. 



6. Sir George Baden-Powell, M.P., k.c.m.g., has presented 

 the zoological specimens obtained by him on the occasion of 

 his recent visit to Behring's Sea. They include a set of skins 

 and skeletons of the Fur-Seal of Prybilov Island, and other 

 Mammalia, fifty-nine Fishes, and some Invertebrates, all of 

 which were a most welcome contribution to the Museum, in 

 which the fauna of the North Pacific is but poorly repre- 

 sented. 



7. Skeletons of two very remarkable types of Cetaceans, 

 viz., of the Right Whale of the North Atlantic (Balcvna 

 biscayensis), the species hunted and nearly exterminated by 

 the Basques between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries ; 

 and of the North Pacific Grey Whale {Rhachianectes glaucus), 

 of which no specimen had previously reached Europe ; pur- 

 chased. 



8. The collection of Eggs of Laridce, formed and presented 

 by Howard Saunders, Esq., five hundred and one in number. 

 This is one of the most important collections of this family, 

 all the specimens having been authenticated by the donor 

 himself as regards origin, locality, and other particulars. 



9. The ninth instalment of Central American Coleoptera, 

 comprising a supplementary series of Geodej)haga described 

 by Mr. H. W. Bates in the Transactions of the Entomological 

 Society, and consisting of ninety-three species represented by 

 two thousand seven hundred and three specimens, of which 

 seventy are types ; further, the original series of eight 

 hundred and twenty-three Throscidca and Eucnemidce, de- 

 scribed by Dr. G. Horn in the Biologia Centrali-Americana ; 

 presented by F. du Cane Godman, Esq., f.r.s., and Osbert 

 Salvin, Esq., F.R.S. 



10. The important collection of Coleoptera, of the family 

 Endomychidce, formed by the Rev. H. S. Gorham, with 

 additions from the collections of Mr. G. Lewis and Mr. H. W, 

 Bates. This series consists of seven hundred and ninety 

 specimens, one hundred and forty-five species, and ninety-one 

 types ; purchased. 



11. The collection of Indian Butterflies of the groups 

 Limnaina and Euplceina, formed by Mr. F. Moore ; consistino- 

 of nine hundred and twenty-six species and ninety types ; 

 purchased. 



12. A collection of Lepidoptera from Pundaloya, Ceylon, 

 0.108. consisting 



