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J. Walker, Chief Engineer, and P. W. Bassett-Smith, Medical 

 Officer of H.M.S. "Penguin," under the command of Com- 

 mander W. U. Moore. The specimens were collected in various 

 localities between Australia and China, and comprise two 

 Mammals, including the type of a new Bat {Nyctophilus 

 walker i), seventy-eight Birds, thirty-five Keptiles, nine 

 Batrachians, sixty-nine Fishes, six hundred and eighty-eight 

 Mollusca, ninety-seven Polyzoa, one thousand two hundred 

 and twenty-three Crustacea, fourteen Arachnida, eleven 

 Myriopoda, five thousand one hundred and thirty-one Insects 

 (chiefly Coleoptera and Lepidoptera), forty-nine Worms, seven 

 hundred Echinoderms, ninety-one Sponges, three-hundred 

 and fifty-six Alcyonaria and Corals, and thirty-one Hydrozoa. 



9. A selection from the large and beautifully preserved 

 collection of Insects formed by Major Harford in North- 

 West India comprising one thousand four hundred and ninety- 

 eight Lepidoptera, and thirteen Neuroptera ; presented by 

 Major H. C. Harford. 



10. A selection from the large collection of Indian Insects 

 formed by the late E. T. Atkinson, Esq., consisting of four 

 thousand five hundred Coleoptera, eight thousand Rhynchota, 

 fifty-nine Lepidoptera and four Diptera, and including many 

 typical specimens ; purchased. 



11. The tenth instalment of Central American Coleoptera, 

 consisting of thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-two 

 Phytophagous Coleoptera described by Mr. Martin Jacoby in 

 the " Biologia Centrali-Americana," and one thousand six 

 hundred and fifty-seven Longicornia described by the late 

 H. W. Bates and by Mr. C. Gahan in the " Transactions of the 

 Entomological Society " for 1892 as supplement to the 

 " Biologia " ; presented by Messrs. Godman and Salvin. 



12. A selected series of two thousand four hundred and 

 sixty Lepidoptera from various localities in India and Burma, 

 comprising many species new to the collection ; presented by 

 Lieut. E. Y. Watson. 



13. A valuable series of Ceylonese Insects, comprising one 

 hundred and thirty-five Coleoptera, six hundred Lepidoptera, 

 eighty Hymenoptera, one hundred and thirty-five Diptera, 

 one hundred and thirty Neuroptera, thirty-one Rhynchota, 

 and thirty-five Insects of other orders ; presented by 

 Colonel J. W. Yerbury. 



14. Two collections of Insects in amber, amounting to three 

 hundred and seventy-four pieces ; purchased. 



15. The collection of Corals, made by Mr. W. Saville Kent 

 on the Great Barrier Eeef of Australia. 



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