100 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A very fine example of the rare PleurotowMria adan- 

 soniana, and a Ceylonese pearl-oyster {Meleagrina furcata), 

 with pearls in situ in the soft parts, have been placed on 

 exhibition. 



Crustacea. — The manuscript catalogue of Cancroid Crabs, 

 which was begun last year, has been completed ; and one of 

 the Grapsoidea has been commenced, the families Pinno- 

 therirlce and Gecarcinidce being already finished. 



Avachnida.- — The Spiders of the sub-order Mygalemorphse 

 have been identified and a complete catalogue of all the 

 described species has been prepared, and a similar catalogue 

 of the family Heteropodidoi has been commenced. A large 

 part of the important collection of Burmese spiders presented 

 by Mr. E. W. Gates has been registered and incorporated. 

 The Ticks of the family Argasidce have been worked out in 

 connection with various accessions to the group which required 

 identification. 



Myriopoda. — -Various accessions in the Myriopoda have been 

 examined and determined, and reports have been written 

 upon the Chilopoda of Central America, and upon the 

 Chilopoda and Diplopoda obtained by the officers of H.M.S. 

 '^ Penguin " during her cruise in the Chinese Seas. 



Insecta. — Several small collections of Insects of various 

 orders, such as Dr. Anderson's, from Hadramaut, Arabia ; 

 Mr. Gator's from Borneo ; Mr. E. Ernest Green's from Ceylon ; 

 and Mr. Scott Elliot's from Ruwenzori, and Mr. Fabrega's 

 from Costa Rica, have been examined, and in large part 

 determined and incorporated. 



A number of specimens of Cetoniidw from the Pascoe 

 collection have been incorporated with the general collection. 



The re-arrangement of the Coleoptera of the family 

 EumolpidcB and the incorporation of specimens belonging 

 to this family contained in various accession.s have l)een 

 commenced. 



The Longicornia of the sub-family Clytincv contained in 

 the Pascoe Collection have been incorporated with the general 

 collection ; and a number of Longicorns from Penang and 

 elsewhere, which were contained in small boxes forming part 

 of the Pascoe collection have also been incorporated. 



A number of species of the genus Glenea have been care- 

 fully compared with Thomson's types, which weie lent for 

 the purpose by M. Rene Gberthiir. 



The collection of nests of social wasps has been carefully 

 examined, specimens extracted from them, and the species 

 determined. All the nests have been numbered, and the 



specimens 



