120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eight specimens of Pcripatus from Brazil, collected by 

 Messrs. Austen and Cambridge during the voyage of Messrs. 

 Siemens, Bros.' cable S.S. " Faraday," from Para to Manaos. 



Crustacea. — Two hundred and thirty-six specimens were 

 added to this class. The most important acquisitions are : — 



Thirty fish-parasites from Plymouth ; presented by P. W. 

 Basset-Smith, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Amphipods from Jersey and Guernsey ; pre- 

 sented by A. 0. Walke]-, Esq. 



Sixteen dried Decapods from Naples ; presented by Miss 

 Pascoe. 



Forty deep sea forms from ihe Indian Ocean ; presented by 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Twenty-seven West Indian Isopods, determined by Mon. 

 Dollfus ; presented by the West Indian Committee of the 

 Hoyal Society. 



A collection, chiefly of larvte, made in the New Hebrides y 

 -presented by Captain Meryon, r.n. 



Brynzoa. — Only twenty three specimens were added to this 

 branch of the collection. None are of special interest. 



Annulata, Neniatocla, Rotifera and Platyhehninthes.— Of 

 these groups of Worms, two hundred and forty-three examples 

 were acquired. The most important are : — 



A large Dutrochet's Landleech, from Maidenhead ; presented 

 by Latimer Clark, Esq., f.k.s. 



Sixty-five well-preserved Worms from Naples, and forty- 

 •eight from Plymouth ; purchased. 



The type of a new family, Arhynchus heinignathi ; pre- 

 sented by A. E. Shipley, Esq. 



Twelve well-preserved examples of Rotifera ; mounted and 

 presented by C. Rousselet, Esq. 



Thirty-one well-preserved specimens of Platyhelminthes, 

 purchased from the Marine Biological Association. 



Six Land Planarians from Ceylon, determined by Prof. 

 Grafi*, and presented by E. E. Green, Esq. 



Ten Earthworms (Perichwta) from Celebes ; purchased. 



The type of a new Gephyrean, Phymosoma iveldoni, from 

 the Bahamas ; presented by A. E. Shipley, Esq. 



Echinoderma. — The following are the most important of 

 the eighty-four specimens added to this class : — 



Thirty-six specimens from Marseilles ; presented by Prof. 

 yayssiere. 



Twenty-six deep-sea specimens from the Bay of Biscay ; 

 •received in exchange from Prof. Koehler. 



A Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis, from Spitzbergen ; 

 presented by Dr. J. W. Gregory. 



Arithozoa. — 



