DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 139 



(From America.) 



A further consignment of Central American Coleoptera, 

 consisting of 8,618 specimens of Hydradophaga, Hydrophilidse, 

 Brachelytra and Clavicornia. Also 4,727 Lepidoptera- 

 (Satyrinse), 885 Homoptera (Membracidse), and 196 Ephe- 

 meridae; presented by F. D. Godman, Esq., ll.d., f.r.s. 



Seven hundred and twenty-seven Moths, one hundred and 

 seventy-four Orthoptera, and fourteen Neuroptera, from 

 Paraguay ; presented by W. Foster, Esq. 



Four hundred and sixty-five Butterflies, one hundred and 

 fourteen Hymenoptera, ninety Coleoptera, thirty-three Rhyn- 

 chota, and sixty-five Diptera, from Paraguay ; purchased. 



Two hundred and fifteen Moths, from Alberta; presented 

 by F. H. Wolley Dod, Esq. 



One hundred and two Coleoptera, from the Argentine 

 Republic ; presented by A. F. Bayne, Esq. 



Two thousand four hundred and ninety-six Moths, and 

 six hundred and thirty-nine Butterflies, from North and 

 South America ; presented by W. Schaus, Esq. 



Prototracheata. — The ten accessions were obtained by 

 purchase, and proved to be Peripatus corradiivom. Ecuador ; 

 they were determined by Prof. Bouvier. 



Vermies. — The four hundred and forty-seven accessions 

 includes four Oligocha^ta from Christmas Island, collected 

 and presented by Dr. Hanitsch, and determined by Prof. Rosa ; 

 the greater number are from the Beddard Collection. Four 

 from the Antarctic were determined by Dr. Linstow, 



Echinoclerma. — The accessions totalled two hundred and 

 eighty-five, including two hundred and twenty specimens 

 from the Antarctic region collected by the " Discovery " ; 

 only the specimens that have as yet been named have been 

 registered. 



Six deep-sea Holothurians, presented by the trustees of 

 the Indian Museum, and determined by Prof. Koehler. 



Seven interesting specimens, including the new Echinus 

 tenuispinis, from the Irish Board of Agriculture. 



Several specimens of Toxopneustes variegatus from 

 Kingston Harbour, collected by Mr. C. A. Wray, remarkable 

 for the fixation of the generative products at the sites of the 

 genital orifices. 



Anthozoa. — The twenty-one specimens of Porites from 

 various localities in the Pacific Ocean, which had been studied 

 during the preparation of Vol. V. of the Catalogue of Corals, 

 were presented, partly by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner and partly 

 by the University Museum of Zoology at Cambridge. 



