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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



based wholly oi- in part on 

 -v."; by Professor L. G. 



The following papers are 

 British Museum material : — 



" Notes sur les Ixodides-~v. 

 Neumann, 



" On some New Species of Cheliferidce, Hans., and 

 Garypidce, Hans., in the British Museum " ; by C. J. With. 



Prototroxheata. — Professor Bouvier has completed his 

 " Monographic des Onychopores," Paris, 1907 ; he was largely 

 assisted in this work by loans from our collection, which 

 he calls "plus riche que toutes autres en individus et en 

 especes." 



Porifera.- — " Description of a new Hexactinellid Sponge 

 from the Indian Ocean " ; " Notes on African Fresh-water 

 Sponges " ; by R. Kirkpatrick. 



V. — Acquisitions. 







Donations. 



Purchases. 



Exchanges. 



Total. 



(Gerrit Miller Collection 





3,000 





) 



Mammalia < Other sources - 



2,008 



189 



9 



' .5,231 



( Domesticated 



21 



3 



1 



( Styan Collection 

 Aves < Howard Saunders bequest - 

 ( Other sources 



10,000 



— 



— 



) 



835 



— 



_ 



I 13,422 



l,62i 



944 



19 



j 



Eggs, nests, and skeletons - 



144 



305 



30 



479 



Keptilia . - . . 



560 



260 



5 



825 



Batrachia - - - - 



.307 



343 



8 



658 



Pisces ----- 



4.848 



318 



52 



5,218 



Tunicata . - - - 



42 



38 



— 



80 



MoUusca 



3,773 



1.692 



— 



5,465 



Arachnida - - - . 



1,743 



i;o8o 



— 



2,823 



Myriopoda - - - - 



47 



390 



— 



437 



1 Godman Collection 



4,631 



— 







) 



Insecta< Elwes Collection - 



2,077 



_ 



— 



- 37,600 



( Other sources - 



2.5,918 



4,454 



520 



( 



Crustacea - - - - 



2.106 



172 



276 



2,554 



Prototracheata . - - . 



1 



20 



5 



26 



Echinoderma . - - 



198 



— 



51 



249 



"Vermes -.---. 



106 



6 







112 



Brachiopoda - - - . 



9 



— 



— 



9 



Anthozoa - - - - 



31 



12 



— 



43 



Polyzoa . . , _ 



59 



— 



— 



59 



Hydrozoa - - . - 



73 



— 



— 



73 



Porifera - . - - 



.391 



- 



31 



422 



Protozoa - . . _ 



19 





— 



19 



Totals - 



61,571 



13,226 



1,007 



75,804 



Ma'tnmalia. — In this class the accessions number five 

 thousand two hundred and thirty-one, of which the following 

 are most worthy of note : — 



The collection of small mammals, mostly North American, 

 made by Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, numbering about three 

 thousand specimens and including the types of seventeen 

 species ; purchased. 



