132 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



Eleven Arachnida and Myriopoda from the Argentine 



Republic ; presented by Sir Henry Howarth. 



Insecta. — Thirty-seven thousand six hundred specimens 



have been added to this part of the collection during the 



year, composed as follows : — 



Coleoptera ------- 10,348 



Lepidoptera- ------ 11,873 



Hymenoptera - - - - - - 4,939 



Diptera - - - - - - - 5,121 



Rhynchota - 2,510 



Orthoptera - ^ - - - - - 948 



Neuroptera ------- 313 



Collembola ------- 853 



Anatomical slides, nests, eggs, &c. - - 695 



Total - - - 37,600 



The following are some of the most important of these 

 accessions : — 



(From various Localities.) 



Nine hundred and eighty-seven Holartic and Oriental 

 Lyccenidce, one hundred and fifty-five Neotropical Nympha- 

 lidce, two hundred and forty-four Lepidoptera from the 

 Congo, eight hundred and eighty-eight Central American 

 Anthribidoe, two thousand one hundred and fifty-five North 

 and Central American Coleoptera, and one hundred and 

 seventy North American Ghrysididce ; presented by F. D. 

 Godman, Esq., d.c.l., f.r.s. 



Six hundred and sixty-four Lyccenidce, and one thousand 

 four hundred and thirteen Hesperidce from the Holartic and 

 Oriental Regions ; presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S. 



One thousand eight hundred and ninety-three Hymenop- 

 tera, and seventy-five Coleoptera, chiefly from Australia, and 

 including a very large number of types; presented by R. E. 

 Turner, Esq. 



Six hundred and seventy-five Mosquitoes, five hundred 

 and twelve Microscopical preparations of wings, etc., and 

 one hundred and fifty-six photographic negatives of wings, 

 etc., the material on which Mr. F. V. Theobald wrote the 

 4th volume of the " Monograph of Culicidce" 



One hundred and ten Lepidoptera, chiefly types of Moths ; 

 purchased. 



Eight hundred and fifty-three named Collembola; pur- 

 chased. 



Sixteen Butterflies, two hundred and seventy-nine Moths, 

 four larv83 and four pupae, eight Coleoptera, twenty-five 

 Hymenoptera, five Neuroptera, and sixty Diptera, from 

 Jamaica, Canary Islands, and Algeria, and twelv prepared 

 larvse of British Lepidoptera ; presented by the Right Hon. 

 Jjord Walsingham. 



