98 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



of the collection of coleopterous insects made by Dr. D. Sharp, 

 consisting of about 30,000 specimens of Brachelytra (2,000 

 being types), and about 20,000 specimens of various families 

 chiefly from New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands (400 being 

 types) ; a series of fossil marine reptiles from the Oxford clay 

 of Peterborough, specially selected to supplement the collection 

 already in the Museum ; remains of fossil lemurs from a swamp 

 of pleistocene age in Madagascar : the second half of the 

 important collection of sea-weeds made by the late Mr. E. A. L. 

 Batters ; and the meteoric stones which fell at Modoc (Kansas) 

 and Eli Elwah, New South Wales. 



Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicates. 



Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with 

 various institutions and individuals. 



The following have been added to the list of institutions 

 to receive grants of duplicate specimens of natural history, 

 -viz, : — Storey Institute, Lancaster ; Radcliff'e Museum, and 

 City Museum, Londonderry. 



Selections of duplicate specimens have been presented as 

 follows : — 



Of zoological specimens — to Sheffield Museum ; the London 

 School of Tropical Medicine ; the Hancock Museum, New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne ; the Rhodesian Museum, Bulawaj^o ; Aber- 

 deen University ; the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh ; the 

 Sleeping Sickness Bureau, Royal Society; Mr. A. O. Walker ; 

 Dr. F. Werner ; Mr. H. Wagner ; Mr. S. Schenkling ; and 

 Mr. P. Boileau. 



Of fossils and casts of fossils — to University College, 

 London ; Leicester Public Museum ; Manchester Museum ; the 

 Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro; Mr. "G. Vincent, of 

 Brussels Museum; Mr. James Lomax ; Professor Jules Welsch, 

 of the University of Poitiers ; Dr. W. Petrascheck, Geological 

 .Survey of Austria ; the Hon. C. D. Walcott, Smithsonian 

 Institution ; Miss Evelyn Irby ; Miss C. H. Mona Briggs ; 

 Mrs. Shakespear, D.Sc, of Birmingham L^niversity ; Dr. H. F. 

 Standing; Dr. H. P. Blackmore ; Dr. A. W. Rowe ; Dr. A. de 

 Grossouvre ; Professor J. Joly, F.R.S., of Trinity College, 

 Dublin ; Hon. R. J. Strutt, Imperial College of Science. 



Of mineral specimens — to Dr. P. Marshall, of Otago 

 University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 



Of botanical specimens — to Professor Chodat, of Geneva 

 University. 



Publications. 



The following works on Natural History have been pub- 

 lished during the year : — 



National Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition, 1901-4. 

 Natural History. Vol. IV. Zoology (Invertebrata), Eleven 



