136 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Insecta — continued. 



One hundred and twelve Coleoptera, nine E,hynchota,.fi.ve 

 Hymenoptera, twenty-four Orthoptera and three Diptera from 

 British New Guinea; presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart, 



One hundred and ninety-five Coleoptera, two hundred and 

 thirteen Lepidoptera, eighty -nine Orthoptera, forty-one Neuro- 

 ptera, thirty-nine Diptera, twenty-two Rhynchota and nine 

 Hymenoptera from Christmas Island ; collected by Dr. C. W. 

 Andrews, r.R.s., and presented by Sir John Murray, K.C.B., 



F.R.S. 



Three hundred and seventy Diptera from North Queensland ; 

 presented by Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 



Myriopoda. 



The accessions number ninety-five, sixty of which were 

 presented and thirty-five were purchased. 



Thirty-five Myriopoda from Egypt and the Sudan ; pre- 

 sented by Captain S. S. Flower. 



Thirty Myriopoda from Venezuela ; purchased. 



Arachnida. 



The accessions number one thousand, one hundred and nine, 

 one thousand and fifty-eight of which were presented and 

 fifty-one purchased. The following are the most important . — 



One hundred and seventj^-seven Arachnida from Egypt and 

 i,he Sudan ; presented by Captain S. S. Flower. 



Four hundred Ticks from various animals in Northern 

 Nigeria ; presented by Dr. C. E. S. Watson. 



One hundred and four Ticks from Uganda ; presented by 

 •Colonel Sir David Bruce, F.R.S. 



Ninety-six Ticks taken on various animals in the Malay 

 Peninsula ; presented by Dr. R. Hanitsch. 



Forty-two Arachnida from British India, including the 

 types of three new species ; presented by the trustees of the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Thirty-five Arachnida from Venezuela ; purchased. 



Crustacea. 

 The additions number two thousand six hundred and 

 twenty-nine, of which the following are the most important : — 



Europe. 



Five specimens of Ghirocephalus diaphanus from Devon- 

 shire ; presented by E. E. Austen, Esq. 



Twenty specimens of a parasitic Copepod {Balcenophilus 

 unisetosus) and three specimens of a Barnacle taken from 

 Whales on the Irish Coast ; presented by D. G. Lillie, Esq., B.A. 



