112 



ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The regions from which specimens have been received are 

 indicated by the appended table. 



Region. 



Anopheles. 



Culex, 

 and other Genera. 



Great Britain - 



■ 



28 



36 



Europe _ _ . 



- 



7 



- 



India and Ceylon 



Straits Settlements 



China - - - 



:1 



118 



353 



Atistralia 



New Zealand 



Fiji - - . - 



:} 



15 



172 



North America 

 Central America 

 West Indies 



_ 



66 



325 



South America - 



- 



- 



70 



Africa . . . - 



: 



107 



396 



Total - 



341 



1,352 



The collections of Mosquitoes received since the commence- 

 ment of the investigations as to the connection between 

 these insects and malaria, undertaken by a committee of the 

 Koyal Society in conjunction with the Colonial Office, are 

 being worked out by Mr. F. V. Theobald, who is preparing a 

 monograph thereon. 



The model of a Mosquito (Culex), mentioned in last year's 

 report, and also one of Anopheles have been completed. 



Crustacea. — A wooden pile of a pier eaten into by Limnoria 

 and Chelura has been mounted, as well as some other 

 specimens showing Crustaceans in their natural surroundings. 

 Preparations illustrating the structure and comparative 

 anatomy of the appendages, nervous, and respiratory systems 

 have been made. There is now a complete exhibition of the 

 characters of the Cirripedia. Two new cabinets have been 

 received during the year, and progress has been made with 

 the re-arrangement of the dried study collection. The 

 stagnation in the incorporation o^ spirit specimens, of which 

 2,000 have been received during the year, is becoming 

 alarming, and further space is urgently required. Most of 

 the specimens obtained during the year are named. The MS. 

 catalogue of Brachyura has been posted up for the last three 

 years. 



Prof. Gruvel, of Bordeaux, has made a complete revision 

 of our Lepadid Cirripides, in connection with the monograph 

 which he is preparing. 



