124 ACCOUNTS, ETC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two hundred Spiders from New Zealand, including, 

 amongst other rarities, specimens of Hexathele hochstetteri 

 new to the collection ; presented by Professor F. W. Hutton. 



Fifty-six specimens of Attidae, representing twenty-four 

 named species from America ; determined and presented by 

 G. W. Peckham, Esq. 



Fifty specimens of Attidae referred to seven species, 

 from the Lesser Antilles ; determined by Mr. and Mrs. 

 G. W. Peckham, and presented by the West Indies Exploration 

 Committee. 



Five hundred and thirty-three Spiders from Central 

 America, the representatives of the families Scytodidw, Fili- 

 statidce, Dysderidce, CluhionidcB, Sparassiclce, Drassidw, 

 Anyph(Bnid(E and Thomisidoi ; determined by Mr. F. 0. 

 Pickard-Cambridge and reported in vol. II. of the Araneidea 

 of the " Biologia Centrali- Americana " ; presented by F. D. 

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



Insecta. — The additions to the collection during the year 

 amounted to one hundred and six thousand five hundred and 

 forty- five, composed as follows : — 



Coleoptera - 11,042 



Orthoptera - 711 



Neuroptera ------- 269 



Lepidoptera -=.----- 75,210 



Hymenoptera ------ 10,636 



Diptera - - 1,369 



Rhynchota ----- . ^ 7,269 

 Nests, economic specimens, &c. - ~ - 39 



Total - - - 106,545 



Of these the following are most important : — 

 (From Europe.) 



Two hundred and ninety British Diptera, authentically 

 named; presented by Colonel Yerbury. 



Ninety-five Butterflies from Switzerland ; presented by 

 G. C. Champion, Esq. 



(From the Oriental Region.) 



Two hundred and fifty-two Coleoptera, two hundred and 

 nine Lepidoptera, one hundred and one Hymenoptera, eighty- 

 one Orthoptera, thirty-nine Neuroptera, fifty-three Rhynchota, 

 thirty-eight Diptera, and a Wasp's nest, from the Malay 

 Peninsula ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. 



Five hundred and thirty Butterflies from India and Malacca; 

 purchased. 



