13G ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH JIUSEUM. 



(From various Localities.) 



Twenty-fom- thousand five hundred and four Coleoptera 

 of tlie family Elateridse, the collection of the late E. W. 

 Janson ; presented by F. Ducane Godman, Esq., f.r.s. 



Ten thousand eight hundred and sixty-six Coleoptera of 

 the family Bupresticlse, the collection formed by Captain C. 

 Ker remans ; purchased. 



One thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Nympha- 

 lidse from the Old World; presented by F. Duncane Godman, 

 Esq., F.R.S, 



Three hundred and ninety Clavicorn Coleoptera, including 

 n\any co- types of M. Ant. Grouvelle ; purchased. 



One hundred and fifty-eight types and co-types of 

 Hymenoptera ; purchased. 



Fifty types of Lepidoptera, chiefly Oriental ; purchased. 



Twelve Fleas, including the tj^pes of four species ; pre- 

 sented by the Hon. N. C. Kothschiid. 



Three thousand one hundred and ninety-nine Butterflies 

 from the Holarctic Kegion, four hundred and forty-four from 

 Chile, and four hundred Satyrinse, from the Oriental Region ; 

 presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., f.p.s. 



Crustacea. — The accessions total five hundred and eighty, 

 of which the following deserve special notice : — 



Two hundred and forty-five specimens from deep water in 

 the Indian Ocean ; presented by the Trustees of the Indian 

 Museum. 



Seventy Entomostraca from the North Atlantic, named 

 by Professor Sars. 



Eighteen specimens from Funafuti determined by Mr. 

 Chapman ; presented by the Royal Society. 



Eighty-six Isopods from the North Atlantic, forming part 

 of the Norman collection. 



Prototracheata. — The accessions total eighteen, including 

 seventeen examples from the Demerara River; presented by 

 R. Evans, Esq. 



Echinoderma. — The accessions total ninety-three, includ- 

 ing sixty-nine specimens from Zanzibar ; presented by Sir 

 Charles Eliot> k.c.m.g., and Mr. C. Crossland. 



Vermes. — The accessions total fifty-one, of which the 

 following are the most important : — 



Twenty Oligochaeta named by Dr. Michaelsen ; received 

 in exchange from the Hamburg Museum. 



Seven land Planarians, determined and presented by 

 F. F. Laidlaw, Esq. 



