DErAllTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 



137 



Antliozoa. — The accessions total one hundred and five, of 

 "which the following deserve notice : — 



Thirty-one Corals from Funafuti ; presented by the Royal 

 Society. 



Eighteen finely-presorved Pennatulids from off Lisbon ; 

 presented by H.M. the King of Portugal. 



Hydrozoa — The accessions total fifty, of which the 

 following are noteworthy : — 



A small collection of Medusse ; presented by H.M. the 

 King of Portugal. 



Two specimens of the remarkable deep-sea Hydroid, 

 Branchiocerianthus hwpevator, from Sagami Bay, Japan ; 

 ^purchased. 



Tunicata. — The thirteen specimens received include a 

 small collection presented by H.M. the King of Portugal. 



Protozoa. — One thousand two hundred and fifty-four sets 

 of specimens, Foraminifera from Funafuti, collected by the 

 Australian Funafuti Boring Expedition, mounted and de- 

 scribed by Mr. F. W. Chapman ; presented by the Royal 

 Society. 



VI. — Visitors and Students. 



The number of visits paid to the various parts of the 

 Department by Students and other persons requiring infor- 

 mation and assistance, amounted to 11,G27, as compared 

 with : — 



10,633 in the year 190:^ 



12,813 „ 1901. 



11,923 



, ±U\J±. 



1900. 



10,728 



1899. 



10,830 



1898. 



9,708 



1897. 



7,995 



1896. 



8,189 



1895. 



10,730 



1894. 



10,872 



1893. 



B. Ray Lankester, 



Director and Acting Keeper 



of Zoology. 



British Museum (Natural Historj^), 

 27 February 1904. 



