110 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Dutch " Siboga" expedition, have been prepared, and are now 

 in the press. 



Prototracheata. — All the specimens of Pervpatus obtained 

 were submitted, before registration, to Prof. Bouvier, of Paris, 

 who is still preparing his monograph of the group. 



Echinoclerma. — The exhibited series of dried specimens 

 have been re-arranged, and the boards on which they are 

 placed re-velveted. Structural alterations in the spirit house 

 necessitated the re-arrangement of forty cases of the spirit 

 collections. Various additions and corrections have been 

 made to the MSS. catalogues, and the specimens registered 

 have been identified. 



Vei^mes. — The exhibited specimens have been re-spirited, 

 and a large collection of Oligochseta, purchased from Mr. 

 Beddard, has been incorporated. 



Anthozoa. — The MSS. of the fifth volume of the Catalogue 

 of Corals has been sent to the printers. Cupboards have 

 been fitted to receive the study collection of stony corals. 

 The re-velveting of the boards in the exhibition gallery has 

 been commenced. 



Tunicata, BracMopoda, Polyzoa, Hydrozoa, Porifera, 

 and Protozoa. — A manuscript catalogue of the named speci- 

 mens of sponges has been completed. The general collection 

 of Polyzoa has been completely re-arranged ; by referring to 

 original descriptions and figures, many specimens were 

 discovered to be types. A supplementary collection of 

 Polyzoa, given in 1903 by Mrs. Hincks, was incorporated. 

 Work has been done in arranging, conserving, and labelling 

 the latest consignment of sponges from South Africa, also 

 the sponges brought home from the Antarctic by the " Dis- 

 covery," The general collection of Porifera in spirit and 

 the collections of MilleporidoB and Stylasteo^idce have been 

 re -arranged. 



II. — Duplicates and Exchanges. 



Duplicates have been presented to the King's Lynn, 

 Keighley, Huddersfield, and Cardifi" Museums; Horniman 

 Museum, Forest Hill; Burslem Museum, Stafi'ord; Chac\wick 

 Museum, Bolton ; Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts ; 

 Northampton Institute, Clerkenwell ; Municipal School of 

 Art and Vittoria Street School, Birmingham. 



Exchanges have been effected with the Museums of 

 Lisbon, Genoa, and Warsaw ; Caucasian Museum, Tiflis ; 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta ; Selangor State Museum ; Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, U.S.A. ; Royal Dental 

 Hospital ; Prof. Bashford Dean, Prof. L. von Mekely, Dr. F. 

 Werner, Mr.. J. H. Fleming, Mr. W. Cross, Dr. Emile Brumpt, 



