12G ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE JJEITISn MUSEUxM. 



Seventy-one land and marine shells from New Zealand, 

 including examples of many species new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



Arachnida. — The accessions totalled nine hundred and 

 eighty, of which the most important were : — 



Twenty specimens from the Congo ; presented by Drs. 

 Dutton, Christy, and Todd. 



Seventy specimens from Fernando Po ; presented by 

 Mrs. Percy Sladen, the Duke of Bedford, and the Hon. Walter 

 Eothschild, M.P. 



One hundred and sixty specimens from Angola, collected 

 by Dr. W. J. Ansorge ; purchased. 



Thirty specimens from Zululand and Namaqualand ; 

 presented by C. D. Rudd, Esq. 



Five hundred and fifty-nine specimens from the Sandwich 

 Islands, including the types described in the " Fauna 

 Hawaiensis " ; presented by the Joint Committee of the Royal 

 Society and the British Association. 



Eleven specimens from the West Indies ; presented by 

 the Earl of Crawford. 



Myriopoda. — The accessions totalled one hundred and 

 fifty-three, of which the most important were : — 



Twenty-five specimens from Fernando Po ; presented by 

 Mrs. Percy Sladen, the Duke of Bedford, and the Hon, Walter 

 Rothschild, M.P. 



Thirty Myriopoda from Zululand ; presented by C. D. 

 Rudd, Esq. 



Fifty-three Myriopoda from the Sandwich Islands, in- 

 cluding the t3^pes described in the " Fauna Hawaiensis " ; 

 presented by the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and 

 the British Association. 



Insecta. — The accessions for the year amounted to seventy- 

 seven thousand three hundred and sixteen, distributed in the 

 following manner : — 



Coleoptera 20,381 



Lepidoptera - 21,072 



Hymenoptera __--_. 16,698 



Diptera _ _ _ 4,06^^ 



Rhynchota - - - - - - - 13,049 



Ovthoptera - - 1,404 



Neuroptera - - - - - - - 607 



Nests, economic specimens, &c. - _ - 3S 



Total - - 77,316 



