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Expedition which have not yet been completely unpacked, was as 

 follows : — 



[ 

 Department. Purchases. 



Donations, 



Exchanges, 



etc. 



Total. 



Zoology 4,066 



Entomology ... 66,353 



Geology 19,254 



Mineralogy ... 224 

 Botany "' j 28,865 



31,387 



212,636 



13,192 



6,157 



19,696 



35,453* 



278,989 



32,446 



6,381 



48,561 



118,762 



i 



283,068 



401,830 



* Excluding the Heron-Allen collection of 4,0i)0,f)()i) Foramiiiifera. 



The number of sej^arate presents received during the year was 2,572, 

 the most important being the very large and valuable collection of 

 Foraminifera presented by Mr. E. Heron- Allen, F.R.S., which com- 

 prised approximately four million specimens mounted on 17,000 

 microscope slides. Among the more interesting of the other donations 

 were : — 



From his Majesty the King : A specimen of a Shou, a rare Tibetan 

 species of Stag. 



From Viscount Dillon, C.H., D.C.L. : A coloured portrait of 

 Linnaeus in Lapland dress (1737). 



From Mr. A. S. Le Souef : 92 photographs of Australian Marsupials 

 and Rodents. 



From the daughters of the late Mr. Mansfield Parkyns : The type 

 specimen of the Whale-headed Stork {Balaeniceps rex). 



From Mr. A. D. Michael : A valuable collection of microscope slides 

 and spirit specimens of Acari. 



From Mrs. T. R. R. Stebbing : The collection of many thousands 

 of specimens of Crustacea formed by her late husband the Rev. 

 T. R. R. Stebbing, F.R.S. 



From the Countess Pes di Villamarina : The collection of insects, 

 including about 2,000 Coleoptera and 450 Lepidoptera, formed by her 

 late husband Mr. James Sligo Jameson, naturalist to Sir H. M. 

 Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. 



From Mr. E. Brunetti : His large collection of Diptera and other 

 insects, together with books, manuscript notes, etc. 



From Dr. Louis W. Sambon : His important collection of 

 Linguatulida. 



The valuable collection of insects, 

 by her husband, the late Major 



From Mrs. Howiand Roberts : 

 birds' eggs, and shells, formed 

 Howiand Roberts. 



From Mrs. Arbuthnot : A large number of coloured drawings of 

 Jamaican Lepidoptera made by her mother, the late Lady Blake. 



From the Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital : 122 specimens 

 of British Lepidoptera, including 21 specimens of the British Large 

 Copper Butterfly, a species now extinct. 



