ACCOUNTS, ESTIMAIES, Scc. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ^J 



A collection of Fishes obtained during a voyage in the Pacific and Atlantic ; presented 

 by Commander Knocker, e.n. 



A collection of Fishes made by Dr. Cunningham in South America; presented by the 

 Lords of the Admiralty. 



A small collection of fresh-water Fishes from Minas Geraes, containing types of the 

 species described by Professor Reinhardt ; presented by the Copenhagen Museum. 



The head of an enormoue species of Batrachus, which is supposed^to be the laro'est of 

 the spiny-rayed fish known, from the Seychelle Islands; presented by Lieut.-Col. 

 Playfair, Her Majesty's Consul-General of Algiers. 



Two large series of Fishes from Zanzibar and the Seychelles, supplementary to those 

 previously received from Lieut.-Col. Playfair and Dr. Kirk. 



A collection of fresh-water Fishes from the southern districts of Ceylon. 



Several email collections of Fishes which were formed in Southern India by Suro-eon 

 F. Day,_ containing typical examples of species described by him as new. 



A series of Fishes collected in Peru and Vancouver's Island. 



Also two series of fresh-water Fishes collected in Mexico, Amazons, and in the United 

 States, among which are the types of two new genera, Hypopotoma and Aphyochara. 



The most important additions made to the collection of Insects during the year 1868 

 are the following : — 



About 2,000 specimens of Neufoptera, and 213 specimens of Orthoptera ; presented 

 by W. W. Saunders, Esq. _ ^ 



Forty-six specimens of African Coleoptera; presented by A. Swanzy, Esq. 



Nineteen examples of Australian Coleoptera ; presented by E. D. Atkinson, Esq. 



Fifty-six specimens of Italian Insects, comprising Coleoptera, Diptera, &c. ; presented 

 by A. H. Haliday, Esq. 



One hundred and twenty-four specimens of Moths from Africa and India ; presented by 

 R. Trimen, Esq. 



Seventy-three specimens of Coleoptera from Sierra Leone ; presented by Sir Arthur 

 Kennedy, CB. 



One hundred and fifty specimens of British Micro-Lepidoptera ; presented by Sydney 

 Wells, Esq. 



Thirty-seven stoppered bottles, containing specimens of Crustacea, from various 

 localities ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



Twenty-seyen examples of British Coleoptera ; presented by E. C. Rye, Esq. 



Fifty-six typical specimens of British Ephemeridse preserved in glycerine ; presented 

 by A. E. Eaton, Esq. 



The collection of British Ichneumonidse, consisting of about 1,062 specimens, and con- 

 taining the type specimens of most of the species described by the late T. Desvignes, Esq., 

 by whom the collection was made. 



A collection of 562 specimens of Nitidulidse, containing the type specimens described by 

 A. Murray, Esq. 



Three hundred and twelve Hymenoptera, 269 Coleoptera, and 25 Lepidoptera, from 

 West Australia. 



Also 167 Coleoptera from Japan, East Africa, Mexico, &c. 



The following Molluscous and Radiated Animals, &c., may be especially noticed : — 



A collection of Shells dredged in the Persian Gulf; presented by Col. Lewis Pelly, 

 British Resident at Bushire. 



A series of minute Shells from Brazil, &c. ; presented by M. de Folin, Commandant 

 at Port de Bayonne. 



A box containing a complete series of all stages of growth of the Pearl Mussel from 

 Ceylon ; presented by Capt. James Stuart. 



A series of Shells from the Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal ; presented by Robert 

 Pinchin, Esq. 



A large series of Shells from the Straits of Magellan and Falkland Islands, collected 

 by Dr. Cunningham ; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



A collection of Shells from India ; presented by A. A. West, Esq. 



Also, a series of Shells from Vancouver's Island. 



A series of Entozoa; presented by Dr. Murie. 



A series of Annelides from the coast of Cornwall, and other localities. 



A collection of Sponges and the spicula of Sponges, mounted, from the Adriatic, being 

 the types of Dr. A. Schmidt's Work. 



A series of spicula of Sponges collected on the English coast and other places; 

 presented by Dr. Bowerbank. 



A series of Zoophytes and Echinoderms from the Straits of Magellan and Falkland 

 Islands, collected by Dr. Cunningham; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



A series of Zoophytes and of Echinoderms from the North Seas, being the types of the 

 species described by Loven, Sars, Schmidt, &c. 



Several specimens of Hyalonema from Japan. 



John Edw. Gray. 



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