28 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEU 



M. 



Crustacea. — The additions during last year amount to 747 specimens ; tlie following 

 may be mentioned : — 



Forty-three specimens from the South-western Coast of Ireland ; presented by Sir 

 Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., m.p., f.r.s. 



A specimen of Dromia vulgaris from Penzance, a species very rarely found on the 

 British coast ; presented by the Crystal Palace Aquarium Company. 



A collection of 67 young and larval forms made in the Mid- Atlantic ; presented by Dr. 

 Giinther. 



A collection of 145 specimens from Spitzbergen ; presented by the Rev. A. E. Eaton. 



A collection of 242 specimens from Samoa; presented by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee. 



A series of 32 species from Chefoo and Shanghai ; collected by R. Swinhoe, Esq., r.z.s. 



AvdchnMa and Myriopoda. — 118 specimens from various sources and localities have 

 been added to this part of the Collection, among them several new species of Glomerida 

 from Sikkim, two minute forms of Scorpion (Chactas) from Peru, Phrynus ceylo- 

 nicus, etc. 



Insecta. — A most important acquisition has been made by the purchase of Mr. Edward 

 Saunders' Collection of Buprestidce, a group of Beetles which by the beauty of their 

 colours as well as by the manifold modifications of their form, have always attracted the 

 attention of scientific Entomologists and amateur collectors. Mr. Edward Saunders 

 having made this group his special study for many years, had brought together a collec- 

 tion of 7,267 specimens in the most perfect state of preservation, which, with the excep- 

 tion of a very small projjortion, were named, many from comparison with the types in 

 continental museums. The amalgamation of this collection with the one previously 

 existing in the British Museum has raised this part of the Entomological Collection to a 

 condition of unrivalled completeness, as may be seen from the notice given In an early 

 part of this report. 



Of the other accessions the following may be mentioned : — 



Thirty-five Hymenoptera from Tangier; presented by T. Blackmore, Esq.. 



A selected series of 124 Hy>iienoptera from Japan ; presented by Frederick Smith, Esq. 



A collection of 245 Lepidoptera from Natal ; presented by C. O. Waterhouse, ^Esq. 



Twenty-one Lepidoptera from D'Urban ; presented by Capt. Shelley. 



Nineteen Lepidoptera, new to the Collection, from Cape Coast ; purchased. 



Sixty-seven Orthoptera from Bombay ; collected and presented by Dr. Leith. 



Two new species of Fire-flies {Fulgora) from Northern India; pui'chased. 



Twenty Coleoptera from Ceylon ; presented by Major Parry. 



A selected series of 555 specimens of Moths collected by Mr. Wallace at Sarawak; 

 purchased. 



Seventeen Coleoptera from Queensland, new to the collection or previously undescribed, 

 as JElythomerus, Demelius, etc. ; purchased. 



A selected series of 542 Coleoptera from Texas, named by M. Belfrage ; purchased. 



A collection of 160 Coleoptera from Mexico; presented by Hr. Julius Flohr. 



A collection of 32 Coleoptera and 12 Hymenoptera from Uruguay ; presented by Th. 

 Havers, Esq. 



A selected series of 57 species of Hymenoptera from various localities ; purchased. 



Eighteen Coleoptera destructive to plants in the Royal Gardens at Kew ; presented by 

 Dr. Hooker, c.B., p.r.s. 



The types of the Gall-making Moth {Cacoecia gaUicolens) and its parasite (^Mesoleptus 

 miilleri) ; presented by A. G. Butler, Esq. 



Radiota (and Vermes). — These branches of the Department have received only 248 

 additional examples, of which the following are more particularly worthy of notice : — 



Two magnificent tree-like Corals [Aviipathes) from the Bermudas and the Samoa 

 Islands; the former presented by Dr. Hooker, C.B., P.R.S. , the latter by H. R. Williams, Esq. 



A large Madre^Dore (^Madrepora Jlubellum) branching In the shape of broad antlers, 

 from Jamaica ; purchased. 



Eleven species of Annelids from Ceylon, described by Professor Grube of Breslau ; 

 presented by E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., F.L.S. 



A collection of Virgularia in different stages of growth, Hydractinia echinata, Peed- 

 naria, Velella, and others; presented by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton,Bart., m.p.,f.r.s. 



A selected series of 30 species of Ecliinodermata from various parts of Polynesia, all 

 new to the collection ; purchased of the Godeffi'oy Museum. 



A small collection of Star-fishes and Holothurias ; presented by the Rev. S. J. 

 Whitmee. 



A collection of Annelids, Echinoderms, Tunlcates, Ctelenterates and Spongudce from 

 Spitzbergen; made and presented by the Rev. A. E. Eaton. 



IV. — Cataloguing. 

 The following Catalogues have been completed and printed during the year 1874: — 

 " Hand-List of Seals, Morses, Sea-lions, and Sea-bears in the British Museurn." By Dr. 

 J. E, Gray, f.r.s. 8vo. (pp. 44, with 30 plates of skulls). 



" Catalogue 



