ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 2g 



Arachnid of the curious little Eastern Genus Miogrammopes fliscovered in Rodriguez 

 durino- the " Transit of Venus " Expedition ; four new species of Spiders, found by 

 Commander Cook son in the Galapagos Islands. Fourteen minute Myriopods from 

 Siberia, typical of species recently described by Dr. A. Stuxberg, were presented by 

 this gentleman. 



Imecta. —Tins branch of the collection has been increased by 13,596 specimens, which 

 are distributed among the various orders, thus: — 



Coleoptera - - - -- - -- 7,820 



Hymenoptera _______ 295 



Lepidoptera -- - - - - - - 4,741 



Diptera _-.__--- 72 



Neuroptera -------- 73 



Orthoptera -------- 173 



Ehynchota 422 



Total - - - 13,596 



Important accessions, comprising Insects of all orders were : first, a series from 

 Rodriguez and Kerguelen Land, selected from the collection made during the " Transit 

 of Venus " Expedition, and containing many new forms, especially of Coleoptera ; 

 secondly, a consignment of the Insects collected by Mr. W. Wykeham Perry, in the 

 New Hebrides and Fiji Islands, during the cruize of H. M.S. "Pearl;" thirdly, a series 

 selected from the duplicates of Dr. Welwitsch's Angola Collection ; fourthly, the collec- 

 tion made by Commander W. E. Cookson in the Galapagos Archipelago ; and, fifthly, 

 a large collection from Abyssinia, purchased. 



Of the other numerous accessions, chiefly of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, the following 

 are jjarticularly worthy of notice : — 



Five type specimens of BiiprestldcB {Psiloptera leyholdi, Antliaxia debilipennis, 

 Pacliypyga undata, Dac.tylozudes leyholdi, Agrilus mendozanus); obtained by exchange. 



The types of Blep/iusa cosiaia, and Adeliuin calosomoides ; purchased. 



Two hundred and forty specimens of Histeridce, named and compared with types ; 

 purchased. 



The type of Hesperia vialis ; presented by W. H. Edwards, Esq. 



An example of the North American Butterfly, Danais archippus, captured at Penller- 

 gare, South Wales, by J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., and presented by him. This is the first 

 example of this species recorded as obtained in the British Islands. 



One hundred and forty-four Coleopti-ra, from Southern Europe, previously not repre- 

 sented in the collection ; obtained by exchange. 



A second large consignment of the collection of Coleoptera, made in the Azores by 

 F. D. Godman, Esq., and presented by him. 



A collection of JMoths from Lapland ; presented by O. Salvin, Esq., f.r.s. 



A large collection of Microlepidoptera, from South Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and 

 Syria ; purchased of Dr. Staudinger. 



Eleven Butterflies, from Japan, five of which were undescribed ; presented by Montague 

 Fenton, Esq. 



Eight Butterflies from Shanghai,. five of which were undescribed; collected and pre- 

 sented by W. B. Pi-yer, Esq. 



A very valuable collection of 1,488 Lepidoptera, formed in Malacca, by Captain Stack- 

 house Pinwill, and presented by him to the Trustees. This appears to be the most com- 

 plete series ever obtained from that part of India, and contains 35 species previously 

 unknown, and upwards of 70 hitherto not represented in the British Museum. 



A series of 139 specimens of Coleoptera from Sarawak; purchased. 



Several very rare species of Butterflies, obtained with much difficulty and at great cost, 

 by H. Low, Esq., in North Western Borneo. 



Two valuable collections of Butterflies made in New Guinea, by the Rev. J. S. Mac- 

 Farlane, and W. Y, Turner, Esq. 



A valuable colleciion of 5Q s])ecies of Hymenoptera, collected by C. M. "Wakefield, Esq. 

 in the neighbourhood of Canterbury, New Zealand, and presented by him. 



A collection of 46 Co/eo^jfe/a from Madagascar ; purchased. 



A collection of 106 Moths from Natal; presented by C. O. Waterhouse, Esq. 



A collection of 500 Coleoptera from Abyssinia, containing many novelties ; purchased. 



Radiata (and Vermes). — These branches of the Department have received 425 additional 

 examples, among which may be mentioned, — 



A series of 68 terrestrial and fluviatile Annelids from Finland ; presented by Dr. 

 Axel R._ Spoof, of Abo, Finland. 



A series of 46 Annelids, 62 Echinoderms, and 101 corals, selected from the collections 

 made by the Naturalists of the " Transit of Venus " Expeditions at Rodrio-uez and 

 Kerguelen Land. ° 



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