ACCOUNTS, &,C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 35 



Sixty Arachnida and 22 Myriopoda from Uruguay. 



Fifty-four Arachnida from the Island of Lifu, collected and presented by the Rev. 

 S. M. Creagh. 



Five Arachnida and two Myriopoda from Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, collected by the 

 Rev. W. Deans Cowan ; purchased. These new forms are described by Mr. A. G. 

 Butler in the Proceed. Zool. Soc. and Trans. Entomol. Soc. of the past year. 



The typical series of the Arachnida collected by the Rev. A. E. Eaton on the " Transit 

 of Venus " Expedition in Kerguelen's Land, and described by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge ; 

 presented by the Royal Society. 



Inaecta. — The entomological collection has received 4,526 additional examples, of which 

 3,137 Avere obtained by purchase, and 1,389 by donations. They are distributed among 

 the various orders thus : — 



Coleoptera - - - - - - - - 2,831 



Hymenoptera ___.-_- 419 



Lepidoptera -------- 691 



Diptera _____--- 97 



Neuroptera -------- 141 



Homoptera -------- 17 



Orthoptera 120 



Rhynchota 127 



Anoplura -------- 8 



Larvaj and PupaJ ------- 75 



Total - - - 4,526 



The most important addition to the collection of Coleoptera was a portion of the late 

 Mr. Andrew Murray's collection. It comprised his series of the genus Cutops, which had 

 formed the materials of his monograph, including the types of Catops ascutellaris, C. 

 dtpressa, C. spinipes, C. vt'stlta ; also his Old Calabar collection so far as the species had 

 been determined, including 132 types. Also the type specimens of P/ia?za3?zs vetutinus, 

 Leucothyreus (jigas, Chlorota eucldor aides, C. lineata, and Aiicognatha crassimanus, from 

 Quito ; purchased. 



Twenty British Coleoptera, among whicli were Truchyphlcsus spinimamis, Bracliyonyx 

 indigeiia, Bayous inceratus, Spercheus eniarginatiis, Amarn ivfinia, and Apion schonlierri ; 

 presented by Mr. G. C. Champion. 



The typical series of the Coleoptera collected by the Naturalists of the Expedition to 

 Western Siberia, sent by the Geographical sSociety of Bremen ; it consists of 248 speci- 

 mens ; purchased. 



One hundred specimens from Formosa ; presented by Matthew Dickson, Esq. 



Two hundred and twelve specimens from Torres Straits, collected by the Rev. J. S. 

 MacFarlane ; purchased. 



Forty- seven Coleoptera from Honolulu, collected and named by the Rev. T, Black- 

 burn, containing 20 species new to the collection, of which the following may be specially 

 mentioned: — Blackhurida imignis, O'udemvs anescens, Anotheorus montanus, and four 

 species of Brote>hi>/us; purchased. 



An interesting collection of a hundred and ten specimens from Medellin, Columbia, 

 containing numerous species new to science ; among them : — Lycomedes burmeisttri, 

 Chauliognallius excellens, Prcepodes annnlonotatus, Prosopodnnta punctata, Arescus 

 IcBvicoUis, Epiiachna hUuherculata and Cyclomorplius glahiatus, described by Mr. C. O. 

 Waterhouse in " Cistula Entomologica," Vol. II. ; purchased. 



Twenty -five specimens from Jamaica, collected by J. J. Bowrey, Esq.. containing 

 several new and interesting species, described by Mr, C. O. Waterhouse, in Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. 1878 ; presented by the collector. 



Three collections, containing 374 specimens from Madagascar, of which 25 new species, 

 especially of the family Cetonitda, have been described by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse in three 

 papers in Cistula Entomologica, Vol. II., and the " Entom. Month. Mag./' Vol. XV.; 

 purchased. 



Of the acquisitions of Lepidoptera : — 



A email collection from Tokei, Japan, containing eight new species ; presented by 

 Montagu Fenton, Esq. 



One hundred and sixty-seven specimens, and 21 cocoons from Cachar, collected by W. 

 Grant, Esq., are the first contribution of the Lepidoptera of that country to the British 

 Museum collection ; presented by the collector. 



A perfect example of a singular and extremely rare Butterfly {Armandia bidder dalii), 

 an insect only seen in Bhotan at intervals of several years, and represented in scarcely 

 any European collection ; presented by Col. T. Taylor. 



A first consignment of the Butterflies of Fiararantsoa, Madagascar, sent by the Rev. 

 W. Deans Cowan, contained 11 new species; purchased. 



A selected series of Moths from Madagascar, containing seven new species, among 

 which the beautiful Dapliamuru fascial a; purchased. 



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