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



A selected series of 180 specimens of marine fishes from the North and South Pacific ; 

 purchased from the Godetfroy Museum. 



Sixty specimens of marine fishes from the South Pacific ; collected by Dr. Coppinger 

 of H.M.S. "Alert." 



3Iollusca. — The total number of specimens added to the collection during the past year 

 was 957 ; the following are the most important : — 



Twenty-two specimens from Lake Tanganyika ; purchased. 



The types of four new species of land and freshwater shells from the Transvaal; 

 jiresented by A. E. Craven, Esq. 



A perfect and highly important set of the shells (88 in number) collected by Professor 

 J. B. Balfour in Socotra ; it contains the types of numerous new species, and was described 

 by Lieut. Col. Godwin-Austen in the " Proceedings of the Zoological Society " for 1881 ; 

 presented by the Socotra Committee of the British Association. 



Seventy-two land-shells from the Nicobar and Andaman Islands ; purchased. 



Thirty-nine marine species from the Andaman Islands ; presented by Lieut. Col. Wilmer. 



Forty-three land-shells from Sumatra and Borneo ; purchased. 



Fifty-three marine species from Japan ; presented by Mr. G. B. Sowerby. 



A collection of 223 specimens, made by Dr. Coppinger during the survey of H.M.S. 

 "Alert" on the north and north-east coasts of Australia : presented by the Lords of the 

 Admiralty. 



Crustacea. — The total number of additions was 1,675. The following deserve special 

 notice, besides those previously mentioned : — 



The collection made by means of the dredge by Baron von Maltzan at Goree Island 

 on the coast of Senegambia, consisting of 156 specimens, many of which were new or 

 previously unrepresented in the British Museum ; purcliased. 



Twenty-three specimens of Pod ophthalmia, chiefly from Kurrachee ; obtained by 

 exchange from the Kurrachee Museum. 



Thirty-three Crustaceans, new to the collection, from the South Seas ; purchased of 

 the Godefiroy Museum. 



The very valuable collection made by Dr. Coppinger of H.M.S. "Alert" on the north- 

 eastern coast of Austi-alia. 



Arachnida and Myriopoda. — The number of specimens acquired during the year was 177. 

 The following are the most important : — 



A A^ery fine specimen of the gigantic My riopod, Spharotheriurn latum, h'om Madagascar; 

 presented by F. Fitch, Esq. This is the larjiest example of the species known.. 



A series of thirty-eight named spiders from Australia, typical of species described by 

 Dr. Koch; purchased of the Godeffi'oy Museum. 



Fifty-two Myriopods, and twenty-two Arachnids from Socotra ; presented by the 

 Socotra Committee of the British Association. 



Imecta. — The Entomological branch has been increased by the addition of 27,599 

 specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus : — 



Coleoptera 13,847 



Hymenoptera - - _ _ - - - 8,456 



Lepidoptera -------- 4,504 



Diptera .-.-..-- 109 



Neuroptera -------- 71 



Orthoptera 137 



Ilemiptera - - - - -- - - 475 



Total - - - 27,599 



Besides those mentioned above, the following acquisitions are the most noteworthy : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



One hundred and fifty -five Hemiptera ; obtained by exchange. 



Eighty named Hemiptera ; pi-esented by Edward Saunders, Esq. 



Fifty-five Hemiptera from Walton-on-the-Naze : presented by C. O. Waterhouse, Esq. 



The types of Limiieriajitchn; presented by G. C. Bignell, Esq. 



The types of Cecidonomus westoiii, rufus, and gallicola, from Norwich ; presented by 

 J. B. Bridgeman, Esq. 



Specimens of Myrmrca lobicornis, Nyl. from Sunderland; presented by E. H. 

 Draper, Esq. 



