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



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

 65, of which 40 were Arachnida and 25 Myrinpoda; the chief additions were as follows: — 



Four nests of Trap-door Spiders from the South of France ; presented by Master 

 A. Ellis. 



Three JulidcB and two Poh/desnndfv from Dominica, chiefly interesting on account of 

 locality ; presented by Gr. F. Angas, Esq. 



Eight Arachnida in Grum Copal belonging to the genera Salticus, Pholcus, and to a 

 genus of Trap-door Spiders ; from East Africa ; jjurchased. 



Twelve specimens of Acari of the genus Ixodes, from South Africa ; presented by 

 Capt. A. Trevelyan. 



Two specimens of the singular Crab-spiders, Gastracantha curvispina and Aianoethra 

 camhridgei, from West Africa; presented by F. H. Waterhouse, Esq. 



/w.sec'to.- Beside the Lepidoptera received in the first half of the Zeller Collection, and 

 estimated at 17,000 specimens, the Entomological branch has been increased by the addi- 

 tion of 5,848 specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus : — 



Coleoptera - - - - - - - - 918 



Hymenoptera _-__--- 384 



Lepidoptera -------- 2,084 



Zeller Collection - 17,000 



Diptera _-_-__-- 36 



Neuroptera -------- 20 



Orthoptera -------- 27 



Ilemiptera -------- 2,379 



Total - - - 22,848 



The following acquisitions are especially worthy of notice : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



A collection of 2,350 Hemiptera, chiefly from Scotland ; presented by the late George- 

 Norman, Esq. 



Six si)ecimens of British Hymenoptera, chiefly typical of species recently described by 

 Mr. P. Cameron; presented by Mr. Cameron. 



One hundred and twenty Lepidoptera from Perthshire, some of which are of interest 

 as exhibiting local variation from the English forms; presented by W. P.. O. Grant, Esq. 



(Fi-om Northern Asia and Japan.) 



One hundred and forty-five Lepidoptera, twelve Coleoptera, and seven Orthoptera, 

 chiefly from Japan, including several undescribed moths; presented by G. Lewis, 

 Esq. ' ^ , 



Ten Lepidoptera, 10 Orthoptera, five Hymenoptera, three Hemiptera, and 12 larvae, 

 pupaj and egg cases from South-east Corea ; presented by Lieut. A. Carpenter, R.N. 



(From North America.) 

 Seventeen Lepidoptera, chiefly rare species of the family Catocalida, from North 

 America ; presented by Charles Drury, Esq. 



(From South America.) 



Three specimens of a Hymenopterous insect {Conum flavicans), bred by Mr. P. N. 

 Braine, from cocoons of Attncus hesptrus received from Cayenne; presented by 

 P. N. Braine, Esq. 



Two hundred Lepidoptera from Goza, Argentine Republic, amongst which was an 

 <>xample of the rare" Eiiruta se.ricaria, with many other species which were desiderata to 

 the collection; presented by Lord Walsingham. 



Ten Lepidoptera from the Argentine Republic, chiefly interesting as being typical of 

 species described by Dr. Carlos Berg, and Professor Burqieister; presented by 

 Dr. Berg. 



A Sphinx-moth, and a collection of larvae and pupae, being typical specimens referred 

 1 1 in a paper on the metamorphoses of Brazilian Lepidoptera, published during tlie year ; 

 presented by E. D. Jones, Esq. 



Three singular larval cases of a Micro-Lepidopteron attached to bark, with two moths 

 reared from pupa; of the same species, from Sao Paulo ; presented by the Committee of 

 the Liverpool Free Public Museum. 



Thirty-four Lepidoptera from Jamaica, including several new species, and all of them 

 desiderata to the collection ; purchased. 



A specimen of the rare and beautiful Papilio gmdlachianus from Cuba : presented by 

 Hildebrand Ramsden^ Esq. 



