ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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VI. — Acquisitions. 



During the past year the several branches of the Department were increased oy tne 

 addition of 45,574 specimeus, as follows : — 







By 



Donation. 



By 



Purchase. 



By 

 Exchange. 



Total. 



Vertebrata 



2,648 



2,472 



284 



5,404 





Mollusca - - - 



1,482 



270 



675 



2,433 





Annulosa - - - 



20,270 



16,539 



2 



36,811 





Vermes - _ - 



^ 647 











Radiata - - - 



276 



3 



926 





Protozoa - - - 













Totals - - 



25,047 



19,563 



964 



45,574 



as compared with 



31,466 in the year 1883 



19,902 

 49,602 

 24,283 

 45,881 

 20,960 

 24,184 

 24,685 

 25,340 



1882. 



1881. 



1880. 



1879 



1878. 



1877. 



1876. 



1875. 



Some of the most important were the following :— 



1. Collected during the voyage of H..VI.S. " Challenger," and presented by the Lords 

 Commissioners of the Treasury : — 



(a.) Eight hundred and thirty-three land and fresh-water Mollusca. This collec- 

 tion consisted of 150 different species, of which 21 were new to science. 



(h.) Four hundred and eighty-six insects from various localities. 



(c.) A most valuable series of Brachyurous Crustacea, consisting of 1,080 speci- 

 mens, a considerable number being new and remarkable deep-sea forms ; and 216 

 bottles and microscropic slides containing a large number of Copepods. 



(d.) Seventy-one specimens of Calcareous Sponges, described in the reports of the 

 Vo'yage by Dr. N. Polejaeff. 



(e.) Ninety microscopic slides of Orbitolites, prepared and named by Dr. W. B. 

 Carpenter, C.B., F.K.S. 



2. From the Chinese Court of the International Fisheries Exhibition of 1883 :— 



A collection of 88 Fish, 30 Mollusca, 26 Crustacea, 13 Echinoderms, six Alcyon- 

 aria, two Antipathes, and 34 Corals. 



3. A most valuable collection made by H. B. Guppy, Esq., Surgeon of H.M.S. "Lark," 

 comprising 26 samples of human hair from the Solomon Islanders, 53 Eeptiles, 51 Frogs, 

 16 Fishes, four Alcyonaria, and 73 Corals. 



3. The first instalment of the collection of South American Birds formed by P. L. 

 Sclater, Esq., r.R.S., containing the families Cocrebidce, Hirundinidw , MotacilUda, 

 Ampelida, and 3Iniotiltidce, and comprising 731 specimens, of which 35 are types. 



5. A series of 220 land and fresh-water shells from the Pacific Islands, 30 marine shells 

 from the Straits of Magellan, and 642 insects, including many ne\v species from South 

 America ; presented by J. J . Walker, Esq. 



6. Fourteen thousand specimens of Lepidoptera, constituting the second half of the 

 Zeller Collection, which was mentioned in last year's Report ; purchased. 



7. A collection of 10,000 specimens of Coleoptera from the Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands, collected by the lata F. A. de Roepstorf, Esq.; presented by his widow. 



8. A large collection of Insects belonging to the late C. Home, Esq., consisting of 

 1,216 Lepidoptera, 630 Hymenoptera, 130 nests of Hyraenoptera, 600 Coleoptera, 175 



H 



Hemiptera, 



