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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRTISH MUSEUM. 



species of Micippa Leach, and Paramicippa, M. Edw. ; " " Abstract of the Report on the 

 Brachyura of H.M.S. ' Challenger ' ; " by E. J. Miers ; " New Coleoptera recently added 

 to the British Museum ;" Desciiptions of two new CurcvlionidcR {Ectcmnorliinus) from 

 Marion Island; " On the insects collected on Kilimanjaro by Mr. H. H. Johnston," by 

 C. O. Waterhouse ; •' An account of two collections of Lepidoptera recently received 

 from Somali Land; " Descriptions of Moths new to Japan, collected by Messrs. Lewis 

 and Pryer ; " " On Butterflies confounded under the name of Delias belladonna ; " 

 "Lepidoplera collected by Mr. CM. Woodford in the Ellice and Gilbert Islands;" 

 " On thi ee new species of Gonepteiyx ; " On the blue-belted species of the Butterfly 

 Genus 1 roihoe ; ' On a collection of Lepidoptera made at Manipur and on the borders, 

 of Assam by Dr. G. Watt, " by A. G. Butler ; " Description of two new species of 

 CJtakididcB," by Yf. F. Kirby ; "On some deep-sea and shallow-Avater Hydrozoa," by 

 J. J. Quelch. 



VI. — Acquisitions. 



During the past year the various branches of the Department have been increased 

 by the addition of 123,258 specimens, as follows : — 







By 



Presenta- 

 tiou. 



By 

 Purchase. 



By 



Exchange 



Total^ 









(-Hume Collection - 

 Mammals.^ 



[Other Sources 



371 

 240 



127 



17 



I 755 







'Hume Collection - 



82,000* 



- 



- 



/^ 





Birds - ( 



Salvin and Godman 

 Collection. 



5,331 



- 



- 



191,761 







Sclater Collection - 



- 



2,281 



- 









\ Other sources 



1,771 



375 



3 



\ 





Reptiles- - - - _ 



228 



330 



196 



754 





Batrachians - - - . 



139 



144 



15 



298 





Fishes - - - _ . 



176 



76 



233 



485 





Mollusca - - _ _ 



7,274 



1,158 



79 



8,511 





Polyzoa - - - _ _ 



280 



- 



- 



280 





Crustacea - - - _ 



655 



37 



— 



692 





Arachnida - - - _ 



49 



7 



_ 



56 





Myriopoda - - _ _ 



27 



12 



- 



39 





Insecta - - - _ _ 



12,363 



5,006 



98 



17,467 





Vermes and - - _ _ 



507 



79 



— 



586 





Echinoderms - - - _ 



214 



36 



_ 



250 





Sponges - - _ _ 



134 



39 



_ 



173 





Anthozoa - - _ _ 



85 



9 



— 



94 





Hydrozoa - _ _ _ 



118 



2 



_ 



120 





Protozoa - _ _ _ 



1,025 



12 



- 



1,037 







Totals - - _ 



112,987 



9,730 



641 



123,358 as 



compared with 



45,574 in the year 1884. 



31,466 

 19,902 

 49,602 

 24,283 

 45,881 

 20,960 

 24,184 

 24,685 



1883. 



1882. 



1881. 



1880. 



1879 



1878. 



1877. 



1876. 



*e.''an>TnXT.'"''^ '"'" """'"' "' "'^" ^^^^^^^ ->» "^^ ^^-"nated as Duplicates during the progress 



The 



