58 ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



IV. — Duplicatefi. 



The time of the staff has been too fully occupied to permit of much attention being given 

 to the distribution of duplicates ; but a small number have been transferred to the following 

 institutions : — Sixteen Lizards to the Museum of the University of Oxford ; 246 animals of 

 various orders to the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh; 417 duplicate reptiles 

 and insects have also been disposed of in an exchange witli the St. Petersburg Museum. 



V. — Catalogues and Guide Books. 



The following Catalogues and Guides have been issued during the year 1886 : — 



1. " Catalogue of Birds," Vol. XL, containing the Passeriformes or Perching Birds, 

 Fringilliformes, Part 11. (8vo, 431 pp. with woodcuts and 18 plates), by P. L. Sclater, 

 Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. 



2. " Illustrations of Typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera," Part VI. (4to., 

 89 pp., with 20 plates), by A. G. Butler. 



3. "Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia," 2nd edition (8vo., 30 pp., with 22 woodcuts and 

 one plan). 



In addition to the above works, the manuscripts of the 12th volume of the " Catalogue 

 of Birds," and of the 3rd volume of the "Catalogue of Lizards," have been partly 

 passed through the press ; the 13th and 14th volumes of the " Catalogue of Birds " have 

 been commenced, the " Guide to the Gallery of Fishes " is in the press, and that to the 

 " Shell and Starfish Galleries " is ready for the press. 



The following are the most important reports? or descriptive papers which have been 

 written by the departmental staff in connection with various parts of the collection, 

 especially recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific journals : — " Notes on 

 the Rodent genus ^eierocfj»/ifl/«/5 " ; "On the JViammals presented by Allan O. Hume, 

 Esq., C.B., to the Natural History Museum "; " On some bats belonging to the Museo 

 Civico, Genoa," by 0. Thomas; "On the Reptiles and Batrachians of the Solomon 

 Islands"; " A Synopsis of the Beptiles and Batrachians from the Province Rio Grande 

 do Sul, Brazil"; "First Report on additions to the Batrachian collection in the Natural 

 History Museum "; " Note sur la position de I'orifice anal chezles Tetardsdes Batraciens 

 Anoures d'Europe " ; " Note sur les Grenouilles rousses d'Asie," by G. A. Boulenger ; 

 " On the genera Turtonia and Cyamium" by E. A. Smith. " Characters of undescribed 

 Coleoptera in the British Museum '' ; " On a new genus of Heteromerous Coleoptera 

 allied to Notoxus " ; " Some observations on the Tea-bugs ( Hclopeltis) of India and Java," 

 by C. O. Waterhouse. " On Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury in Western 

 India"; "Descriptions and remarks upon five new Noctuid moths from Japan"; 

 "Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera H eterocera from the 

 Australian Region"; "Notes on the genus Terias, with descriptions of new species in the 

 collection of the British Museum " ; " On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Commander 

 Alfred Carpenter, k.n., in Upper Burma, in the winter of 1885-86 "; "On the incon- 

 stancy of a generic character in Ncpkerunia arabica," by A. G. ButJer. " A Synopsis of 

 the Genera of Chalcididce, subfamily EuchariincB, with descriptions of several new genera 

 and species of Chalcidida and Tenthrcdinida " ; " On a small collection of Dragon-flies 

 from Murree and Campbellpore, N. W. India, collected by Major J. Yerbury, e.a.," by 

 W. F. Kirby. "On Proieleia sollasi, a new genus and species of Monaxonid sponges 

 allied to Polymastia -y^^ " Preliminary Report on the il7o?iaa:on/c?a collected by H. M.S. 

 Challenger," by S. O. Ridley. "Report on the reef Corals collected by H.M.S. 

 Challenger," by J. J. Quelch. " Note on Bipaiium hewense and the generic characters of 

 Planarians ;" " On the Holothuriaus of the Mergui Archipelago," by F. J. Bell. 



VI. — A cquisitions. 



