ACCOUNTS, &.C., OF THE BUITISH MUSEUM. 



Ten Myriopoda of various genera from New Zealand ; purchased of the Commissioners 

 of the New Zealand Court, Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 



Nine specimens of spiders of the genus Epeira from New Zealand; presented by Sir 

 John Lubbock, Bart., M.P. 



A nest of a trap-door spider from S- Australia ; presented by Professor W. H. Flower, 

 r.K.s.j &c. 



Insects: — In addition to the " Salvin and Godman " collection of Central American 

 Coleoptera and the portion ol Phytophagous Coleoptera from the " Baly " collection, the 

 total number of Insects acquired during the year amounted to 7,001, which are distributed 

 among the various orders as follows : — 



Coleoptera - -1,392 



(Salvin ;md Godman Collection _ _ _ - 8,811) 



(Baly Collection (further instalment) _ - - 5,797) 



Hymenoptera ____._- 963 



Lepidoptera -------- 3,815 



Diptera --____-- 72 



Neuroptera - - - - - - - - 218 



Orthoptera _-_ 196 



Heraiptera --_._--- 345 



Total - - - 21,609 



The following additions are especially worthy of note : — 



(From Great Britain. ) 



Two hundred Hemiptera ; presented by G. C. Champion, Esq. 



Two malformed specimens of Apis melUfica from Scotland ; presented by T. Cheshire, 

 Esq. 



Twenty-eight English Diptera, 10 Lepidoptera, and three cocoons; presented by Miss 

 Decie. 



One hundred and fifty Eupithecice ; presented by Dr. Mason. 



(From other parts of Eui'ope.) 



Four specimens of a beetle, Hetceriiis hispanicus \ presented by George Lewis, Esq. 

 Three hundred and seventy-two CynipidcB and Galls from Austria ; purchased. 

 Six egg cases of locusts from Cyprus ; presented by J. B. Nevins, Esq. 

 Two hundred and fifly-five Hymenoptera, chiefly from Albania ; purchased. 



(From Japan.) 



Seventy Lepidoptera, including several new species, from Japan ; presented by 

 H. Pryer, Esq. 



(From North America.) 



Two examples of the recently discovered wood-boring beetle {Dinapate wrightii) from 

 California, with two specimens of the larva ; presented by Dr. W. G. Wright. 



(From South America.) 



Three examples of Polyctenes longiceps found in the axilla of Molassus ahrasus, from 

 Guatemala ; presented by Messrs. Salvin and Godman. 



Two examples, male and female, of a Longicorn Beetle ( Crioprosopns tricolor) from 

 Caraccas ; presented by M. A. Salle. 



Eighteen types of Lepidoptera, from Buenos Ayres ; presented by Dr. Carlos Berg. 



Ninety Hymenoptera, and two specimens of a rare moth ( Thanatopsychc chilensis), from 

 Santiago ; presented by W. B. Calvert, Esq. 



Eight Lepidoptera from Valparaiso ; ptresented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



(From Airica.) 



Five hundred Coleoptera from South Africa ; purchased. 



Ninety Coleoptera from Old Calabar ; presented by J. W. Cockburn, Esq. 



Nine butterflies of the genus Teracolus from Delagoa Bay ; presented by Hamilton 

 Druce, Esq. 



Five species of Teracolus, including two new species ( T. opalescens and T. johnstonii), 

 from various parts of Tropical Africa : presented by J. M. C, Johnston, Esq. 



Fifty 



