ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ()5 



Fifty Hymenoptera, 35 Lepidoptera, 15 Diptera, 21 Neuroptera, three Orthoptera 

 four Hemiptera, and 20 cocoons from Delagoa Bay ; purchased. 



A string of the " Ground pearl " {Marciarodes sp., a supposed pupa-case of a Coccide, 

 found in the nests of ants and termites), from South Africa; presented by A. Fry, Esq. 



Three Lepidoj^tera, one of them a very small example of the Death's-head Moth 

 (^Acherontia atropos) from Madagascar; purchased. 



The type specimen of the unique and remarkable moth, Pedoptila nemopteridia, from 

 the Gold Coast ; presented by F. Swanzy, Esq. 



Four hundred and twenty Lepidoptera, many of them rare and interesting forms, from 

 Old Calabar; presented by J. W. Cockburn, Esq. 



Ten Lepidoptera, new to the collection, chiefly Sphinges, irova the Camaroons; pur- 

 chased. 



(From Southern Asia.) 



Eighty Neuroptera, 17 Lepidoptera, and two Homoptera from Borneo ; purchased. 



Eighty Coleoptera, 438 Lepidoptera, including 24 new species, 56 Odonata, including 

 five new species, and three other insects from Campbellpore and Murree ; presented by 

 Major J. W. Yerbury, r.a. 



Six Hemiptera of the genus Helopeltis (H. untonii) from Ceylon ; presented by Dr. H. 

 Trim en. 



One hundred and eighty-eight Lepidoptera from Upper Burma and the Mergui Archi- 

 pelago ; presented by Commander Alfred Carpenter, e.n. 



Two hundred and thirty-two Lepidoptera, including many rare and beautiful species 

 of Lithosiida from Kangra ; presented by Lord Walsingham. 



Twenty-seven types of Indian Lepidoptera; puz'chased. 



Six Lepidoptera, including two specimens of Euplcea menetriesii, from Borneo •, pre- 

 sented by W. B. Fryer, Esq. 



Six hundred Lepidoptera from Durbunga, Lower Bengal; presented by C. Maries, 

 Esq. 



(From Australia and the Pacific Islands.) 



Two hundred and fifteen Coleoptera named by Dr. Sharp, from New Zealand ; pur- 

 chased. 



Forty-three Coleoptera from Albany, Western Australia ; presented by the Commis- 

 sioners for West Australia, Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 



A fine female example of a rare butterfly, HeterovympJia mirijica, from N. Australia ; 

 presented by J. M. C. Johnston, Esq. 



A tine example of Macrotoma heros, a beetle from the Fiji Islands; presented by T. H. 

 Hatton Richards, Esq. 



Coelenterata. — Three thousand one hundred and thirty-one specimens have been 

 added to the collection in the following proportions : —636 Anthozoa, 2,237 Spongiida, 

 and 258 Hydrozoa ; of these the following are the most interesting : — 



Fifty-four stony corals from the Red Sea, including typical specimens of species named 

 by Dr. Klunzinger ; purchased. 



Thirty-one Alcyonaria from Malacca, including fine specimens of Ctenocella ; received 

 in exchange from the Pharmaceutical Society. 



Twenty-two corals and sponges from Barbadoes, including exquisitely coloured speci- 

 mens of Amphihelia venusta ; purchased. 



Nine corals and one sponge from the Bahama Islands ; purchased. 



Seventeen corals from the Maldive Islands, including some remarkably fine specimens 

 of Heliopora ; purchased. 



Two fine branching sponges from the Bahama Islands ; presented by the Commissioner 

 of the "West Indian Court of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 



Forty sponges and one Alcyonarian from New South Wales; i^resented by Dr. E. P. 

 Ramsay. 



A series of officinal sponges from the Bahama Islands, about 760 in number, arranged 

 according to their trade designations ; purchased. 



Protozoa : — One hundred and ninety-seven specimens have been added to this part of 

 the collection; the following may be especially mentioned: — 



Eight slides of rare or interesting fossil Foraminifera, including Orbitolites tenuissimus, 

 Archcediscus parreri, Loftusin. persica, and A'odosinella conchma, from various formations ; 

 presented by H. B. Brady, Esq., r.R.S. 



A remarkable specimen of Orbitolites tenuissimus from the Bay of Biscay ; presented 

 by Mons. Schlumberger. 



One hundred and twenty-eight named slides of Foraminifera from the " Valorous," 

 " Lightning," and " Porcupine " Expeditions, including some specimens of high interest ; 

 transferred by the widow of the late Dr. W. B. Carpenter, c.b., f.r.s. 



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