ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 01 



Five examples of a social moth (Anaphe infracta) from He Ife, "West Africa; pre- 

 sented by Herbert Druce, Esq. 



One hundred and twelve Lepidoptera, from Old Calabar; purchased. 



Thirty-one Lepidoptera, including several new species, amonpjst which is a, beautiful 

 new species of Euphadra {E. johnstoni) from Rio del Eey, Caraaroons district; pre- 

 sented by H. H. Johnston, Esq. 



Six examples of a small moi\\{Earias insulana), with cotton bolls attacked by the larvaj, 

 from Cairo; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, f.r.s. 



(From Southern Asia.) 



Four Scale-insects ( Coccida), found on the Arabian tea plant ( Catha edulis) ; pre- 

 sented by J. VV. Douglas, Esq. 



Twenty insects of various Orders from Muscat ; presented by Col. J. B. Miles. 



A local representative of the European Orange-tip butterfly {Ettchloe cardamines), . 

 from Mount Carmel ; presented by F. F. Freeman, Esq. 



Seven butterflips of the genus Colias (C. eogeiie, C romanuvii, C. cristophi and 

 C. wiskotti), from Samarkand ; purchased. 



Two hundred and seventy-three Lepidoptera, twenty Orthoptera, and fourteen other 

 Insecis from Campbellpore, Murree, and Aden ; presented by Major Yerburv, k.e. 



One hundred and fifty Hymenoptera ; presented by the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. 



Une hundred and twenty-eight types of Indian Lepidoptera ; collected and presented 

 by Col. C. Swinhoe. 



Two specimens of Papilio palinnrus. and two of an apparently new moth {Eusemia, sp.) 

 from Cannanore ; presented by W. H. C. Bolton, Esq. 



One hundred and twenty-nine moths, mostly new to the collection, from Sikkim ; pre- 

 sented by Capt. Elwes. 



A rare silk moth ( Rinaca extensa), from Assam ; purchased. 



Eighty-eight moths from British Burma ; presented by Capt. Charles Bingham. 



Fifty -five Lepidoptera and four other Insects from South Burma ; presented by 

 Commander Alfred Carpenter, r.n. 



Thirty-four Insects of various Oi'ders ; presented by the Pei-ak Museum. 



Twelve Hcmiptera of the genus Helopeltis, which infests the tea-plant in Java ; pre- 

 sented by H. B. Brady, Esq. 



T-wenty-one Insects, chiefly Orthoptera, from Pejang River, Sarawak, including an 

 example of the rare and singular Fliasmid, Phibalonomu serralipes ; presented by the 

 late H. Brooke Lowe, Esq. 



The type specimen of the I'are and beautiful moth ( Cocytiu veitchii) from Batchian ; 

 obtained in exchange. 



(From Australia and the Pacific Islands.) 



Three hundred and ninety Coleoptera, forty-six Hymenoptera, three hundi-ed and thirty 

 moths (including sixty-eight new species), and seventy-seven Insects of other Orders,, 

 from the Solomon Islands ; purchased. 



Tavo LycEenidiB {Nucaduba gcmmald) from Fiji; presented by Bamilton Druce, Esq. 



Two hundred and seventeen Lepidoptera, including over a hundred types from the 

 Australian Region ; purchased. 



One hundred and three Lepidoptera, many of them new to the collection, and a cocoon,, 

 from Port Darwin ; purchased. 



Thirteen Lepidoptera from various localities, including specimens of Papilio abstrusus 

 and P. amythaon from ^Norfolk Island ; presented by W. H. Crowfoot, Esq. 



Six specimens of a Goat-moth {Cossits tenebrifer) and six larvae of the same from 

 Australia ; presented by Lady Henderson. 



Sponfftidcjt: : — 1,200 specimens have been added during the past year ; the following 

 may be especially mentioned : — 



A collection of eighteen sponges from the West Coast of Scotland; pressnted by John 

 Murray, Esq. 



Thirty-seven sponges from the neighbourhood of Madras; presented by E. Thurston 

 Esq. 



One hundred and fifteen sponges from Port Phillip ; jiresented by J. Bracebiidge 

 Wilson, Esq. 



One hundred and twenty-five sponges from the East Coast of Australia ; purchased of 

 Dr. von Lendenfeld. 



Anthnzia and Hydrozoa : — To these divisions there have been added 155 specimens smd 

 29 specimens respectively : The following may be mentioned : — 



Eight Perinatulida and seven FumjiidcE, from the Andaman Islands presented by 

 Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S. 



Five PennutuUda i'rom the Mergui Archipelago; presented by the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. 



Twenty corals from Aden ; presented by Major Ycrbury, r.e. 



200. H 3 Protozoa 



