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



Twenty-five Echinoderms and five worms, collected in the Gulf of Martaban, and pre- 

 sented by E. W, Gates, Esq. 



Sixty-eight Echinoderms from the Mauritius ; purchased. 



Three examples of the large earthworm {Megascolides australis), found at Warracal, 

 Gippsknd, Victoria ; presented by Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer. 



Crustacea. — 3,490 specimens were added to this class. In addition to the " Challenger '' 

 and other collections already mentioned, the following may be noticed: — 



One hundred and twenty-five specimens from the Gulf of Martaban ; collected and 

 presented by E. W. Gates, Esq. 



Thirteen specimens from Port Philip; collected and presented by J. Bracebridge 

 "Wilson, Esq. 



Ten Crustaceans from Mogador ; presented by C. A. Payton, Esq. 



Arachnida and Myriopoda. — The additions to these classes amount to 1,215 and 216 

 respectively. The following are the most noteworthy : — 



Six hundred and twenty Spiders from Ootacamund, mostly new to the collection ; pre- 

 sented by G. F. Hampson, Esq. 



Eighteen specimens of Centipedes and Spiders from North Borneo, including four 

 specimens of a Scorpion {Heterometrus costimanus), an example of the rare Centipede, 

 Heterostoma bisulcatum, and a specimen of a very interesting Millipede, Zeplironia sul- 

 catula ; purchased. 



Sixty Arachnids and Myriopods from Victoria and King Island; collected and presented 

 by A, Dendy, Esq. 



Seventy specimens of Orihatida from Great Britain, forming part of a series of typical 

 specimens illustrative of the work on " British OribatidcB,^^ by A. D. Michael, Esq., by 

 whom the collection was presented. 



Twenty-five Centipedes and Spiders from the Nyassa district. Central Africa, including 

 three specimens of a rare Scorpion (^Opisthophthalmus sp.) new to the British Museum, and 

 two new species of Scorpion belonging to the genus Lepreus ; purchased. 



One hundred and twenty Spiders and fourteen CentijDedes from Brazil ; purchased. 



Forty-nine specimens of Myriopods from Madagascar; purchased. 



Insects. — The total number of specimens acquired during the year amounted to 7,068 : 

 they are distributed among the various orders as folloM's : — 



Coleoptera -- 2,237 



Hymenoptera --___.- 632 



Lepidoptera -------- 2,063 



Diptera 281 



Neuroptera - - - - - -- - 153 



Collembola -------._ 54 



Mallophaga -------- 8 



Orthoptera -------- 644 



Hemiptera -------- 996 



Total - - - 7,068 



The following are the most important additions : — 



(From Great Britain, j 



The collection of British and Foreign Lepidoptera formed by the late Dr. Pool; 

 presented by his widow. 



Sixty-two specimens (chiefly Microscopic preparations) illustrative of the life-history 

 of the Hessian Fly ( Cecidomyia destructor) in its various stages, and of its parasites ; 

 partly purchased of, and partly presented by, Mr. F. Enock. 



A mass of flies {Atherix ibis) found on a branch of Hawthorn ; presented by Tinley 

 Barton, Esq. 



(From Japan.) 



One hundred and thirty-two Lepidoptera from Yezo ; presented by the Rev. W. 

 Andrews. 



Ninety-five Lepidoptera from Japan ; presented by Major J. W. Yerbury. 

 Thirty-seven specimens of Insects (chiefly Hemiptera) from Hakodati ; purchased. 



(From North America.) 



Thirty specimens of Tenthredinida and UroceridcB from Canada ; presented by W. 

 Hague Harrington, Esq. 



Sixty-seven Lepidoptera from North America ; presented by H. Edwards, Esq. 



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