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



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

 been prepared by the departmental staff, in connection with various parts of the 

 collection, especially recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific 

 journals : — " Report of a Deep-sea Trawling Cruise off the S.W. Coast of Ii-eland, 

 under the direction of Rev. W. S. Green " ; " Zoology of the Afghan Delimitation 

 Commission," by the Staff of the Department. " On the small Mammals of Duval 

 Country, South Texas " ; " The Mammals of the Solomon Islands, based on the 

 collections made by Mr. C. M. Woodford during his second expedition to the 

 Archipelago " ; " On the Mammals of Christmas Island " ; " Preliminary Notes on 

 the (Characters and Synonymy of the different species of Otters " ; " Description of 

 a new genus of Mttriilte, allied to Hyrlroviys" ; "On the dentition of Ornithor- 

 hynchits," by 0. Thomas ; " On the genus Flatulea, with a description of a new 

 species from New Guinea " ; " On the genus Turnix" ; "Third contribution to the 

 Lis-t of Birds collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford, in the Soh)mon Archipelago," by 

 W. R. O. Grant ; " On the Reptiles and Batrachians, collected by M. H. Vaucher, in 

 Morocco " ; " Descriptions of New Reptiles and Batrachians from Madagascar " ; 

 " Desciiptions of new TypJdo'pifhe " ; " On the species of Rh(tcophori<,s allied to 

 R. iiKocidatus," by G. A. Boulenger ; " Description of a new genus of Parasitic 

 MoUutica (Rohilla/rdia)"; "l^otas on the ganua Mclapium" ; "Notes on the genus 

 Lohiger " ; "On the Mollusca, collected by Mr. G. A. Ramage, in the Lesser 

 Antilles " ; " On the Land and Freshwater Shells of the Louisiade Archipelago " ; 

 " Diagnoses of new Shells from Lake Tanganyika " ; " Description de quelques 

 especes de Coquilles terrestres de Sumatra, Java, et Borneo," Ijy E. A. Smith ; 

 " Report upon the Hydrozoa and Polyzoa, collected by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq., 

 Surgeon, R.N., during the survey of the Tizard and Macclesfield Banks," by 

 R. Kirkpatrick ; " Contributions to our knowledge of the Crustacea of Dominica " ; 

 " Report upon the Myriopoda, Arachnida, and Land Crustacea, from Christmas 

 Island"; " Report upon the Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago"; " Notes on some 

 new and old Buthitlon," by R. I. Pocock ; " Description of a new genus of Fossil 

 Moths belonging to the Geometrid Family, Euschemichv " ; " Synonymic Notes on 

 the Moths of the earlier genera of Noctuites" by A. G. Butler"; "On the collection 

 of Lepidoptera formed by Basil Thomson, Esq., in the Louisiade Archipelago " ; 

 " A Revision of the Subfamily LiheUulinoi, with descriptions of new genera and 

 species"; "Description of new .species of Ofloncta, in the collection of the British 

 Museum, chiefly from Africa " ; " Description of new species of Phasmida;, from 

 Dominica, Santa Lucia, and Brazil, in the collection of the British Museum " ; 

 " Notes on the species of Phaninidoi, collected by Basil Thomson, Esq., in the 

 Louisiade Archipelago " ; " Description of new species of Tenthredinidca, Cynvpidon, 

 and Chalcididce " ; " Description of new species of Scoliidca, in the collection of the 

 Biitish Museum," by W. F. Kirby ; " Characters of a new genus and species of 

 Cicindelidce," by C. 0. Waterhouse ; "Descriptions of new species of Glenea, in the 

 British Museum Collection"; " On new Lamiide Coleoptera, in the British Museum"; 

 " Descriptions of new species of Longicornia, fiom India and Ceylon," by C. J. Gahan; 

 " Description of new or rare species of Plexaurids " ; " Additions to the Echinoderm 

 Fauna -if the Bay of Bengal"; "On Antedon puraila and A. Incommoda," hj 

 F. J. Bell. 



