ACCOUNTS, (fcc, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Arachnida—Oi this class one thousand four hundred and twenty-eio-ht specimens 

 have been added to the collection. Special mention may be made of the follow- 



ing 



Two specimens of a Spider {Pellenes irqmnctatm) new to the British Fauna from 

 h olkstone ; purchased. ' 



Three hundred and twenty-nine spiders referable to Rfty-three species collected in 

 various parts of the South of England and Wales ; presented by Oldtield Thomas Eso 

 and R. I. Pocock, Esq. ' ' ' ^'' 



One hundred specimens of spiders from the Nilghiri Hills ; collected and presented 

 by G. 1" . Hampson, Esq. 



Eight Arachnida, including a new species of a Scorpion (Isorrwtrio^ hose I) from 

 Baram, Borneo ; collected by C. Hose, Esq. 



Two new species of BiMhus {B. pice us and lobidens) from Antono-il Bay, Mada- 

 gascar ; collected and presented by L. H. Ransome, Esq. " 



Fourteen examples of a gregarious species of 'the family Eresida: (Stcnodunhus 

 gregarius) from South Africa, presented by Lord Walsinghain. 



About five hundred named specimens of Arachnida, nfostly new to the collection, 

 from South America ; collected by Dr. von Iherino-. 



Seventeen scorpions from various localities ; and fifty-six spiders from Uru<niay • 

 purchased. " ' 



Ten scorpions, five of which are representatives of a new species (Isometrus 

 insignis), f roin Santa Lucia ; presented by the Committee for the Exploration of 

 the Lesser Antilles. 



Thirty-five scorpions and two specimens of a spider (Datames magna), new to 

 the collection, from San Diego, Texas ; collected and presented by William Taylor, 

 Esq. 



Thirteen scorpions, mostly new to the collection, from various localities ; presented 

 by Professor E. Ray Lankester, F.R.s. 



Nineteen scorpions from various localities, including specimens of three species 

 {Neho flavi'pes, Biithus dorice and Thelyphonus dorice) new to the collection ; pre- 

 sented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Myriopoda. — One thousand four hundred and ninety-two additions have been 

 made to this class ; of which the following may be specially mentioned : — 



Two hundred and fifty Lithnhudoi and Geophilidce from various parts of the 

 South of England and Wales, amongst them specimens of Lithohius calcaratus, 

 L. inicrops ; Henicops fulvicornis ; Geophilus truncorum, G. electricus and 

 Choefechelyne viontana, new to the collection ; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq., 

 and R. I. Pocock, Esq. 



Five specimens of a Marine Myriopod {Geophilus submarinus) from Jersey; pre- 

 sented by J. Sinel, Esq. 



Twenty-five Chilojyoda and fifty-nine Glomeridce fi-om parts of South Eui-ope ; 

 presented by Adrien Dollfus, Esq. 



About two hundred Myriopoda from Austria and Liguria, three of which {Lithohius 

 dorice, Geophilus cdeidov and Himantariuvi gestri) are new to science, and nine new 

 to the collection ; presented by O. Thomas, Esq. 



Fifty-one Myriopoda from Liguria, containing examples of Lysioj^ctalum foetidissi- 

 mun, Strongylosoma italicum, Folydesmus collaris, and Glomeris genuensis, new 

 to the collection ; presented by Dr. G. Caneva. 



Seventeen Myriopoda, seven of which are new to the collection, from the Mero-ui 

 Archipelago ; presented by the Trustees of the Lidian Museum, Calcutta. 



Three specimens of the rare suctorial Diplopod, ^S't^^/^o 'io^^^ora, from Celebes; 

 presented by S. J. Hickson, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Myriopoda, principally Chilopoda from various localities, three of 

 the species {Himanfarium rugulosum, H.niediterra.neum and Glomeris tridentina) 

 being new to the collection ; presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Fifty-three Myriopoda, many of them new to the collection, from various localities ; 

 purchased. 



Insects. — The total number of specimens acquired during the year amounted to 

 thirty-seven thousand five hundred and eight. They are distributed among the 

 various orders as follows : — 



Coleoptera -------- 5,921 



Hymenoptera -------- 2,0G9 



Lepidoptera -------- 10,473 



Diptera --------- G,073 



Neuroptera -------- 15G 



Trichoptera -------- l 



Orthoptera -------- 258 



Hemiptera -------- 5,957 



Total - - - 37,508 

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