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



Sixteen butterflies, chiefly Fcqnliones from Tenasserim ; presented by Charles E. 

 Pitman, Esq. 



A series of five hundred and six named specimens of butterflies, five Neuropteva, 

 a Hemipteron, and two wasps' nests from Burma ; presented by Captain Charles 

 Bingham. 



Four butterflies (Ornithoptera ritsemce, Etiploea sop>hia and both sexes of Castalius 

 rosiriion) from W. Java, and a specimen of a rare moth (Milionia glauca) from 

 Ceram, presented by Herr Snellen. 



A beetle {Julodis ffi^nchii), one of the largest known species of the family Btt- 

 prestklcv, from Karachi ; presented by B. T. Ffinch, Esq. 



(From Australia and the Pacific Islands.) 



Eight butterflies, including the type specimens of Argyronyynjyha ugiensls and 

 A pulchra and Melanitis ponapensis from the Solomon Islands ; purchased. 



Three specimens of a rare and beautiful moth {Alcidis latona), from the Solomon 

 Islands ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Forty-one Goleopttera, including the types of two new species of Rhyncophora 

 (Rhinosca2)ha thomsoni and A'pirocalus thomsoni), thirty-three Lepidupteru , in- 

 cluding the types of seven new species, twelve Orthoptera and eight Hemiptera from 

 the Louisiade Archipelago ; collected and presented by Basil Thomson, Esq. 



Two fine specimens of a rare and beautiful Swift moth {Zdotypla staceyi) from 

 Newcastle, New South Wales ; presented by Sir George Macleay, k.c.m.g. 



Thirty-three moths of the family Granibidoi from Melbourne ; presented by Lord 

 Walsingham. 



Vermes. — The number of additions to this class were one hundred and seventy. 

 The following may be recorded : — 



Seventeen marine worms from the West of Scotland ; presented by J. Murray, 

 Esq., LL.D. 



Two specimens of the Balanoglossus of Herm, and six other worms from the 

 Channel Islands ; presented by F. J. Bell, Esq. 



Eleven worms from Ramesvaram ; presented by E. Thurston, Esq. 



Sixteen Gephyreans from Batavia ; purchased. 



Seven Entozoa from North America ; presented by Lord Walsingham. 



Three specimens of the Peripatus of Dominica ; presented by the Committee for 

 Exploration of the Lesser Antilles. 



Echinoder'ms. — Of this class eight hundred and fourteen specimens have been ac- 

 quired, five hundred and fifty-five of which are from the British coasts ; the follow- 

 ing may be specially mentioned : — 



One hundred and five Echinoder'ms from Montrose, including a good series of 

 Echinocyamus pusillus, Solaster pa2')posus, and an example of Strongylocentrotus 

 drobachiensis ; presented by W. Duncan, Esq. 



Fifty-three specimens from Shetland ; presented by E. M. Nelson, Esq. 



Twenty-four specimens from Cromarty and Moray Firths ; presented by Dr. 

 Sutherland. 



Eighteen examples from Aberdeen ; presented by G. Sim, Esq. 



Seventeen Echinoderms from Poole ; presented F. J. B. Beckford, Esq. 



Fourteen specimens from Loch Craignish ; presented by the Hon. A. E. Gathorne 

 Hardy, M.P. 



Nine specimens from Guernsey, including O'pldotlirix p>entaphyllu'tn ; presented 

 by F. J. Bell, Esq. 



Seven specimens from Aberdeen ; presented by G. Esson, Esq. 



Sixty-two specimens obtained ofi' Liverpool ; collected by Professor Herdman. 



Eighteen specimens obtained oflf Tenby ; purchased. 



Forty-six, chiefly rare, foi-ms from the North Sea, including Ophiactis ahyssicola, 

 Elpidid glacialis, Kolga hyalinu, and Aukyrodarma jejfreysii ; purchased of the 

 Bergen Museum. 



Twenty-seven Echinodei-ms from Nice, including specimen of Gentvostephanus 

 longispinus, Holothuria sanctori, Astevopsis caprceensis and Echinocidaris 

 caqvAtuherculaia ; purchased. 



Thirty-six specimens from Batavia, including Palceostoma viirahilc, Syna^jta 

 lactea, Gliirodota liherata, and Holothuria oxurropa ; purchased. 



Forty-seven specimens from Mauritius, including Valvaster striatus, Pseudoho- 

 letia indiana, Diadema saxatile, and various species of Oreaster ; purchased. 



Sponges. — One hundred and ninty -seven specimens have been added ; the follow- 

 ing may be noticed : — 



A series of seventy-nine specimens from Ramesvaram ; received from the Madras 

 Museum. 



Anthozoa. — Five hundred and seventy-seven additions have been made during 

 1881), of which the following are most worthy of record : — 



Fiva Anthozoa from the Channel Islands ; presented by F. J. Bell, Esq. 



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