Crustacea. ,:;.; 



C. A Chronological List op the Principal Accbssionb ro 

 the Collection of Crustacea to the end op 1904. 



No important named collection was obtained by the Museum 

 before the arrival of the " Challenger " collections, bul the work 

 done by Darwin on the collection of Cirripedes, and the catalogue 

 of the Amphipoda by Spence Bate (1862), give these two groups 

 a greater historical interest than the rest. 



Till the year 1872, the report of progress did aol distinguish 

 the accessions of Crustacea from the resl of the Annulosa. In 

 1869 and 1871 there were none; in 1870 there were I s ; and in 

 1868, 37 stoppered bottles containing specimens of Crustacea 

 were presented: so that 1872, or the year when Dr. Gunther 

 was made Assistant-Keeper, may be taken as the date vrhen 

 the collection of Crustacea began to make any appreciable 

 increase in size. 



1872. 



138 accessions. 



1873. 



112 specimens, including 76 collected by Capt. EC. C St. John, 



R.N., off Japan. 



1874. 



747 specimens, among them 145 from Spitzbergen, presented 

 by the Rev. A. E. Eaton, and 242 from Samoa, presented by 

 Rev. S. J. Whitmee. 



1875. 



234 additions, none of special interest. 



1876. 



1181 specimens, including 75 species from Lake Baikal, 170 

 from Rodriguez and Kerguelen, and I 55 from Samoa. 



1877. 



779 specimens, of which 271 were collected during the A 

 Expedition of H.M.SS. Discovery and Alert, and 

 on by Mr. E. J. Miers ; 111 specimens from California were 

 purchased, and Mr. Whitmee added I'.' specimens from Sam< 



