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The collections from South America and from Syria made by 

 Truqui. 



The collections made by Ghiliani in Spain, Sicily and at Para, 

 those made by Gene in Sardinia, and the entire collection of 

 European Coleoptera of Eugenic Sella, the discoverer and de- 

 scriber of Carabus olympite and of other interesting species of 

 the European fauna. 



The recent collections made by Dr. A. Borelli in the Argentine 

 Republic and in Paraguay, and those of Dr. E. Festa in Syria 

 and in Darien. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Noteworthy are the entire collection of the Marchese Spinola 

 and those brought by the above-mentioned travelers. 



DIPTERA. 



The entire collection of Prof. L. Bellardi, particularly impor- 

 tant for the series of Mexican Diptera.* 



Among the other orders are numerous series from the collec- 

 tors referred to above or obtained by exchange or purchase. 

 [The Odonata are being studied and arranged by M. Rene Martin 

 of Le Blanc, Indre, France.] 



The study collections are in closed horizontal boxes. A large 

 series representing the principal forms is on public view. 



IX. NAPLES. 



The Zoological Museum of the Reale Universita di Napoli, in 

 the Palazzo della Universita, has its Director the veteran zoolo- 

 gist, Prof. Achille Costa, and Dr. Giuseppe Palma is assistant in 

 Entomology. Prof. Costa has very kindly written some notice 

 of the entomological collections, which we freely translate. 



In the Museum, at 1860, at which time the Italian government 

 confided to Prof. Costa its direction (together with the Chair of 

 Zoology) there were no insects. Now there are the following 

 collections: 



i. The extra European collection. The order of the Hemip- 

 tera is especially interesting, for here is the entire collection of 

 Guerin-Meneville, and, in consequence, the types of Guerin him- 

 self and many of Signoret's. Here also, in the different orders, 



* Many of these have been described by Dr. Giglio-Tos in various numbers of the 

 *' Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed d'Anatomia Comparata della R. Univ. di Torino." 



