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There was a collection from Brazil, shown in the Brazilian Depart- 

 ment in the Main Building. This, we were told, was the work and pro- 

 perty of a private gentleman residing in Rio Janeiro \ it was arranged in 

 thirty-five cases, thirty-one of which were Coleoptera and four Lepidop- 

 tera. This collection was very much mixed ; there was no attempt made 

 to name the insects, excepting to the extent of partially indicating the 

 family names. Neither was there much effort towards a correct classifi- 

 cation ; they seemed to be partly arranged with regard to their natural 

 relationships and partly with the view of display. Among the butterflies 

 and moths there were some superb specimens whose brilliance attracted 

 much attention. There were also some very beautiful and interesting 

 things among the Goleoptera. The Curculionidae were very brilliant and 

 numerous in species, with forms greatly varied ; the Cerambycidae were 

 also remarkable, handsome, and largely represented, some of them of 

 great size. We noticed one enormous Prionns fully six inches long ; the 

 Cetonias were also very beautiful. Some of the Buprestidse were wonder- 

 fully brilliant with metallic shadings, and the Chrysomelidae very numerous 

 and some of them very charming, the Cassidae being largely represented. 

 Among the Scarabeidae there were some enormous specimens, among 

 others, species of Copris with remarkable horns, and some brilliant species 

 of Onthophagus ; there were also a number of very handsome Elaters. 

 One of the rarities in this collection was a fine example of Hypsaphalus 

 armatus, an extremely rare insect about two inches in length, and of which 

 it is said there are only two or three known specimens in collections. 

 The more brilliant Brazilian insects, especially the Goleoptera, are largely 

 employed by the inhabitants of that country in the ornamentation of 

 jewelry and other fancy articles, often associated in the latter case with 

 the feathers from their brilliant plumaged birds. 



In the Department of Queensland there was a large case, filled chiefly 

 with Lepidoptera in a fine state of preservation, embracing many very 

 beautiful and strange looking things ; almost the only familiar objects 

 among them were specimens of Danais archippus. In this instance, also, 

 none of the specimens were named, which detracted greatly from the 

 interest which would otherwise have attached to them. We learned that 

 this collection had been sold for $150 to Mrs. Bcidgham, of New York, a 

 lady who, we believe, takes a deep interest in Entomology and who has a 

 very large and handsome collection of Lepidoptera. 



The Orange Free State of South Africa exhibited two cases of insects, 



