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has since presented many further specimens of both model 

 and mimic. 



Forty-two Heliconine butterflies, including an example 

 of the rare H. nanna, 7 Papilioninae and 3 Nymphalinae 

 (Kallima), from various localities, were presented by the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild. 



The accessions from the Ethiopian region form, as they 

 have done for many years past, the most important additions 

 to the University Collections. 



A very fine series of 420 Lepidoptera, of which 182 have 

 been catalogued and nearly the whole incorporated in the 

 collection, was presented by the captor, W. A. Lamborn, Esq., 

 M.R.C.S. The specimens were taken about 70 miles east of 

 Lagos, at Oni, on the east shore of the Lekki Lagoon, about 

 10 miles from the sea. The elevation is low (0-100 ft.), and 

 the country around covered with primitive forest with paths 

 and native clearings. In Oni clearing and in the forest for 

 5 miles to the east of it the collection was made between 

 Dec. 1, 1908, and Dec. 3, 1909. The most interesting specimen 

 was a remarkable Lycaenid of a new genus and species since 

 described as Neaveia lambomi of H. H. Druce. Many other 

 Lipteninae {Lycaenidae) were greatly wanted by the Depart- 

 ment. Among the Nymphalinae the fine Neptis nebrodes was 

 new to the University Collection. The Danainae included 

 a male example of Amauris niavius in which the scent-patch 

 of the right hind-wing had been eaten by ants. Specimens 

 from the West Coast of Africa with full and precise data have 

 long been one of the chief needs of the Hope Department ; 

 so that this gift is of unusual value and importance. Since 

 the donor's return to Oni early in the year he has continuously 

 collected, observed, and recorded for the Department, and by 

 the date of his return to this country at the end of April, 191 1, 

 had sent specimens occupying 100 cabinet drawers. A large 

 part of the labelling has been done, but the cataloguing and 

 incorporation cannot be finished in time for this Report. The 

 observations will be published as an important memoir on 

 the habits, &c. of West African Lepidoptera. A specially 

 valuable part of the work results from the large amount of 



