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from Piroe, on the SW. coast of Ceram (0-2,000 ft), was 

 presented by the captor, J. C. Kershaw, Esq. The specimens 

 were collected (Jan.-Apr., 1908) in a heavily forested hilly 

 district. 



Additions to the Collections in 1910. 



Nearly the whole of the valuable collection of insects from 

 Arizona collected and presented by Dr. R. E. Kunze has 

 now been labelled, catalogued, and incorporated. The col- 

 lection includes 196 insects (1908-10) from Phoenix, in the 

 valley of the Salt River, southern Arizona (1,100 ft.); 167 

 insects (1907-1910) from Prescott, in western Arizona; and 

 8 Lepidoptera (1908) from Senator, Upper Hassayampa 

 River (7,000 ft.), near Prescott. The two larger series chiefly 

 consist of Lepidoptera, but also contain a large number of 

 Ilymcnoptera and many fine Orthoptera. Among the 

 butterflies are 9 Limenitis [Basilarchid) hnlsti, 6 L. (/>'.) 

 astyanax, 2 Adelpha californica, and 5 Papilio daunus. The 

 position of Arizona on the borders of the Neotropical Region 

 makes its fauna of high interest, and the University collections 

 have been greatly enriched by Dr. Kunze's generous gifts 

 acknowledged here and on p. 979. 



A valuable series of 105 butterflies bred in 1909 and 1910 

 from ova or larvae obtained in the Durban district, to- 

 gether with 9 pupal cases, was presented by the late A. D. 

 Millar, Esq., of Durban, whose sudden death last year was 

 a grievous blow to the study of natural history in South 

 Africa. The collection includes 46 specimens of the splendid 

 Acraca mimic, Pseudacraea trimenii, ^ of the even more 

 perfect mimic Ps. imitator, 13 of the Natal form of Ps. 

 lucre tia, mimicking the Danaine butterflies Amauris cchcria 

 and A. albimaculata, u LacJuiopicra ayrcsi. Of the pupal 

 cases 6 were of the last-named species, 2 of the Pierine 

 Mylothris trimoiia, and 1 of the Hesperid Artitropa erinnys. 

 The fine series of Ps. trimenii is of especial interest, for the 

 individuals exhibit marked variation in the features by which 

 the pattern of the western subspecies, Ps. boisdnvali. mimetic 

 of Acraca ggtna, is distinguished from that of the eastern Ps. 



