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6,000 ft.) near Concepcion, in the Tucuman Province of N.W '. 

 Argentine, were presented by J. Blarney, Esq. The locality 

 renders this little collection of especial value to the Depart- 

 ment, for the tropical species of Ithomiinae, Hcliconinac, &c, 

 were taken near the southernmost limit of their range. The 

 mountain Satyrinac include fine species new to the University 

 collection. 



Six Nycteribiidae were presented by the captor, Hugh 

 Scott, Esq., M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. 



Additions to the Collections in 1910. 



The following part of the splendid series collected in the 

 neighbourhood of Oni Camp, 70 miles E. of Lagos, and pre- 

 sented by \V. A. Lamborn, Esq., have been catalogued and 

 added to the collection : — 64 Papilioninae, including 4 P. 

 zalmoxtSy 4 cynorta, 1 Hesperus, 5 leomdas, and 10^ dardanus, 

 and, for the bionomic series, 3 specimens injured probably 

 by the attacks of enemies, namely, 1 dardanus ? f. hippocoon, 

 1 Jicspcrus, and 1 nireus nireus. Bred specimens, together 

 with the pupa-cases from which they emerged, are present 

 in the scries of the following species: — nireus nireus, demo- 

 docus, menestheus, policenes, and dardanus. The Acraeinae 

 added to the collection include 100 A. pcutapolis, of which 

 a single specimen was bied from a wild pupa, and the 

 remainder formed a part of the butterflies bred from 3 com- 

 panies of larvae, together with the whole of those bred from 

 a fourth company. Many pupal cases and larval skins have 

 been labelled and added to the collection. This species is 

 dimorphic — some of the butterflies being yellow- and some 

 red-marked. The proportion between these two forms is 

 well shown, especially in the entire Company 4, of which 

 35 specimens were red- and 30 yellow-marked. A. rogersi 

 lamborni'. 10; specimens, including in this number many 

 pupae and larval skins. Among the examples are the whole 

 of the 21 specimens reared from a single company of larvae 

 and a part of a second company. The whole scries of this 

 species consists, with a single exception, of bred specimens. 

 It includes the o 71 and ? types of the subspecies lamborni, 



