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The following African insects were presented by the Ento- 

 mological Research Committee of the Colonial Office : — 

 26 Diptera, 15 Lepidoptera Heterocera, 8 Orthoptera, 17 

 Coleoptera, 14 Flatidae (Homoptera), and 117 Hymenoptera. 

 The specimens had been captured in N.E. Rhodesia, B. C. 

 Africa, and B. E. Africa by S. A. Neave, Esq., in Uganda by 

 C. C. Gowdey, Esq., B.Sc, and in S. Nigeria by Dr. J. J. 

 Simpson. The Hymenoptera have been named in the 

 British Museum by Rowland E. Turner, Esq., and G. Meade- 

 Waldo, Esq. 



A collection from the Comoro Islands (191 1), purchased 

 from Mr. G. F. Leigh, F.E.S., contains the following 

 specimens: — from Mayotta, 63 butterflies, 20 moths, and 6 

 Longicorn beetles ; from Johanna, 55 butterflies, including 9 

 Amauris ocJrfcides affinis and 3 Acraca cscbria f. masaris, and 

 28 moths ; from Grand Comoro, 444 Lepidoptera, including 

 very long series of Satyrine species, of Acraca ranavalona, 

 JMylothris ngaziya, and Euchromia madagascariensis, <S Am. 

 ochlcidcs affinis, 1 7 Xcptis comorarmn y and 3 Acraca escbria 

 f. masaris. Many duplicates will be available for exchange. 



The three fine collections of Hymenoptera presented by 

 G. A. James Rothney, Esq., F.E.S., have now been labelled 

 and placed in vacant drawers at the end of the cabinet con- 

 taining the Rothney Collection of Oriental Hymenoptera. 

 They consist of the following series: — (1) 1,100 specimens 

 purchased from Hermann Rolle of Berlin: the localities are 

 very varied — Madagascar and the surrounding islands, many 

 parts of Africa, Formosa, China, India, Ceylon, Java, New 

 Guinea, Cuba, &c. ; (2) 732 specimens from the Van dc Poll 

 Collection, mostly from Java ; (3) 605 specimens collected by 

 F. P. Dodd in Queensland, principally at Townsville and 

 Kuranda, near Cairns. The collection also contains, from the 

 same locality, 28 Diptera, 20 Neuroptera, 64 Rhynchota, ^y 

 Orthoptera, 26 ova, larvae, pupae, &c, and 3,5 Arachnids. 

 The numbers are larger than those given, as two or more 

 specimens on one card have only been catalogued as one. 



Six larval cases of Psychid moths collected by Mrs. J. S. 

 Hooker at Kirkce. near Poona (191 1), were presented by the 

 Rev. J. W. B. Bell, M.A.. Hertford College. 



