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  the 
  iMunich 
  Society 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  the 
  Lyceum 
  of 
  Natural 
  His- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Society 
  of 
  Geneva 
  ; 
  and 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Boheman, 
  

   Roth, 
  Gemminger, 
  Guerin-Meneville, 
  Kollar, 
  Spinola, 
  De 
  Saussure, 
  

   Fischer-de-Waldheim, 
  Gistl, 
  Hagen, 
  Schaum, 
  Zetterstedt, 
  Passerini, 
  

   and 
  Dr. 
  Le 
  Conte, 
  amongst 
  foreign 
  entomologists, 
  and 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  

   Stainton, 
  Curtis, 
  Newman, 
  Hewitson, 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders, 
  Rev. 
  F. 
  W. 
  

   Hope, 
  Rev. 
  D. 
  Melville, 
  J. 
  F. 
  Stephens, 
  Baly, 
  Capt. 
  Smith, 
  Dr. 
  Lee, 
  

   F.R.S., 
  and 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  Freeman. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  happy 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  our 
  Collections 
  have 
  received 
  considerable 
  

   accessions 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  Amongst 
  these 
  the 
  entire 
  collection 
  

   and 
  cabinet 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Bromfield, 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  insects 
  from 
  

   Shanghae, 
  presented 
  by 
  Professor 
  Thompson 
  of 
  Glasgow, 
  and 
  nume- 
  

   rous 
  species 
  of 
  different 
  orders 
  from 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  by 
  J, 
  C. 
  Bowring, 
  

   Esq., 
  a 
  large 
  box 
  of 
  Brazilian 
  insects, 
  presented 
  by 
  Viscount 
  Gode- 
  

   rich, 
  a 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  small 
  insects 
  from 
  Ceylon, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thwaites, 
  and 
  

   a 
  box 
  of 
  Italian 
  insects 
  from 
  Pjofessor 
  Passerini, 
  are 
  especially 
  to 
  be 
  

   noticed 
  among 
  the 
  exotic 
  additions; 
  whilst 
  our 
  English 
  collections 
  

   have 
  been 
  enriched 
  by 
  donations, 
  chiefly 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  and 
  Coleo- 
  

   ptera, 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  A. 
  F. 
  Sheppard, 
  Douglas, 
  Lubbock, 
  Bedell, 
  A. 
  R. 
  

   Hogan, 
  Guyon, 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  Greene, 
  Shield, 
  F. 
  Bond, 
  Rev. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  and 
  

   Weaver; 
  and 
  last, 
  but 
  not 
  least, 
  we 
  have 
  received 
  a 
  valuable 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  preserved 
  British 
  spiders 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Meade, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Bri- 
  

   tish 
  Anoplura, 
  named 
  by 
  Mi*. 
  Denny, 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Leonard 
  

   Jenyns. 
  

  

  As 
  matter 
  of 
  entomological 
  information, 
  I 
  have 
  further 
  to 
  notice 
  

   that 
  keeping 
  pace 
  with 
  the 
  increased 
  activity 
  of 
  our 
  English 
  collec- 
  

   tors, 
  we 
  have 
  now 
  a 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  entomolo- 
  

   gical 
  pursuits 
  in 
  foreign 
  climates 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  previous 
  period, 
  proving 
  

   evidently 
  that 
  a 
  taste 
  for 
  foreign 
  Entomology 
  is 
  also 
  steadily 
  gaining 
  

   ground 
  amongst 
  our 
  amateurs. 
  Amongst 
  these 
  foreign 
  collectors 
  are 
  

   especially 
  to 
  be 
  named 
  Messrs. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Bates, 
  N. 
  Plant 
  and 
  Julian 
  

   Deby 
  in 
  South 
  America; 
  F. 
  Strange 
  in 
  Australia; 
  and 
  Messrs. 
  R. 
  W. 
  

   Plant 
  and 
  Zeyher 
  in 
  Southern 
  Africa 
  : 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  speak 
  

   too 
  highly 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  rich 
  additions 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  made 
  

   to 
  our 
  collections, 
  hitherto 
  comparatively 
  poor 
  in 
  the 
  insects 
  of 
  

   South 
  America.* 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  also, 
  Dr. 
  Burmeister 
  has 
  

  

  * 
  Now 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Madagascar 
  is 
  open 
  to 
  Europeans, 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  

   that 
  some 
  enterprising 
  collector 
  will 
  speedily 
  visit 
  it, 
  as 
  the 
  insects 
  at 
  present 
  known 
  

   as 
  its 
  inhabitants 
  are 
  extremely 
  curious, 
  interesting, 
  and 
  rare. 
  

  

  