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  returned 
  to 
  Europe, 
  from 
  a 
  Natural-History 
  tour 
  of 
  many 
  months 
  in 
  

   Brazil 
  ; 
  and 
  entomologists 
  will 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  learn 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  brought 
  

   home 
  a 
  large 
  store 
  of 
  materials, 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  entomological 
  but 
  of 
  ge- 
  

   neral 
  zoological 
  importance. 
  Mr. 
  Wallace 
  has 
  also 
  returned 
  home 
  

   from 
  South 
  America, 
  but 
  by 
  a 
  dreadful 
  accident 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  his 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  were 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire 
  during 
  his 
  return 
  voyage. 
  

  

  As 
  further 
  matter 
  of 
  entomological 
  information, 
  I 
  may 
  add 
  that 
  a 
  

   lecture 
  on 
  our 
  science 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  delivered 
  by 
  Lord 
  Goderich, 
  

   to 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  Tailors' 
  Society 
  of 
  London. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  gratifying 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  great 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  In 
  so 
  liberally 
  

   endowed 
  an 
  establishment 
  as 
  the 
  national 
  one. 
  Entomology 
  has 
  de- 
  

   manded 
  and 
  justly 
  received 
  a 
  greater 
  share 
  of 
  development 
  than 
  it 
  can 
  

   ever 
  hope 
  to 
  receive 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  comparatively 
  private 
  Societies, 
  

   whose 
  resources 
  are 
  necessarily 
  directed 
  in 
  several 
  other 
  channels. 
  

   From 
  information 
  furnished 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Gray, 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  there 
  have 
  

   been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  9293 
  spe- 
  

   cimens, 
  chiefly 
  selected 
  from 
  various 
  large 
  collections, 
  as 
  those 
  most 
  

   required 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  collection, 
  or 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  families 
  under 
  

   study. 
  The 
  special 
  numbers 
  are 
  as 
  follow 
  : 
  — 
  Coleoptera, 
  2519; 
  Or- 
  

   Ihoptera, 
  165; 
  Hymenoptera, 
  1284; 
  Neuroptera, 
  272; 
  Rhynchola, 
  445; 
  

   Lepidoptera, 
  2817; 
  Diptera, 
  280; 
  larvae 
  and 
  cocoons, 
  108; 
  Aplera, 
  

   246; 
  Crustacea, 
  438; 
  Anoplura, 
  719. 
  The 
  following 
  families 
  have 
  

   been 
  particularly 
  studied, 
  extended, 
  named 
  and 
  catalogued, 
  viz. 
  : 
  — 
  

   Longicornes 
  and 
  Passalida?, 
  Andrenidas, 
  Phryganeidaj 
  and 
  Hemero- 
  

   biidae, 
  PapilionidaB, 
  British 
  Tortricidae 
  and 
  Pyralidae, 
  Anoplura 
  and 
  

   Coreidse. 
  The 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Papilionidse 
  has 
  been 
  illustrated 
  with 
  

   coloured 
  figures 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  species. 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  families 
  

   above 
  named 
  have 
  either 
  been 
  already 
  published, 
  or 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   press. 
  The 
  Bombycidse 
  have 
  been 
  partially 
  re-arranged 
  and 
  named. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  additions 
  recently 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  entomological 
  treasures 
  

   of 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum, 
  are 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  Chilian 
  insects 
  of 
  M. 
  Gay, 
  

   and 
  those 
  from 
  Algeria 
  formed 
  by 
  M. 
  Lucas 
  and 
  other 
  entomologists. 
  

   From 
  Berlin 
  I 
  learn 
  that 
  the 
  chief 
  additions 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  entomologi- 
  

   cal 
  cabinet, 
  are 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  Mozambique 
  insects 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Peters, 
  the 
  Coleopterous 
  portion 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  rich, 
  including, 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Tefilus, 
  a 
  new 
  Goliath 
  beetle, 
  &c. 
  ; 
  

   these 
  will 
  shortly 
  be 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Klug, 
  who, 
  although 
  nearly 
  

   eighty 
  years 
  old, 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  excellent 
  health. 
  The 
  Diptera 
  have 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  Loew, 
  and 
  the 
  Hemiptera 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  Dr. 
  Schaum. 
  Charpentier's 
  collection 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  purchased 
  by 
  

  

  