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Monsieur Fairmaire, of Paris, presented a specimen of the 
Cetoniid beetle Heterosama sycophanta, Fairm. 
Two hundred and forty insects of various Orders, the 
majority being Coleoptera, from Pirmaid, Travancore State 
(1900-2), collected by Mrs. R. Imray, were presented by the 
captor and the Rev. A. Thornley, M.A., F.E.S. Many of the 
Coleoptera are extremely fine, and include a splendid example 
of a large new Longicorn, which will be described by Mr. Gahan 
at no distant date. The whole collection is an especially valu- 
able and welcome addition to the Department. 
Eighty-two insects, chiefly Coleoptera, were presented by 
W.F. Rosenberg, Esq. They include an interesting Dipterous 
mimic (Hyperechia) with its model, a Xylocopid bee, collected 
by the late William Doherty on the Kikuyu Escarpment, 
British East Africa (1900-1). The remaining specimens 
were collected by Mr. Rosenberg himself (1896-7) in localities 
of exceptional interest in Ecuador, viz. Cayambe (10-12,000 ft.), 
the River Cachabe, Chimbo, and Paramba. They include a 
co-type of the fine Phytophagous beetle Alurnuus humeralts, 
Rosenberg, and three groups of small Coleoptera presenting 
respectively the same general appearance. These compare in 
an interesting manner with Mr. Shelford’s group from Borneo, 
the colouring of two of them being the same, but the affinities 
of the constituent species very different. A few other Coleo- 
ptera and eight interesting Phryganidae are also included. 
Seven butterflies, six moths, and one dragon-fly, cap- 
tured in Barbados by the Rev. A. J. Gill (1903), were pre- 
sented by Norman H. Joy, Esq., F.E.S. Herr Jacoby kindly 
drew the attention of the donor to the needs of the Depart- 
ment. 
Ten Lycidae (Coleoptera) from various African localities 
were presented by Monsieur Jules Bourgeois, of Ste-Marie- 
aux-Mines, Alsace. The donation is of especial value in that 
it consists of named specimens from the collection of this 
distinguished authority upon the Malacodermata. 
Eleven named ants from various localities in Australia, 
New Caledonia, S. Africa, and S. America were presented 
