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In addition to the above, Mr. Marshall presented 88 butter- 
flies captured in the Khasia Hills, Assam, of which 52 have 
been catalogued and incorporated; together with 15 from 
Sikkim. All these came of the collection of the late Lionel 
de Nicéville, Esq., and they constitute a valuable addition to 
the collection from the point of view of species, but precise 
data are unfortunately wanting. 
A fine series of butterflies, collected by Major Rattray (Nov., 
Dec. Ig00) at a height of 7—-gooo ft. in Toro, W. Uganda, was 
presented by C. A. Wiggins, Esq. The locality confers special 
value upon representatives of even the commonest species, but 
large numbers of species are rare and new to the Department, 
a few being even new to science. Of the latter, Pextila claren- 
sis, was described by Mr. S. A. Neave, B.A., Magdalen College, 
in 1903 (Ent. Monthly Mag., 1903, p. 136), while Pseudacraca 
tirikensis and Pinacopteryx dixeyt were described by him in 
1904 (Nov. Zool., vol. xi, incl. 1904, pp. 323-63). 
No less than 459 specimens have been catalogued and per- 
manently incorporated, while a large additional number in poor 
condition have been added and will remain in the collection 
until it is possible to replace them by better specimens. The 
Toro specimens include a fine set of the Danaine, Welinda 
mercedonia (all g), and the following species which were greatly 
wanted in the Department :—AHarma confusa, Diestogyna 
amaranta, Mesoxanthe ethosea, Pseudargynnis hegemone, a fine 
set of Euralias, viz. axthedon 11, mima 14, dubia 8, Vanessula 
milca 8, Planema latifasciata, P. pogget, Acraca toruna, A. oreas, 
A. sotikensis, and a very remarkable 9? of Papilio cynorta (?). 
The following large and valuable gift the Hope Department 
owes to the generosity of its kind friend, Herbert Druce, Esq., 
B.L.Si; E.Z.S; :— 
From the Rio Caqueta on the south-east boundary of 
Colombia, collected by T. Alexander and M. Eder— 57 
Lepidoptera. 
From the Bogota district of Colombia—78 butterflies, in 
part collected by Birchell, in part by Carder (about 1896), and 
in part of unknown origin. 
