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An example of the magnificent day-flying moth, Urania 
rhiphaeus, from Madagascar, was presented by Mrs. H. N. 
Moseley. 
Only a small proportion of the specimens generously pre- 
sented by Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S., have been catalogued 
and incorporated. The specimens thus dealt with include 
insects from the following interesting localities :— 
Thirteen butterflies from Caparo, West Central Trinidad, 
collected 1904-5, by F. Birch; 2 fine Papilios and 2 moths 
from Merida, Venezuela (about 5,000 ft.), collected Oct., 1902 ; 
10 butterflies from Carabaya and Limbani, S.E. Peru (9,500 ft. 
and 10,000 ft.), collected May and Nov., 1904, by G. Ocken- 
den; g butterflies from Keelung, Formosa. 
The following accessions from European localities are due 
to the kindness of the captor, Hamilton H. Druce, Esq., 
F.L.S.:—11 insects from Bad Nauheim (Sept. 10-15, 1905) ; 
34 insects from various localities in the Austrian Tyrol (1904), 
including 4 examples of the fine Lredza nerine, and an 
Erebia with beautifully symmetrical injuries to the hind- 
wings; a Vespid from Neuhausen, Switzerland (1904). 
Four examples of the dragon-fly, Sywpycna fusca, captured 
at Hyeres (March 20-April 17, 1904) by Dr. T. A. Chapman, 
were presented by W. J. Lucas, Esq., B.A., together with 
another species of the same group, Oxygastra curtisiz, also 
from France. 
Eleven hundred and thirty-four specimens from Algeria, 
including a few Arachnida, Myriopoda, and Crustacea, were 
presented by the captor, Dr. G. B. Longstaff, D.M., New 
College. Of this valuable and most welcome collection no 
less than 802 specimens have been catalogued for permanent 
incorporation. The species belong for the most part to the 
Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Coleoptera. The insects 
were taken between Feb. 6 and April 3, 1905, at and in the 
neighbourhood of the following localities :—Algiers, Biskra, 
Hammam Meskoutine, Gorge de Chabet, Cape Okas, Bougie, 
Blida, and Hamman Righa. 
Among the most valuable points of this collection are the 
