Vanessa atalanta. Of the former 13 selected specimens were 

 added to the Collection. Furthermore 27 specimens of insects 

 of various orders from N.W. Finland were presented by H. C. 

 Playne, Esq., and A. F. R. WoUaston, Esq. 



Thirty-one specimens of Lepidoptera from the Italian Alps 

 were presented by H. M. Wallis, Esq. 



Two Rhopalocera from the shores of Lake Erie, Ontario, 

 were presented by Dr. G. S. Ryerson of Toronto. 



A moth and a beetle, bearing a close resemblance to each 

 other, both captured in June 1897, by H. G. Hubbard, Esq., 

 in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, were presented by 

 Dr. L. O. Howard of Washington. These will prove a 

 valuable addition to the series on Mimicry, &c. 



Two Rhopalocera from Corsica, and 8 from Civita Vecchia, 

 were presented by A. B. Trevor-Battye, Esq. 



A large and valuable collection of 215 Rhopalocera cap- 

 tured in Trinidad about 1874, was presented by Prof. R. 

 Meldola, F.R.S. The collection includes a specimen of 

 Hypolimnas misippits, thus proving that this oriental species, 

 now established in many of the W. Indian Islands and in 

 parts of tropical America, had reached Trinidad by or before 

 1874. Several specimens from this Collection will be included 

 in the separate series on Mimicry. 



A collection of 119 specimens of Lepidoptera from Deme- 

 rara was presented by A. Waterfield, Esq. In this collection 

 the same species (77. misippus) is included, and Mr. Waterfield 

 informs me that he has observed its gradual increase during 

 recent years. 



Nineteen Lepidoptera from Tasmania were presented by 

 M. Jacoby, Esq. 



A specimen of Limnas cJirysippus from Greece was pre- 

 sented by Rev. G. D. Allen, B.A. 



Eight specimens of 3 species of Forficiilidae, new to 

 Britain, from Queenborough, Kent, together with a rare 

 Coleopterous insect from Chatham, were presented by J. J. 

 Walker, Esq., R.N. 



Fourteen Lepidoptera from Mercedes. B.A., Argentina, 

 were presented by Rev. F. D. Tubbs. 

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