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'* Kinfauns Castle" (Oct. 1905). The cocoon is accompanied 

 by interesting notes of the donor's observations. 



It has been a great satisfaction to incorporate an important 

 part of the very large and varied collection made in 1904-5 

 in Northern Rhodesia and presented by S. A. Neave, Esq., 

 M.A., B.Sc, Magdalen College. The British South African 

 Company, who had appointed Mr. Neave as Naturalist, 

 generously consented to present their share of the insects 

 and other Arthropoda to the Hope Department. The name 

 of the Company and that of Mr. Neave are printed together 

 as joint donors on the label placed upon every specimen. 

 The Manchester Museum, which contributed to the cost of 

 the expedition, is receiving a series of named, set, and fully 

 labelled specimens of the species of each group as it becomes 

 ready to be incorporated into the Oxford Collection. Such 

 incorporation except on a small scale could not be undertaken 

 until quite recently, because it was important that Mr. Neave 

 should be able to compare his earlier collections as a whole 

 side by side with those which he has since made in the same 

 and neighbouring districts. The area covered by Mr. Neave's 

 expeditions is of especial interest to the Hope Department. 

 Owing principally to Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall's generosity, 

 the Department is very rich in the insects of Southern 

 Rhodesia and Natal, but from the Zambesi northward the 

 representation of species is scanty as far as British East Africa 

 and Uganda, the area which supplied the splendid material 

 presented by Mr. C. A. Wiggins and the Rev. K. St. A. Rogers. 

 Mr. Neave's collections now fully represent an important 

 section of the intervening area. Mr. Neave's expeditions in 

 1904-5 were undertaken in the southern half of the valley 

 of the Loangwa River, from its entrance into the Zambesi 

 upwards, on the very interesting high plateau (about 4,000 ft.) 

 to the west, and the lower plateau (chiefly at a height of 

 about 2,400 ft.) to the east. On the latter side, where most of 

 the collecting took place, the expeditions were often traversing 

 Portuguese territory. A great deal of work was done in the 

 low valley itself at heights ranging from 1,200 to 1,500 feet. The 

 following butterflies from the area thus briefly described have 



