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Eleven miscellaneous insects, chiefly from the Oxford district, 

 but including a few from Lancashire (1904), were presented 

 by Mr, J. Collins, of the Hope Department. 



Additions to the Collections in 1909. 



The accessions from the Ethiopian Region were, as in 

 previous years, the principal feature of 1909. 



The most important donation of the year is the remarkably 

 fine collection of insects of all orders made in Northern 

 Rhodesia and presented by S. A. Neave, Esq., M.A., B.Sc, 

 Magdalen College. Of this splendid accession, which has 

 occupied a large proportion of the assistants' time during the 

 past year, only the Orthoptera and the butterflies captured 

 in 1908 in the following N.E. Rhodesian localities have been 

 catalogued : — 



Luangwa Valley, Petauke (2,400 ft., Jan.) ; mid Luangwa 

 Valley (1,700 ft., Feb.) ; Upper Valley (1,800-2,000 ft. Mar.). 



Near Mirongo, edge Mchinga Escarpment (3,500 ft., April). 



Chinsali (4,300 ft., April) ; in the mid Chambezi Valley, 

 Chinsali district (4,000 ft., April) ; in the lower Chambezi 

 Valley, Mpika district (May); Kasama district (3,900 ft., April, 

 May). 



N. and E. shores of Lake Bangweolo (3,800 ft., May) ; 

 Chishi and Chirui Islands in the lake (June, July) ; Luwingu, 

 N. of the lake (4,200 ft., June, July). 



Mporokoso (4,500 ft., July, August). 



Upper Kalungwisi Valley (4,200 ft., July, Sept.) ; in dense 

 forest in the lower part of the same valley (3,500 ft., Sept.). 



Lofu River (4,000 ft., August). 



The high plateau S. of Lake Tanganyika (4.500 ft., August). 



Chisinga Plateau, Kalungwisi district (4,500 ft., Sept.). 



From these localities 2,152 butterflies belonging to the 

 following groups were presented by the generous donor : — 

 Danainae 18, including a remarkable variety of the alcipptis 

 form o{ Danaidn cJirysippiis ; Satyr inac 170 ; NympJialinae 251, 

 including co-types oi Neptis jordani ; Acraeinae ^^6, including 

 co-types oiAcracadctecta ; Lycacnidae ^ot^, including co-types 

 of Spindasis trimcni and ApJinaais uiarsJialli ; Eryciiidac 2 ; 



