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Pierinae 171 ; Papilioninac 24 ; Hesperidae 657, including 

 co-types of PlatylescJies robusttis, Parnara larea, P. chambczii, 

 Sarangcsa maxima, PlatylescJies Iambi, and the type of 

 Kedcstes mahia. This series forms part of the collection 

 described by Mr, Neave in a paper soon to be published in 

 the Proc. Zool. Soc, London. The type and co-types are of 

 new species described by the author in this memoir. 



Orthoptera 1,512, including no less than 1,408 Blaitidae 7Vl\A 

 comparatively small numbers of the other families. 



Fourteen specimens were also added to the bionomic collec- 

 tion, including an Asilid fly and its Orthopterous prey. 



Out of this large collection, provided with admirable data, 

 1,374 specimens have been catalogued, and not only these, but 

 a very large additional number, incorporated in the collection. 



The following valuable and numerous accessions are due 

 to the generosity of Rev. K. St. Aubyn Rogers, M.A., F.E.S., 

 Wadham College. The specimens are arranged according to 

 their localities : — 



Rabai (700 ft.), 14 m. N.W. of Mombasa (1908-9): — 12 

 moths and 216 butterflies including the following. The 

 dorippiis form of Danaida ehrysippiis with unusually distinct 

 traces of the white subapical bar of the fore-wing — a character 

 of chrysipptis ; Acraea satis (males and females) ; a beautiful 

 variety of Acraea terpsicJiore ; a form of A. qiiirina. Among 

 the Nymphalinae^ Pseiidacraca trimenii (including 2 males 

 without the ochreous subapical bar of the fore-wing), Euxanthe 

 iibcrins, Neptidopsis fjdgnrata platyptcra (2 pairs in coitii), 

 CJiaraxes lasti, Ch. asota, Ch. violctta and Ch. etJialion (female), 

 Eur alia deceptor; among the Lycaenidae, many Lipteninae, 

 including Peiitila peucefia and Telipna rogersi. 



For the bionomic collection : — 5 Asilidae and their prey — 

 3 flies, a beetle, and a Pierine butterfly {Terias); a Mantis and 

 its prey — a bee; a Lycaenid butterfly {Pentila) injured, pro- 

 bably by a bird ; a Danaine butterfly {Amanris ocldca) rejected 

 by spiders. 



For the mimicry series : — the large black and white 

 Danaine Ainaiiris niavijts dominicarius, captured with two 

 examples of its mimic the Jiippocoon female form of Papilio 



