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and before this *' some years " in Mr. Hall's conservatories, 

 Buenos Ayres. The orchid, and undoubtedly the Castniid 

 larva within it, had originally come from Santos, Brazil. (Proc. 

 Ent. Soc, Lond., 1909, pp. xxxiv, xxxv.) 



Eight Heliconiinae, much wanted for the collection, were 

 presented by W. J. Kaye, Esq., F.E.S. They included the 

 Peruvian species, H. inicroclea, described by the donor, and 

 H. chestertonii. The same kind friend of the Department 

 also presented Melinaea messatis, together with its mimics, 

 a Heliconius and an ArcJionias {Piermae), all three species 

 being present in one consignment, from Medellin, Colombia. 



Thirty-two Peruvian moths were presented by Herbert 

 Druce, Esq., F.E.S. , F.L.S., F.Z.S. All the specimens were 

 named by the donor, who had described 7 out of the 8 species 

 represented in the series. These are only a very small part 

 of the splendid accessions which the University owes to the 

 generosity of the donor, as is abundantly testified by the 

 reports of previous years and as will be shown again when 

 large numbers of specimens now in the Department are cata- 

 logued and incorporated. 



One Morpho cacica and 2 Catagrainma excelsior, from Peru 

 (1904), were presented by H. Eltringham, Esq., M.A., New 

 College. These fine species were unrepresented in the general 

 collection. Mr. Eltringham also presented the unique type 

 of a very interesting mimetic West African Lycaenid butterfly 

 described by him as Mimacraea neavei (Entomologist's 

 Monthly Mag., 1909, p. 172). The specimen reached the 

 donor among a number of Acraea obertJiilri, to which it bears 

 so astonishingly close a resemblance as entirely to deceive 

 the naturalist from whom the insects were obtained. The 

 locality is the Cameroons. 



Among the additions to the collections from the Oriental 

 and Australian Regions, ten examples of the moth Aidacodes 

 simplicialis {Hydrocampinae) and of the Ichneumonid parasitic 

 upon it were presented by the captors, F. Muir, Esq., F.E.S. 

 and J. C. Kershaw, Esq., F.E.S. The specimens, taken Nov. 

 1908, on Lappa Island on the west side of Macao Harbour, 

 were exhibited to the Entomological Society, June 2, 1909, 



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