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to illustrate an interesting paper (Proceedings, pp. xl-xliv) 

 on the life-history of the moth and its aquatic larva. The 

 same donors also presented i6 small moths taken at sea, 

 Nov. 29, 1908, and one, the Syntomid Etichromia polymelia, 

 captured in December. The majority of the captures on 

 Nov. 29 belong to two species of Pyralidae, — ScJioenobins 

 incerttdas and S. bipmictifera, but they also included the small 

 and delicate " plume-moth," Alticita niveodactyla. A fresh 

 wind was blowing from the N.N.W., and all these moths were 

 captured flying over and settling on the ship, at a point about 

 190 miles S.S.E. of Lower Cochin China and 120 N.N.W. of 

 Great Natunas. The moths were seen resting on the sea, 

 even on the broken water round the bows of the ship, 

 and again rising and pursuing their flight. The observation 

 bears directly upon the means by which such insects are 

 distributed to islands, &c. (See Proc. Ent. Soc, Lond., 1909, 

 pp. xxxviii-xl.) 



Nine Hymenoptera from Queensland (1900) and N. S.Wales 

 (1909) were presented by Rowland E. Turner, Esq., F.E.S. 



Distypsidera flavipes, a rare " tiger-beetle " from Cairns, 

 Queensland, was presented by Dr. W. Horn, of Berlin. 



A collection of Orthoptera from various islands of the Malay 

 Archipelago was presented by the Professor. The specimens, 

 which formed part of the recently dispersed Van der Poll 

 collection, consist of the following : — Forficulidac, 10; Blatlidae, 

 1 03 ; Maiitidae, 70; Phasmidae, 332; Acridiidae, 57 ; Lociis- 

 tidae, 85. 



The following valuable accessions, belonging to various 

 groups and from various parts of the world, were presented 

 by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Thirty butterflies and 6 moths from German New Guinea, 

 and 8 butterflies from New Ireland, The Hope Collection is 

 poor in specimens from this very interesting and important 

 part of the world, and the accessions are most welcome. 



Twenty-two Papilioninae from various localities, chiefly 

 Oriental (China, Hainan Island, German New Guinea, Philip- 

 pine Islands, Tonkin, Amboyna, the Natunas Islands, Brazil). 

 Twenty-five Longicorn beetles from the Ethiopian Region, 



