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Lepidoptera, at one time part of the collection of the late 

 Henry Doubleday, was presented by Mr. Joseph Collins. 

 A list of names in Doubleday 's handwriting gives an added 

 interest to the donation. 



Five moths and a Hesperid butterfly from localities of great 

 interest in N. Kashmir (1909) were presented by the captor, 

 Lieut. T. G. Longstaff. The Hesperid was from Chulung 

 (14,800 ft.), BaltistaiT, Karakoram Mts. (July 11); 3 Geo- 

 metrids from Upper Saltoro Valley (12,000 ft.: June 27); 

 2 Xoctuids from Ladak (16,000 ft.: Aug. 16). 



A series of 61 butterflies from British New Guinea was 

 presented by S. A. Neave, Esq., M.A., B.Sc, Magdalen College. 

 The specimens were given to him by G. T. Bethune-Baker, 

 Esq., F.L.S., F.E.S., in exchange for N. Rhodesian butterflies. 

 Nearly all the specimens were taken by the experienced 

 collector A. E. Pratt, and the localities and dates are precise. 

 The Department is very poor in material from this most in- 

 teresting island, and the donation is correspondingly valuable. 



Twenty Lepidoptera from Cooktown, N. Queensland (1897), 

 9 of uncertain locality, and 4 butterflies from Thursday Island 

 (1897), were presented by P. de la Garde, Esq. 



A fine set of 12 Vanessa goiierilla, " The New Zealand 

 Admiral," from Christchurch (bred probably in 1909), was 

 presented by F. S. Oliver, Esq. 



Four examples of D. sij-igosa, the Arizona form of Danaida 

 berenice, and three of its mimic Livienitis iBasilarcJiia) Jiiilsti, 

 from Tucson (2400 ft.). S. Arizona (1896), together with 

 another example of Jinlsti from Phoenix (1,100 ft.), S. Arizona 

 (1897), were presented by the Brooklyn Museum, N. Y. The 

 specimens were captured by Dr. R. E. Kunze, who has him- 

 self presented the very fine collection of insects mentioned 

 on p. 20. All the mimetic N. American forms of Limeuiiis 

 except Jndsti have been studied in the Department (Trans. Ent. 

 Soc, Lond., 1908, pp. 447-88}, and it will be especially in- 

 teresting to make a detailed examination of this remaining 

 example. Such work can now be undertaken under very 

 favourable circumstances, thanks to the kindness of Dr. Lucas, 

 Curator of the Brookl)n IMuseum, and Dr. R. E. Kunze, who 



