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East Africa (1905-6), were presented by the captors, S. L. 
Hinde, Esq., and Mrs. Hinde. The majority of specimens 
were taken or bred at Fort Hall, 4,000 ft., the remainder were 
captured on the Aberdare Range, 8,000 ft. 74 Lepidoptera 
and the Acridian were catalogued. The moths include a large 
number of interesting bred specimens with dates of emergence 
from the pupa. The butterflies include some interesting 
forms new to the collection—an Acraea, a Papilio allied to 
nireus, and a fine A/ylothris. The locality also adds an 
interest to the commoner species. . 
An interesting set of 153 male Pierine butterflies of 8 species, 
captured (Feb. 2, 1906) in a single sweep of the net, were 
presented by the captor, C. A. Wiggins, Esq. M.R.C.S. The 
butterflies were drinking at a small pool at Jinja, by the 
Ripon Falls, on the N. shore of the Victoria Nyanza, 3,775 ft. 
Forty-five specimens, including examples of every species, 
are catalogued, and will be kept together in the collection as 
a good example of these remarkable congregations of tropical 
butterflies in damp places. The numbers of individuals of 
each species were as follows :-— 
Pinacopteryx vidua, 104. 
" pigea (N. form of P. astarte), 17 
re “iliana, 5 
Belenois formosa, 12 
» severina, 5 
»  subetda (form znstabilis), 8 
ween eidica,. T 
solilucts, 1 
Examples of all these were exhibited by Dr. F. A. Dixey 
at the meeting of the Entomological Society of London, 
June 6, 1906 (Proceedings, pp. |, li). 
Seven miscellaneous insects (5 catalogued) from Mombasa 
(Nov. 1904) were presented by the same generous donor. 
A series of Lepidoptera and dragon-flies from the neighbour- 
hood of Kisumu, on the N.E. shore of the Victoria Nyanza, 
3,770 ft. (1903), were presented by C. A. Wiggins, Esq., 
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