44 
were presented by J. R. Cleland, Esq., and one (Oct. 4) by 
Miss Banks. 
Eighteen insects and 5 spiders from the neighbourhood 
of Funchal, Madeira (July 26 and Oct. 17), were presented by 
Dr. G. B. Longstaff, and 6 insects captured on the same dates 
by Dr. F. A. Dixey. Thirteen insects from the same locality 
(July 26) were presented by the Professor. 
One hundred and two butterflies, captured April—June, 
1905, at Fort Mlangeni (3,500 ft.), in the Liwonde District, 
30 miles S. of Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa, were 
presented by H. A. Byatt, Esq., B.A., Lincoln College. The 
condition of the majority of specimens was not very satis- 
factory, so that only 14 have been catalogued as permanent 
additions, although the interest of the locality is so great that 
a large proportion has been provisionally incorporated in the 
Collection. Among the most interesting accessions are many 
well-marked dry-season representatives of species of the genera 
Precis and Melanitis, the latter including several specimens of 
the local Aelanitis libya. 
An extremely fine collection of Coleoptera, made in June, 
July, and August, 1904, by Herr von Rengarten, on the Shilka 
River, near Gorbitza, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberia, was pre- 
sented by Dupre P. Lance, Esq. Dr. G. B. Longstaff kindly 
drew the attention of the generous donor to the value which 
would be attached to specimens from so interesting a locality 
by the Hope Department. Herr von Rengarten kindly supplied 
the fullest information as to dates and locality. The collection 
was preserved in vodka, and the mass of beetles must have 
weighed many pounds. Commander J. J. Walker, Hon. M.A., 
F.L.S., kindly undertook the very considerable labour of sorting 
out this vast amount of material into species, and selecting 
series for the University Collection. Just over a thousand 
specimens have been incorporated, and of these no less than 
$44 were catalogued. Several species were kindly determined 
for the Department by Dr. K. Brancsik. In addition to the 
Coleoptera, 21 insects of various Orders from the same locality 
were catalogued and incorporated. 
