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valuable accession includes the co-types of 10 new species 
described by Mr. R. Shelford. 
Eighty-seven Blattidae from various localities were presented 
by R. Shelford, Esq., M.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 
F.L.S., F.E.S. This valuable addition to the Collection 
includes the types of Nauphoeta epilamproides, Shelford, and 
Protagonista lugubris, Shelford. 
Three Blattidae, examples of 3 new species from the neigh- 
bourhood of Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, were presented by the 
Sarawak Museum. 
Eleven 2Blattidae were presented by the Deutsche Entom. 
Nat. Mus., Berlin, including the type of Chorisoncura pallida 3 , 
Shelford, and co-types of the following species described by 
the same authority, Mazphoeta elegans, N. epilamproides, 
and Phyllodromia mirabilts. 
A valuable series of 59 Orthoptera was presented by Dr. 
K. Brancsik, including the types of many species described by 
the donor. Among the Liattidae is the type of Aphlebidea 
brunnert and the types of five other species; among the J/an- 
tidae, Orthodera laticollis; among the Locustidae, Cymatomera 
brancstki of Brunner von Wattenwyl; while the Acridizdae 
contain the types of 9 species described by Dr. Brancsik. 
Eighteen lattidae, from the Kurumadzi River in Portuguese 
East Africa (Nov. 1906), were presented by G. A. K. Marshall, 
Esq., together with 3 Achetidae from the same locality. The 
specimens were collected by C. F. M. Swynnerton, Esq. 
Six Blattidae, including co-types of Cardax willeyt, Shelford, 
were presented by the Trustees of the British Museum of 
Natural History. 
An exotic Blattid, Pyl/odromia sp., introduced in bananas 
and captured at Plymouth (Oct. 1906), was presented by the 
captor, J. Es Keys, Esq. 
An undescribed species of Blattid, Panesthia sp. a Forfi- 
culid, and a series of 33 fine Coleoptera, collected (Oct. 1895) 
on Masarang Mt. (3,000-4,000 ft.), N. Celebes, by Dr. C. Hose, 
were presented by the Linacre Department of Comparative 
Anatomy. 
Four Blattidae collected (1906) by Prof. Vosseler in Amani, 
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