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A comparison between the Machakos and Kitui seasonal 

 forms of the same species is of great interest. 



A fine series of two forms of a Pierine butterfly, Catopsilia 

 crocale (8) and C. catilla (6), and a pair of another species 

 {C. pyranthc), all captured flying together on August ii, 1900, 

 hi the Kangra Valley, W. Himalayas, were presented by L. de 

 Niceville, Esq. A pair of the former varieties, captured in 

 copula, in the same locality (August 13), was also presented 

 by the same donor. The specimens are of the highest interest, 

 showing that, in this locality, two forms which have been 

 described as seasonal, and may be seasonal in other parts of 

 their range, do undoubtedly occur together. 



Twenty-four butterflies (1900) from near Eshowe, Zululand, 

 and one from Natal, were presented by C. B. Russell, Esq., 

 M.A., Balliol College. They include a Lycaenid, showing 

 injuries to the wings, probably caused by the attacks of an 

 enemy (for the Bionomic Series). 



A Blatta from Maitland Camp, near Cape Town (1900), was 

 presented by Trooper H. E. Nash. 



Twenty-one insects of various Orders, from Topeka, Kansas, 

 U. S. A. (1900), were presented by C. L. Fribble, Esq. They 

 include specimens showing the efl'ects of probable attacks of 

 enemies, and the Danaine butterfly, Anosia plcxipptis, with its 

 Nymphaline mimic, captured on the same day (for the Bionomic 

 Series). 



A rare Hesperid butterfly {Baoris nctopha) from Salisbury, 

 Mashonaland (1900), was presented by Guy A. K. Marshall, Esq. 



Twenty-four butterflies from German New Guinea (about 

 1897), including a Eiiploea and an Elymniine mimic, for the 

 Bionomic Series, were presented by Mr. A. H. Hamm. 



Eight Cetoniidae (Coleoptera), from various localities, were 

 received in exchange from O. E. Janson, Esq. 



Fifty insects of various Orders, and a spider's egg-cocoon 

 from Epe, the Mainland, Lagos, West Africa (1900), were pre- 

 sented by Dr. A. J. Brodie. Although much injured in the 

 journey, many of the specimens are very welcome to the 

 Hope Department. 



Five specimens of the wide-spread butterfly, Hypolimnas 



