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viisippiis, collected in the Mid- Atlantic in 1893 by Captain 

 E. P. Ellis, were presented by J. W. Tutt, Esq. 



Thirteen Arthropoda of many kinds, chiefly Arachnida, 

 found alive (December, 1900) in the Oxford Museum, with 

 specimens from Yezo, Japan, were presented by H. Balfour, 

 Esq., M.A., Trinity College. 



Thirty-one Lepidoptera, captured in Alberta, Canada (1900), 

 were presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S. 



A valuable set of 184 insects, almost exclusively Lepido- 

 ptera, was presented by Mrs. E. C. Bazett. They were cap- 

 tured by Mrs. Leakey in 1900, at or near Mengo (chiefly at 

 Ndeje), Uganda, and include many valuable accessions, 

 especially a number of moths in fine condition, and the 

 very rare Danaine butterfly, Mclinda mcrccdonia^ new to our 

 collection. The locality renders all the specimens most 

 welcome. 



A collection of 94 butterflies from Socotra (1898-9) and 

 one from the neighbourhood of Aden (1898) were presented 

 by the captor, W, R. Ogilvie Grant, Esq. The data are very 

 precise, and the specimens form a valuable accession. 



Thirty-one butterflies from the neighbourhood of Freetown, 

 Sierra Leone (1895-6), were presented by Major W. G. 

 Clements. 



Eleven butterflies from Sierra Leone (1897-8) were pre- 

 sented by F. W. J, Jackson, Esq. 



Twenty-nine butterflies, collected in various localities in 

 Nyassaland (1899) ^Y E. M. de Jersey, Esq., were presented 

 by the British Museum of Natural History, together with 0^'^ 

 butterflies collected in various parts of the colony of Lagos 

 (1898) by Dr. Henry Strachan. 



Dr. Henry Strachan presented a collection of 312 insects 

 of many Orders and 3 Arachnida from Lagos, chiefly the Ogun 

 River basin (1899-1900). Many specimens are very welcome 

 on account of their rarity, and all on account of the locality. 



The following specimens were purchased of J. C. Stevens: 

 Sixty-eight butterflies from Tenerife(i89o). Fifty-two butter- 

 flies and 2 moths from the Andaman Islands. Forty-eight 

 Lepidoptera from Queensland. Seventy Lepidoptera and 



