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cophana sp., and 2 specimens of a Coreid bug of a new genus 

 and species to be described by Mr. W. L. Distant in Mr. 

 Marshall's forthcoming paper describing the whole of his 

 material which bears on mimicry and allied questions. 



Two specimens of a dark Ichneumonid with a transparent 

 area in the opaque fore-wings. This species may be the 

 model of a Mashonaland Bombylid fly with a somewhat 

 similar character. 



A specimen of an Asilid fly, with its prey a Lycaenid 

 butterfly (1900). Another Asilid, caught (1901) in the act 

 of devouring a dragon-fly far larger than itself. 



The General Collection has also been further enriched by 

 Mr. Marshall's great generosity. 



Fifty-nine butterflies (Salisbury, 1901) include several 

 interesting and valuable additions to our series of the genus 

 Precis, with the exact data which is so especially necessary in 

 studying their seasonal forms. The rare Hesperid Baoris 

 iietopJia is represented by 3 examples. Eleven other insects 

 include a male specimen of the rare mosquito discovered by 

 Mr. Marshall, MegarrJiina iiiarshalli. 



Thirty-five insects from Umtali, Mashonaland, 3,700 ft. 

 (1900), include further valuable additions to the genus Precis, 

 and sqyeral rare Hcsperidae, &c. 



Mr. Marshall also presented the following insects not of his 

 own capture: — Three moths from Beira (1900), 2 insects from 

 Umtali (1900), and a pair of the Danaine butterfly Livmas 

 cJirysippiis, var. khigii, from Dar-es-Salaam^ German East 

 Africa (1899). 



A fine series of 7 specimens of the beautiful Morphine 

 butterfly Zcitxidia Jiorsficldii, and 10 specimens of Z. amc- 

 ihishis from Sandakan, Borneo (1895-6), were presented by 

 Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S., together with a set of 7 Liinnas 

 chiysippiis and i Argynnis lat/ioiiia from Tenerife, and a large 

 number of insects as yet uncatalogued. 



Fifty-two insects of many Orders, and 3 spiders from 

 Madeira, were captured (Dec. 1900-Jan. 1901) and presented 

 by E. S. Goodrich, Esq., M.A., Merton College, 



Two hundred and forty-five Lepidoptera, collected (1848-57) 

 almost, if not entirely, in the neighbourhood of Bogota, 



