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Eighty-three butterflies from near Kaka and Gharb-cl-Aish 

 on the White Nile (1901) were presented by the captor, 

 W. L. S. Loat, Esq. The locality (between 10 and 11 N. Lat.) 

 renders the specimens of great interest. An account of this 

 consignment, together with another from the more southern 

 reaches of the White Nile, kindly sent by Mr. Loat during 

 the present year, will be published by Dr. F. A. Dixey. 

 I desire to thank A. E. Tutton, Esq., B.Sc, F.R.S., for kindly 

 calling the attention of the donor of these specimens to the 

 needs of the Hope Department. The data accompanying 

 the specimens are admirably complete, and greatly enhance 

 their value. 



A valuable set of 262 insects of various Orders from Kitui, 

 British East Africa (1901), was presented by the captors, 

 S. L. Hinde, Esq., and Mrs. Hinde. The butterflies of the 

 Nymphaline genera, Precis, Neptidopsis, and Charaxes, to- 

 gether with the Acraeiiiae, are specially valuable to the 

 Collection, but the whole of the species are most acceptable 

 on account of the excellent data which accompany them. 



Nineteen Lepidoptera from Machakos (1901) were also 

 presented by the same kind donors, and these also are a very 

 useful addition to our tropical East African Collection. 



Two hundred and eight Lepidoptera from various interest- 

 ing British East African localities, especially Lomogo, 

 N'Gongo Bagas River (i 898-1 900), together with 17 Lepido- 

 ptera from Mombasa (1900), were also presented by S.L. Hinde, 

 Esq., and Mrs. Hinde. All the specimens were much wanted 

 on account of locality and the accurate data, and many of 

 them are unrepresented or barely represented in the Collection. 

 I may specially mention a fine series of Synchloc joJiiistonii, 

 three specimens of Mylotkris rubricosta, and the very 

 interesting series of the different forms of Lininas chrjsippiiSy 

 and of its chief mimic the female of Hypoliinnas inisippns. 



A specimen of a Mylabrid beetle from Sierra Leone (1858), 

 with the head of a Termite fixed to one of its legs, was 

 received in exchange from the British Museum. 



The purchased Chinese and Thibetan Lepidoptera are not 

 catalogued. 



