410 COLLECTIONS RECEIVED. 



Mr. W. H. Patterson : — 1,589 Coleoptera and 17 Lepidoptera ; from the Gold 

 Coast. 



Mrs. W. H. Patterson : — i6 Diptera, 1,735 Coleoptera, 29 Lepidoptera, and 

 25 Rhynchota ; from the Gold Coast. 



Mr. A. H. Ritchie : — i63 Coleoptera ; from Jamaica. 



Mr. W. Robson, Curator of the Botanic Station : — Specimens of the leaf blister 

 mite of cotton ; from Montserrat. 



Senhor A. F. de Seabra : — 3 Tabanidae, 4 other Diptera, 101 Coleoptera, 25 

 Hymenoptera, and 28 Rhynchota : from San Thome. 



Mr. F. R. Shepherd, Agricultm^al Superintendent : — Specimens of the leaf blister 

 mite of cotton ; from St. Kitts. 



Mr. Hubert W. Simmonds : — 17 Diptera, 2 Hymenoptera, 5 Micro-lepidoptera, 

 and 4 Rhynchota ; from Fiji. 



Mr. S. H. Skaife : — 59 Bruchid beetles and 12 Chalcid parasites ; from South. 

 Africa. 



Mr. 0. H. Swezey, Entomologist to the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association : — 

 12 Weevils ; from Hawaii. 



Mr. F. W. Urich : — 365 Coleoptera, 2 Hymenoptera, 6 species of Coccidae, and 20 

 Aleurodidae ; from San Thome. 



Mr. R. Yeitch : — 1 Coleoptera, 8 Hymenoptera, 21 Lepidoptera, and 1 1 

 Rhynchota ; from Fiji. 



Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research : — 6 Coleoptera ; from Peru. 



