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The most important of these accessions are the following : — 



rrom various localities. 



52,749 Insects, comprising 4,801 Lepidoptera, and 47,298 

 Coleoptera, from Britain and Rhodesia, collected by the late Mr. 

 Hereward C. Dollman ; presented hij J. C. DoUman, Esq. 



19,000 Lepidoptera, chiefly from Brazil ; presented bij E. 

 Duki afield- J ones, Esq. 



16,975 specimens, mainly Coleoptera, chiefly Oriental and 

 Australian ; presented hi/ G. E. Bryant, Esq. 



9,158 specimens of various orders ; presented IJJ/ the Imperial 

 Bnreav of Entomolof///. 



4,284 Hymenoptera, being the collection of the late Dr. Harold 

 Swale ; presented hi/ Mrs. Harold Swale. 



1,313 specimens of various orders, chiefly from Britain and 

 Algeria ; presented hij Lord Rothschild. 



492 specimens, mainly Lepidoptera, chiefly from the Cameroons; 

 presented by Capt. F. H. FitzRoy. 



156 specimens of various orders ; presented by Capt. H. W. 

 Whyte. 



The ninth instalment of the Distant Collection, containing 4,000 

 specimens of Rhynchota, and 1,000 Coleoptera. 



The Waterhouse Collection of Mymarid?e (Hymenoptera) 

 containing 3,532 specimens. 



Prom Europe. 



9,382 British insects, chiefly Diptera ; presented by F. C. 

 Adams, Esq. 



4,282 British Diptera ; p/resented by F. W. Edwards, Esq. 



3,463 British Homoptera, set, named, and systematically 

 arranged ; presented by W. West, Esq. 



350 Lepidoptera from Macedonia ; presented by W. Blanchard, 

 Esq. 



249 specimens of British Insects ; presented bij G. C. Champion, 



190 British Diptera ; presented by W. R. Ogilvie- Grant, Esq. 

 162 European Coleoptera ; presented by Dr. R. Jeannel. 



Prom Asia. 



2,109 specimens of various orders collected in Palestine and Mt. 

 Sinai by the donor ; presented by Major E. E. Austen, D.S.O. 



1,417 specimens of various orders from Mesopotamia ; presented 

 by Mrs. R. Brewitt-Faylor. 



634 Lepidoptera from Asia Minor ; presented by Capt. W. W. A. 

 Phillips. 



501 Coleoptera from Borneo, Singapore, and Philippine Islands ; 

 presented by Prof. C. F. Baker. 



447 Lepidoptera from Asia Minor ; presented bi/ Major N. V. L. 

 Rybot, D.S.O. 



188 Coleoptera from Sikkim ; presented by H. Stevens, Esq. 



