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Four hundred and eighty-six Heterocera, collected by the 

 Hon. F. M. Mackwood, J. Pole, Esq., and E. E. Green, Esq., 

 containing fifty-seven types of new species (chiefly PyralicUa) 

 from Ceylon ; presented by G. F. Hampson, Esq. 



Seven specimens of Lepidoptera {Catophaga galena), col- 

 lected in Ceylon in April by F. J. Mann, Esq., and forming 

 part of a migration consisting of thousands of individuals 

 passing continuously from N.E. to S.W. ; presented by J. E. 

 Harting, Esq. 



Two hundred and thirty-eight insects of various orders, 

 collected at Singapore ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. 



One hundred and twelve Heterocera, collected by L. de 

 Niceville, at Sumatra ; presented by G. F. Hampson, 

 Esq. 



Two hundred and sixty-eight insects of various orxiers from 

 Borneo ; presented by Douglas Cator, Esq. 



Four hundred and ninety-seven insects of various orders, 

 collected by E. Everett, in North-West Borneo ; pur- 

 chased. 



One hundred and forty-eight Coleoptera, twenty-seven 

 Hymenoptera, four Lepidoptera, ten Diptera, thirty Orthop- 

 tera, including Phasmidce, Blattidm, and a Mantis, seventy- 

 two Rhynchota, and an Ant's or Wasp's nest ; presented by 

 the Subscribers to the Whitehead Exploration Fund. 



(From the Australian Region and New Zealand.) 



Seven specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera ; presented by 

 O. Salvin, Esq. 



Twenty-five Coleoptera and nine Lepidoptera, from Too- 

 woomba, Queensland ; presented by G. A. Higlett, Esq. 



Twenty Hemiptera, fourteen Homoptera and twenty-six 

 Hymenoptera, collected chiefly at Sydney ; presented by W. 

 W. Froggatt, Esq. 



A collection of sixty Coleoptera, obtained and named by 

 Captain Brown ; purchased. 



(From various Localities.) 



Another instalment of the Butterflies of Dr. F. Moore's 

 Collection, consisting of three hundred and thirteen Elyni- 

 niinoi and Morphince from various parts of the Old World ; 

 purchased. 



Two thousand two hundred and fifty specimens of Lepidop- 

 tera Rhopalocera belonging to various sub-families, compris- 

 ing eight hundred and thirty-one Acrc8ina3, eight hundred 

 and eighty one Nyniphalinaz, two hundred and twenty-three 

 Elymniina^, and three hundred and eighteen examples of the 



0.97. genus 



