116 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(From Asia.) 



One hundred £.nd thirty Lepidoptera, from China, part of 

 the Seebohm Bequest. 



Four hundred and forty Phytophagous Coleoptera, from 

 Sumatra, duplicates from the collection made by SignorE. 

 Modigliana, and worked out by Mr. Jacoby ; purchased. 



Twelve Coleoptera and twelve Hemiptera, from Engano 

 and New Guinea ; presented by Dr. R. Gestro. 



Ten Coleoptera, one hundred Blattidse, two hundred 

 Hymenoptera, two hundred and six Moths, fifty Diptera, one 

 hundred and fifty Hemiptera, and twenty Homoptera, from 

 the Khasia Hills ; purchased. 



Forty-seven Lepidoptera, chiefly Butterflies, from Tibet, 

 including Argynnis gemniata, Aulocera hrahriiinus, and 

 other species, some of which are new to the collection ; pre- 

 sented by Captain F. C. Colomb. 



Six hundred and twenty-nine Heteroccra, from Pulo Laut, 

 and two hundred and eighty-five from the Malayan region, 

 including fifty-four types of Pyralidw, described by E, 

 Meyrick ; presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



Fifty-eight Hymenoptera, determined by Colonel Bingham,^ 

 from North Luzon, Philippine Islands, and three Hymenop- 

 tera, seventeen Homoptera. and six Diptera, from Mindoro ^ 

 presented by the subscribers to the Whitehead Expedition 

 Fund. 



Five hundred and nine Coleoptera, sixty-four Orthoptera,, 

 twenty-five Neuroptera, thirty-seven Hymenoptera, one 

 hundred and seventy-five Lepidoptera, one hundred and 

 thirteen Rhynchota, sixty Diptera, and twenty-seven nests, 

 &c., from the Malay Peninsula ; presented by H. N. Ridley ,^ 

 Esq. 



Two hundred Diptera, and twenty Rhynchota, from Am- 

 herst, Tenasserim ; presented by Colonel Bingham. 



One hundred and ninety Coleoptera, ninety Orthoptera, one 

 hundred Hymenoptera, two Diptera, and eighty Rhynchota, 

 from Sandakan, North Borneo ; presented by Governor C. V. 

 Creagh. 



Forty-eight Coleoptera, sixty-eight Orthoptera, and twenty- 

 four Rhynchota, from Penang ; presented by Lieutenant 

 S. S. Flower. 



Eighty-nine Moths, from Assam ; purchased. 



Three Coleoptera, six Neuroptera, thirty Hymenoptera, one 

 Dipteron, and thirty-eight Heterocera, including eleven types 

 of new species, from Sikkim ; presented by G. C. Dudgeon. 



Thirty-eight Moths, including twenty-eight types of new 

 species, from Aden ; exchanged for their names by Captain 

 E. C. Nurse. 



Thirty-two Lepidoptera, from India, the types of new 

 species ; purchased. 



A remarkable 



