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Forty-six Moths, consisting of co-types of Pyralidce, 

 ThyrididcB and Epiplemidce in Mr. Rothschild's collection, 

 described by Mr. Warren, from Assam and Australia ; pur- 

 chased. 



Eighteen Lepidoptera, including male and female types of 

 lolans nursei, seven pupse, and two larvse, from Arabia and 

 Somaliland ; presented by Captain Nurse. 



Eleven Lepidoptera for exhibition in the Insect Gallery i 

 purchased. 



Myriopoda. — One thousand three hundred and thirty-six 

 Myriopoda were acquired during the year. The following 

 collections may be especially noticed : — 



Ninety-one examples from Java, Sumatra, Celebes, &c., 

 including the types of all the species described in Dr. Max 

 Weber's " Zoologische Ergebnisse," &c. ; presented by Dr. Max 

 Weber. 



Seventeen Millipedes collected by Mr. C. Hose at Minna- 

 hassa, including examples of new, but as yet undescribed,. 

 species of Rhinocricus and Platyvrhachus ; purchased. 



Seventeen Centipedes and Millipedes from Mount Victoria, 

 New Guinea, including representatives of new species of 

 Platyvrhachus and Rhinocricus ; purchased. 



Thirty-two specimens collected by Mr. A. Everett in S, 

 Celebes, Jampea Island, &c., containing examples of new 

 species of Orthomorpha, Trigoniulus and Rhinocricus ; 

 purchased. 



Fifty-eight specimens from Penang and Singapore, including 

 an example of Rhysida carinulata, new to the collection ; 

 presented by Lieut. S. S. Flower. 



Sixteen specimens from Kinyamholo (L. Tanganyika)^ 

 including examples of undescribed species of Millipedes of the 

 genera Orodesmus and Eurydesmus ; presented by W. H. 

 Nutt, Esq. 



Eight hundred specimens, including representatives of many 

 new, but as yet undescribed species from the Lower Amazons^ 

 collected by Messrs. E. E. Austen and F. 0. P. Cambridge, 

 during the expedition of Messrs. Siemens Bros.' cable 

 S.S. " Faraday," from Para to Manaos. 



Eighty examples from La Plata and the Argentine, inclu- 

 ding specimens of new species of Polyxenus and Heni- 

 cops ; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



Fifty-nine specimens from various localities, including 

 examples of the rare Platyrrhacus dunalii and Rhinocricus 

 roseus from Bogota, belonging to the collection of the late 

 F. P. Pascoe ; presented by Miss Pascoe. 



Prototracheata. — Nine specimens were acquired during the 

 year, viz. : — 



A specimen of Peripatus from the West Indies, presented 

 by W. R. Forrest, Esq. 



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