DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 131- 



(From Africa.) 



Six hundred and six Lepidoptera, one hundred and twenty- 

 six Coleoptera, ninety-two Orthoptera, two hundred alnd 

 thirty-seven Odonata, two hundred and seventy-five Hyme- 

 noptera, two hundred and ninety-four Diptera, and seventy- 

 nine Rhynchota ; collected by E. E. Austen, Esq., in Sierra 

 Leone during the Expedition for the study of Malaria. 



Three hundred and twenty-four Butterflies from Ashanti ; 

 presented by Capt. the Hon, G. Hood. 



One hundred and eighty-two Moths from South Africa; 

 presented by the Cape Town Museum. 



Fifty-one Orthoptera, one Hemipteron, and a Saw-fly from 

 the Cameroons ; purchased. 



Fifty-one Orthoptera, sixty-eight Coleoptera and the raud- 

 eocoon of a Heliocojpris, from the Transvaal ; presented by 

 W. L. Distant, Esq. 



Thirty-one Butterflies (chiefly Lycsenidse) from Sierra 

 Leone ; purchased. 



Eight hundred and twenty-four Lepidoptera from East 

 Africa ; presented by Richard Crawshay, Esq. 



Two hundred and seventy-two Lepidoptera from British 

 Central Africa ; presented by E. M. de Jersey, Esq. 



Two hundred and nineiy-three Moths from the Niger ; 

 presented by Major Sampson. , 



One hundred and eighty Lepidoptera, fifty Coleoptera, 

 twenty-seven Hymenoptera, six Ehynchota, and three 

 Orthoptera, from Akropong, West Africa ; presented by G. A.. 

 Higlett, Esq. 



Three hundred and fifty Moths from Sierra Leone ; pre- 

 sented by W. Schaus, Esq. 



The rare female of the Butterfly Crenidomimas rosg, 

 from Malvern, Natal ; presented by the Elgin Literary aiid' 

 Scientific Association. 



Thirty Coleoptera, sixty Hymenoptera and three nests, 

 thirty-eight Rhynchota, fourteen Diptera, and two specimenfe 

 of Myrmeleon from the Transvaal; presented by H. P. 

 Thomasset, Esq. ' ' 



One hundred and six Lepidoptera, sixty Neuroptera, 

 twenty-five Orthoptera, four Coleoptera, and eight Rhyh-' 

 chota from Lagos ; presented by Dr. H. Strachan. 



Two hundred and seventy-seven Coleoptera, eleven Lepi- 

 doptera, eight Rhynchota, three Orthoptera, and one Neurop- 

 teron from Magila, E. Africa; purchased. 



Four Butterflies from Uganda, including the types of 

 Cymothoe hoharti ; presented by Captain Hobart. . .^. 



Five hundred and ninety -six Coleoptera from Madagascar; 

 purchased. , 



Four hundred Coleoptera from Mauritius ; presented-: ihyi 

 E. E. Edwards, Esq. . ., k.-iw 



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