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One thousand and seven Butterflies, chiefly Indian ; pur- 

 chased. 



Thirty Blattidse, eight Longicorn BeetlcvS, twelve Hemip- 

 tera and a Moth ; presented by W. L. Distant^ Esq. 



Three Butterflies, Charaxes gamma, Gethosia gabrieli^, 

 nnd Acrcea buruana ; received in exchange from the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild. 



Two hundred and thirty Hymenoptera from New Zealand 

 and the Sandwich Islands ; purchased. 



Seven Moths (co-types) from Australia; presented by 

 O. Lowe, Esq. 



Seven specimens of Monostigia antipoda, Kirby, from New 

 Zealand ; presented by Captain F. W. Hutton. 



Myviopoda. — The number of specimens added is three 

 hundred and nine, of which the following are the chief. 



One hundred Centipedes and Millipedes from Sokotra and 

 Abd-el-Kuri, including specimens of the new species Asanada 

 sokotrana, Odontopeltis forhesii and 0. granii ; collected by 

 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq., and Dr. H. 0. Forbes. 



Three Millipedes of the genus AeanthodesTnus, from Singa- 

 pore ; presented by S. S. Flower, Esq. 



Twelve Centipedes and Millipedes from the Mazoe, Rho- 

 desia, including a specimen of a rare and undetermined genus 

 of Polydesmidse ; presented by J. ff'olliott Darling, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Centipedes and Millipedes from British East 

 Africa, including unidentified species of the genera Lophos- 

 treptus and Odontopyge ; presented by C. S. Betton, Esq. 



Fourteen Centipedes and Millipedes from Sierra Leone, in- 

 cluding specimens of Oxydesmus grayi and Alipes multi- 

 cosiis ; collected by E. E. Austen, Esq. 



Eleven Millipedes from Mount Roraima, British Guiana, 

 including specimens of two new species, Eurydesmus 

 atratus and Odontopeltis macconnelli ; presented by F. Y. 

 McConnell, Esq. 



Crustacea. — Of the three hundred and sixty-eight speci- 

 mens added during the year, the following deserve sj^ecial 

 attention : — 



Eighty-nine specimens, chiefly from deep water, collected 

 during the voyages of the French steamers " Talisman " and 

 " Travailleur "; acquired by exchange. 



Twenty -two examples of two new species from Lake Tan- 

 ganyika ; presented by J. E. S. Moore, Esq. 



Five examples of the Cirreped, Coronula diadem>a, from 

 the flesh of a Humpbacked Whale ; presented by F. Ringer, 

 Esq. 



