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the year amounted to forty-five thousand and eight-one 

 They are distributed among the various orders as follows : — 



Coleoptera ------- 20,928 



Hymenoptera - - - - - - 391 



Lepidoptera ------- 19,425 



Diptera - - - 2,511 



Neuroptera ------- 329 



Trichoptera 180 



Orthoptera ------- 230 



Rhynchota - - - - - - - 1,087 



Total - - - 45,081 



In addition to the collections already referred to, the 

 following] are the most important acquisitions : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



Three hundred and thirty Diptera from Rugby, and fifty 

 from Tilgate Forest and Kingsbury ; presented by E. E. 

 Austen, Esq. 



Fifty Diptera from Hillingdon ; presented by O. Thomas, 

 Esq. 



A Wasp's nest from Witley, Surrey ; presented by Miss 

 Evans. 



A mass of cells formed by a humble-bee (Bomhus hortorum), 

 from Willesden ; presented by W. R. Holl, Esq. 



Thirty-three Microlepidoptera from England ; presented by 

 H. Vaughan, Esq. 



Twenty-one rare British Microlepidoptera, with authentic 

 localities, including the types of Homceosonia saxicola 

 (Vaughan), and H. senecionis (Vaughan) ; purchased. 



(From Europe.) 



Sixty Coleoptera from Iceland; presented by the Rev. 

 F. A. Walker, d.d. 



Sixty-six Coleoptera, and a hundred and fifty Lepidoptera 

 from Iceland, including specimens of Eupithecia scoriata, 

 Ypsipetes trifasciata, Apkelia osseana, Lita stralitziella, and 

 L. acuminatella. Eighty Trichoptera, including Gravimo- 

 taulius atomarius ; two hundred and twenty Diptera, among 

 them Syniplecta punctipennis, Thyetodesia variabilis, 

 Lhnnosina zertocoB and Rhypholophus tepfcronotus ; also 

 fifteen Ichneuraonidai ; presented by P. B. Mason, Esq., m.b. 



Four specimens of the Orange-fly (Ceratitis capitata) from 

 Malta ; presented by General Wilkie. 



Thirty-two named Lepidoptera of the tribe Pyralites, in- 

 cluding Hypotia colchichalis, Stemimatophora comhustalis, 

 Hercyna rupestralis, and other rare species from various parts 

 of Europe and Asia Minor ; purchased. 



Thirty- 



