1 10 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two hundred and thirty-nine Diptera and two Libellulids 

 from Folkestone ; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



A Libellulid, very rare in Britain (Sympetrum fonsco- 

 lomhii), from Surrey ; presented by C. A. Briggs, Esq. 



(From Europe.) 



Four hundred and twenty-one Diptera, including a species 

 new to the collection (Arctojohila homhiformis), forty-nine 

 Hymenoptera, thirty-four Hemiptera, and thirty-two other 

 insects from Brittany and Boulogne ; presented by Oldfield 

 Thomas, Esq. 



(From North America.) 



Seven Coleoptera, five Hymenoptera, twenty-seven Diptera, 

 three Anoplura, two Trichoptera, and two Thysanura, from 

 Unalaska, Vancouver ; presented by Lieutenant H. 0. Boger, 



R.N. 



(From the West Indies.) 



Fifty Lepidoptera, including Hyalurga fenestrata and 

 Cocytodes imvianis, and two Rhynchota, from Trinidad ; pre- 

 sented by Lady Broome. 



Six Diptera, including specimens of Hermetia illucens and 

 Sarcophaga lambens, from Dominica, sent as being supposed 

 to be concerned in the propagation of the Yaws disease among 

 the negroes of the West Indies ; presented by H. A. A. 

 Nichols, Esq. 



(From South America.) 



Forty-one Coleoptera from high altitudes in Ecuador, 

 collected by Mr. Edward Whymper, and named by the late 

 Mr. H. W. Bates, all of them new to the collection ; purchased. 



Thirty Hymenoptera, thirty -nine Lepidoptera, five Diptera, 

 fifteen Orthoptera, and twenty-five Rhynchota, from Matto 

 Grosso ; presented by Spencer Moore, Esq. 



Twelve Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Ecuador, typical 

 of species recently described ; presented by M. Paul Dognin. 



Ten Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Rio Janeiro and Peru, 

 including typical specimens of four species, Flavinia janeira, 

 Darna inca, Nelo caullama, and Mennis sceata ; presented by 

 W. Schaus, Esq. 



(From Africa.) 



One hundred and five Hymenoptera, twenty-four Hemip- 

 tera, and five insects of other orders from German East 

 Africa ; purchased. 



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