124 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



One Chrysops dimidiatus from Old Calabar, caught in the 

 act of biting a native ; supposed to be the intermediate host 

 of a Filaria infesting human beings ; presented by Dr. Patrick 

 Manson. 



Two specimens of the rare Orthopteron Eugaster spinu- 

 I08U8 from Rabat, Morocco ; presented by J. Frost, Esq., 

 British Vice-Consul at Rabat. 



Forty Rhynchota from Mashonaland ; presented by Theo- 

 dore Bent, Esq. 



Thirteen insects, chiefly Lepidoptera, among which Deile- 

 phila tithymali and Nonagria sacchari are most worthy of 

 note, from the Canary Islands ; presented by H. W. Marsden, 

 Esq. 



Thirty Butterflies from Teneriffe, mostly named ; presented 

 by H. W. Marsden, Esq. 



Forty -two Lepidoptera from Teneriffe, including Deilephila 

 tithymali, Rhypariodes rufescens and other species ; pre- 

 sented by Mrs. Holt White. 



Two examples of Olossina tachinoides, new to the collec- 

 tion, and one of the common Tsetze fly {0. morsitans) from 

 the Transvaal and Lake Mweru ; presented by L. K. Craw- 

 shay, Esq. 



Three Lepidoptera, including the type of a new species, 

 Attacus lugardi, from Uganda; presented by Captain F. D. 

 Lugard. 



A very curious moth, new to the collection, with a singular 

 arrangement of bristles on the posterior wings, from Delagoa 

 Bay ; presented by Professor Charles Stewart, Pres. L.s. 



Forty Butterflies of the genera Euryphene, Euphcedra 

 and Gymothoe from Sierra Leone ; presented by Herbert 

 Druce, Esq. 



(From Northern Asia.) 



Thirty-two Butterflies from Japan, including specimens of 

 CcenonyTYipha annulifer,Melitcea phmhe and Lyccena frivald- 

 skyi ; presented by T. E. Sanson, Esq. 



A hundred Lepidoptera from Hunza, including Erehia 

 mani, Epinephile pulchella, Hipparchia lehana, Colias 

 eogene, &;c. ; collected and presented by W. M. Conway, Esq. 



(From Southern Asia.) 



Twenty-seven Lepidoptera and five other insects from Ton- 

 kin ; presented by R. G. S. Buckland, Esq. 



Twenty-two Lepidoptera and eight Odonata, chiefly inter- 

 esting for their locality, from Mengalun Island, Borneo ; pre- 

 sented by A. H. Everett, Esq. 



Fifty-eight Heterocerous Lepidoptera, including a specimen 

 of Hyperoeschra pallida, the type of Caradrina picta, and 

 fifty-two other types of species described by the donor; also 



a Dipterous 



