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(From Central America.) 



A block of mahogany excavated by Termites, and subse- 

 quently inhabited by two species of bees, the entrance to 

 the cavity being at a later period closed by the growth of the 

 tree, from Belize ; presented by Messrs. Shelton and Son. 



(From the West Indies.) 



Twelve specimens of Mastigophorus mirahilis, an interest- 

 ing Noctuid Moth, and one Orthopteron from Jamaica ; pre- 

 sented by "W. Fawcett, Esq. 



Two rare Moths {Ameles palpalis and iVocis auHma), from 

 Jamaica ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther, f.r.s. 



Forty -nine named larvse of Lepidoptera, from Jamaica ; pur- 

 chased. 



Ninety-six Lepidoptera, from Sta. Lucia, including fine 

 specimens of Philampelua posticatus, Endera sauleyi, and 

 other rare species ; presented by W. H. Eotheran, Esq., r.e. 



A Butterfly {Siderone tnarthesia) and six Odonata, from 

 Trinidad ; presented by W. E. Broadway, Esq. 



Thirty Formicidce, from Trinidad ; presented by J. H. 

 Hart, Esq. 



(From South America.) 



A Hawk -moth, new to the collection (Gonenyo sp.), from 

 Demerara ; presented by C. A. Schunck, Esq. 



Two Moths, new to the collection (Eloria canescens and 

 Thyatira staphyla), from Parana and Ecuador ; presented by 

 W. Schaus, Esq. 



(From Africa.) 



Thirty Coleoptera, two Diptera (Tabanus moroccaniis and 

 Laphria sp.), and ten other insects, from Cape Spartel, 

 Tangier ; presented by T. N. Annandale, Esq, 



Thirty-five Coleoptera, thirty Lepidoptera, and three 

 hundred and twenty-five Diptera, from Algeria and Tunis ; 

 presented by the Rev. A. E. Eaton ; also nine Cicadidse ; col- 

 lected by Mr. Eaton, and presented by E. Saunders, Esq. 



Ninety Coleoptera, among which are the types of four 

 new Longicorns (Cantharoctenus somalius, Taurotagus 

 greenfieldi, Prosopocera lutulenta, and Pterolophia albo- 

 cincta) ; also a new genus {Baliesthes), and seven Diptera, 

 including four Tsetse ^ies {Qlossina sp.) from Somali-land; 

 presented by T. Greenfield, Esq. 



Twenty-one Coleoptera, twenty-three Lepidoptera, and 

 twelve other insects obtained in East Africa on his journey 

 from Mombasa to the Victoria Nyanza; also twelve Lepidop- 

 tera, including undetermined species oiAcroea and Pseudacroea- 

 new to the collection, fourteen Hymenoptera, twenty-one 



0.97. Rhynchota, 



