124 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Hhynchota, and three Orthoptera from Uganda ; presented by 

 G. F. Scott Elliot, Esq. 



Five hundred and eighty-nine Lepidoptera, including ten 

 new species ; two hundred Coleoptera, including undescribed 

 species of Prosopocera, Taurotagus, &c. ; seventy Hymenop- 

 tera, sixty Diptera, a hundred and four Orthoptera, fifty- 

 seven Rhynchota, and nine Neuroptera from British East 

 Africa ; collected and presented by Dr. J. W. Gregory. 



Three examples of the " ';^\ggev" ov " chiQo" {Sarcophylla 

 penetrans), and a Tsetse-fly (Glossina Tnoraltans), not pre- 

 viously known to occur in the Shire highlands where it was 

 obtained ; presented by H. H Johnston, Esq., c.B. 



Four Goliath Beetles, and Oryctes, and a Rhynchophorus 

 from Loisa, mouth of the Loango River ; purchased. 



Two specimens of Goliathus giganteus found in the trunks 

 of ghost palms from Loisa, and two specimens of Papilio 

 zalmoxis from Cabinda, N. of the Congo ; presented by 

 Miss M. H. Kingsley. 



Two examples of a Goliath-beetle (Ooliathus alhosignatus) 

 from the Transvaal ; received in exchange from the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild. 



Sixty Butterflies, chiefly referable to the genus Romaleosoma 

 from the Croboe District, Accra ; presented by G. A. Higlett, 

 Esq. 



Ninety-three Lepidoptera, including a fine series of bred 

 specimens of the remarkable Saturniid moth, Eudaemonia 

 argus, an example and two pupa-cases of the Psychid moth, 

 Metisa sierricola, three locusts (Fachytylus Tnigratorioides), 

 a,nd twelve other insects from Sierra Leone ; presented by 

 the Hon. C. B. Mitford. 



(From Madagascar.) 



Twenty-nine Homopterous insects {Flatoides dealbata, F. 

 iortrix Gr.), and sixteen pieces of bark which they closely 

 resemble and upon which they were found four days march 

 <east of Antananarivo, Madagascar ; purchased. 



(From Southern Asia.) 



Two hundred and eighty Coleoptera, a hundred and fifty 

 Orthoptera, seventy Hymenoptera, and forty Rhynchota 

 from Hadramant, Arabia ; presented by Dr. John Anderson, 

 r.R.s. 



The type specimen of a Hemipterous insect injurious to 

 the tea-plant, ( Heliopeltis theivora) from Cachar ; presented 

 by F. Moore, Esq. 



A selection of sixty-one Hymenoptera, fourteen Orthoptera, 

 and eight Homoptera from Mr. Moore's collection, from various 

 parts of India ; purchased. 



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