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li^S'ECTX— continued. 



Five thousand Lepidoptera and Rhynchota purchased of 

 W. L. Distant, Esq., being the first instalment of the Distant 

 Collection. 



Six thousand five hundred Coleoptera, being the collection 

 of Cicindelidse formed by the late Frederick Bates ; presented 

 by Ouy R. G. Nevinson, Esq. 



One hundred and eighty-eight Coleoptera, being the col- 

 lections of Platypodidse formed by Messrs. Janson and Wallace, 

 and including many types of species described by Chapuis. 



One thousand and fourteen Hymenoptera ; presented by 

 R. E. Turner, Esq. 



Europe. 



Two thousand one hundred and sixty-six named British 

 Diptera ; a first instalment of the collection bequeathed by 

 the late G. H. Verrall, Esq. 



Nine hundred named British Diptera ; presented by Lieut.- 

 Col. J. W. Yerbury. 



Asia. 



Eight thousand Coleoptera from Japan, including many^ 

 types, being the second instalment of the collection formed 

 by G. Lewis, Esq. 



Two thousand seven hundred Insects of all Orders from 

 China ; presented by the Bon. Walter Rothschild, F.R.S. 



Five hundred and twenty-three Insects of all Orders from: 

 China and the Hawaiian Islands ; presented by the late F. W. 

 Terry, Esq. 



Three hundred and forty-five Lepidoptera from Kashmir ; 

 presented by Major F. Wall. 



Two hundred Diptera from India ; presented by Col. H.G.W . 

 Barrow. R.A.M.G. 



Africa. 



Thirty-one thousand seven hundred and thirty Insects 

 of all Orders ; presented by the Entomological Research 

 Committee. 



Four hundred and ten Coleoptera (Longicornia), including 

 many co-types ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschilds, 

 F.R.S. 



Three hundred and ten Diptera from Uganda ; presented 

 by Capt. A. D. Eraser, R.A.M.G. 



Eight hundred and twenty-five Insects of various Orders, 

 including many types, and fifty-one microscopic slides, from 

 the Seychelles Islands ; presented by Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, 

 F.R.S. 



