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MoLLUSCA — continued. 



Forty-one land shells from East and South Africa, including 

 types of species of Curvella and Helicarion ; presented by J. 

 H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



America. 



The t^^pes of Ambages sharmani and Neocyclotus peilei, 

 from Alejandria, Colombia; presented by Major A. J. Feile, 

 R.A. 



Australasia. 



Twenty-two land shells from Queensland and New South 

 Wales, mostly co-types of new species described by Er. C. 

 Hedley ; presented by S. W. Jackson, Esq. 



Sixty-six specimens of Marginella from Cape Pillar and 

 Maria Island, off Tasmania, nearly all new to the collection ; 

 presented by W. L. May, Esq. 



Fourteen land shells from Oahu, Hawaiian Islands ; pre- 

 sented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



Forty-seven land and freshwater shells from various parts 

 of Australia ; presented by J. H. Ponsonby, Esq. 



One hundred and thirty marine shells from Waikanac 

 Beach, West Coast of North Island, New Zealand ; 'presented 

 by W. G. Rutherfurd, Esq. 



Insecta. 



Including the Adams Collection of Lepidoptera, estimated 

 to contain about 140,000 specimens, the number of specimens 

 added to this part of the collection during the year is 303,717, 

 made up as follows : — 



Coleoptera _--.__- 45,173 

 Lepidoptera ------- 195,618 



Hymenoptera - - 13,797 



Diptera -------- 17,758 



Rhynchota - 18,951 



Orthoptera - ^ . - - - - 2,914 



Neuroptera ------- 1,184 



Mallophaga, Anoplura, etc. . - - - 6,007 

 Nests, larvee, pupae, etc. - _ - - 2,315 



Total - - - 303,717 



The most important of these accessions are the following : — 



From Various Localities. 



The Collection of Lepidoptera, estimated to contain some 

 140,000 specimens, including 250 types, chiefly Ehopalocera ; 

 bequeathed by the late Herbert J. Adams, Esq. 



Fourteen thousand four hundred and fifty-one named 

 Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, chiefly American, and containing 



