DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



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" On a small collection of Rtiyncliota made at Henderson's 

 Island." Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xi., p. 554. 



" Descriptions of new Species belonging to the Homopterous 

 Family Cicadida3." 2b., xii., p. 76. 



" Contributions to a Knowledge of Oriental llhynchota." 

 lb., p. 283. 



"Undescribed Species of Cicadidse." lb., p. 485. 



" On some recently received Rhynchota." lb., p. 556. 



V. — Acqusitions. 



The number of specimens added to the Insect collection 

 during the year is 140,535, made up as shown in the following 

 table : — 





Donations. 



Exchanges. 



Purchases. 



Totals. 



Coleoptera 



42,797 



596 



11,626 



55,019 



Lepidoptera 



27,723 



861 



4,752 



33,336 



Hymenoptera 



17,780 



229 



1,929 



19,938 



Diptera ... - 



7,370 



113 



3 



7,486 



Rhynchota 



12,988 



95 



3,352 



16,435 



Orthoptera 



3,692 



— 



24 



3,716 



Neuroptera 



1,907 



104 



— 



2,011 



Mallophaga, Anophira, and 



2,064 



— 



51 



2,115 



other orders. 











N'ests, Eggs, Larvae, Pupae, 



471 



— 



8 



479 



&c. 











Totals . 



116,792 



1,998 



21,745 



140,535 



I 



The most important of these accessions are the following : — 



From various localities — 



Eleven thousand two hundred and sixty Lepidoptera, 

 chiefly American, and containing numerous types; ]}Tesented by 

 F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.8. 



Four hundred and fifty-two Lepidoptera, including about 

 190 types; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Nine thousand four hundred Coleoptera ; ^presented by 

 Dr. Harold Swale. 



One thousand three hundred and two Mallophaga and 

 Anoplura ; presented by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 



A third instalment of the Distant Collection, containing 

 3,322 Rhynchota and 1,678 Hymenoptera. 



Europe. 



One thousand three hundred and ninety British Diptera ; 

 presented by Lieut. -Gol. J. W. Yerbury. 



One thousand three hundred and fifty British Diptera ; 

 presented by the Hon, N. G. Rothschild. 



