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Thirty-one named European Lepidoptera, including several 

 interesting hybrids, fine specimens of Callimor'pha i^evsona 

 and var. italica and Rheg')natophila alpina, its variety 

 vernalis, Psyche wockei and P. schifferrtiulleri new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



(From North America.) 



Three hundred and fifty Coleoptera, twenty Hymenoptera, 

 twelve Diptera, and thirty-eight Lepidoptera from British 

 Columbia; collected and presented by the Rev. J. H. Keen. 



The type of Colias eurytheme, var. autumnalis, four 

 Gecidomyidce, nine Dipterous galls, and seven Hymenoptera 

 with galls, from Colorado ; presented by T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 Esq. 



The type of a Neuropterous insect {Lepthemis gravida $) 

 from South Texas ; presented by the American Entomo- 

 logical Society. 



(From the West Indies.) 



Six Coleoptera ; five Hymenoptera, and the nest of a species 

 of Bracon ; twenty Lepidoptera, including a variety of 

 Tortricodes alucitalis ; and nine Diptera from Cinchona, 

 Jamaica ; presented by W. Fawcett, Esq. 



Two specimens of the singular moth Paltliis msopialis from 

 Cinchona ; presented by Lady Blake. 



A hundred and ten Lepidoptera from Cuba ; received in 

 exchange from Sor. Guillerno Ruiz. 



Twelve Coleoptera, eighty Lepidoptera, and six Hymenop- 

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



Thirty Coleoptera, ten Hymenoptera, fifteen Orthoptera, 

 six Rhynchota, a Dipteron {Volucella obesa), and twenty 

 Dipterous larvse, from Trinidad ; presented by the Rev. 

 H. G. Windsor Aubrey. 



Twenty-eight Coleoptera, nine Lepidoptera, and three 

 Lihellulidoi, from Trinidad ; presented by H. Caracciolo, Esq. 



(From South America.) 



Eleven Coleoptera, ninety-three Hymenoptera, a large 

 example of a moth {Castnia doidalus), thirty Orthoptera, 

 two Hemiptera, four Neuroptera, and four larvae of Myrme- 

 leon, from Demerara ; presented by W. L. Sclater, Esq. 



Five butterflies of three species {Heliconius wallacei, Olene 

 mariana, and Daptonura pedrosina), also the type specimens 

 of Amphidecta reynoldsi, Mesosemia bella, Lymnas isahellw, 

 Diorhina arthuriana, Mesene clarissa, Bceotis johannoi, and 

 Anatole Tniddletoni, from the Araguaya River, Tocantins ; 

 presented by E. Reynolds, Esq. 



Three rare Lepidoptera (Pythonides croniov. and Andreni- 

 niorpha xanthogastra) from Petropolis ; presented by W. 

 Schaus, Esq. 



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