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Twenty Neuroptera from the Katha district, Upper Burma ; 

 presented by L. de Niceville, Esq. 



Two hundred and twenty Coleoptera, ninety Formicidce, 

 two hundred and seventy-three Lepidoptera, and two hundred 

 and fifty Diptera, from Upper Burma ; presented by Lieu- 

 tenant E. Y. Watson, Indian Staff Corps. 



Seven hundred and forty-eight Geometridce and Pyralidce, 

 required for completing the Museum series, including about 

 fifteen species new to the collection, and the recently-described 

 Geometrid moth {Hypochrosis ijulchraria) from the Khasia 

 Hills ; purchased. 



Forty-two Heterocerous Lepidoptera, among which is the 

 type of Syntorfiis unifascia, mostly from Sikkim ; presented 

 by G. F. Hampson, Esq. 



Two examples of a rare butterfly (Gharaxes nepenthes) 

 from Salween River, Shan States ; presented by Miss Rose 

 Jackson. 



A hundred and sixty Coleoptera, including several un- 

 determined species new to the collection, and a fine specimen 

 of the rare Elaterid ( Oxynopterus audouinii) ; also fifty 

 Termites, eighteen Trigona, twenty-five Orthoptera, eight 

 Coccidce (Lecanium sp.), found on nutmeg-leaves, and thirty- 

 nine other insects from Singapore ; presented by H. N. Ridley, 

 Esq. 



Forty Coleoptera, including an apparently new species of 

 Dicranocephalus, seventeen Hymenoptera, thirty-two Rhyn- 

 chota, and twenty-nine other insects from the interior of 

 Formosa, collected by Mr. P. A. Hoist ; purchased. 



Fifty-five Orthoptera, from Baram, North Borneo ; pur- 

 chased. 



Thirty-three Hymenoptera, nine Orthoptera, a hundred 

 and fourteen Rhynchota, and eleven other insects, collected 

 by Mr. Whitehead in Luzon, Philippines ; presented by the 

 Subscribers to the Whitehead Expedition Fund. 



(From the Australian Region and New Zealand.) 



Thirty-four Coleoptera, from Mount Arfak, Doreh, &c., 

 including the types of seven new species {Poecilopharis 

 femorata, Natalis IcBvis, Osphryon hirticollis, Gnathonyx 

 piceipennis Analophus niger, Haplohammus longipennis, 

 and Potemnemus tuherifer) ; also fourteen Lepidoptera, from 

 North-West New Guinea, including a fine female of Ornitho- 

 ptera cassandra, Dyctis agondas, and other rare species ; pur- 

 chased. 



Three Coleoptera {Neolamprima adolphince}, from New 

 Guinea ; presented by H. Veitch, Esq. 



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