12& ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two specimens, male and female, of the rare and beautiful 

 Hepialid moth Charagia rainisayi, from Queensland ; pre- 

 sented by A. Noakes, Esq. 



A hundred and ten Hymenoptera, including the types of 

 six new species, a hundred and sixty Diptera, sixty Neuro- 

 ptera, including the types of five new species, and eighty-five 

 E.hynchota, from Queensland ; presented by Gilbert Turner, 

 Esq. 



Thirty-one Hymenoptera and nineteen Rhynchota, from 

 New South Wales ; presented by W. W, Froggatt, Esq. 



Twenty-five Formicidce, collected by the Rev. J. Otley at 

 ■Sydney ; presented by the Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart. 



Two specimens of Halobates whiteleggi from Sydney 

 Harbour ; presented by the Dublin Museum. 



A pair of a very rare butterfly {Hypochrysops delicia) 

 from Victoria, presented by Messrs. E. Anderson and F. P. 

 Spry. 



Two examples of a Homopterous insect {Dorydiuin west- 

 ^uoodi), new to the collection, and interesting on account of 

 its resemblance to a grass-seed, from Christchurch, New 

 Zealand ; presented by H. Clark, Esq. 



(From mixed Localities.) 



A hundred and four Longicorn Coleoptera, collected by 

 Signor Fea ; received from the Director of the Museo Civico, 

 Genova. 



Thirteen named Formicidce from various localities ; pre- 

 sented by Professor Carlo Emery. 



Sixteen named Forinicidije new to the collection ; received 

 in exchange from Dr. Forel. 



Eighty Lepidoptera from various localities, chiefly types of 

 butterflies described by Colonel Swinhoe; purchased. 



Two hundred specimens of Collemhola, including the 

 material used by the late George Brook, Esq., for his papers 

 on Collemhola in the Journal of the Linnean Society ; pre- 

 sented by Professor G. B. Howes. 



Vervies. — Ninety-two additions were made to this class ; 

 the following are the most worthy of note : — 



An example of Peripatus trinitatis from Trinidad ; pre- 

 sented by W. E. Broadway, Esq. 



Specimens of Bl'palium, tripartitwrn, B. catenatum and 

 Flacvcephalus sem^peri, named by Prof. Graff, from Balabac ; 

 collected by A. H. Everett ; purchased. 



Specimens of three leeches (Philoemon pungens, Haema- 

 dipsa limibata and Limnohdella quinquestriata) determined 

 by M. R. Blanchard, from Victoria and Queensland ; pre- 

 sented by Professor Baldwin Spencer. 



A remarkable 



