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Insecta. — The total number of specimens acquired during 

 the year amounted to twenty-seven thousand four hundred 

 and sixty-three ; they are distributed among the various 

 orders as follows : — 



Coleoptera ------- 4,219 



Hymenoptera --_-__ 1,564 



Lepidoptera - - - - - - 17,932 



Diptera - - 1,042 



Neuroptera ------- 279 



Orthoptera - 520 



Rhynchota - 1,892 



Trichoptera ------- 2 



Thysanura ------- 7 



Mallophaga ------- 6 



Total - - - 27,463 



(From Great Britain.) 



Two microscopic slides of Mymaridoe {Garaphr actus 

 cinctus and Polynema natans) ; purchased. 



Nine rare Coleoptera (Smicronyx ccecus, Psammonodius 

 paucicollis, Apliodius conspectus, Harpalus tenehrosus) ; 

 presented by J. J. Walker, Esq. 



One hundred and eighty-two Diptera, including Anthrax 

 hottentotfa, Microdon devius, and a specimen of Microdon 

 latifrons, which is new to the British List ; collected and 

 presented by Colonel Yerbury and W. R. Ogilvie Grant, 

 Esq. 



Twenty-three specimens of Lipoptera cervi, apparently 

 from the Roe-deer, from Blandford ; presented by J. C. 

 Mansel-Pleydell, Esq. 



(From Europe.) 



The Coleoptera collected in the Pyi-enees by the late Miss 

 Jane Lee ; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



Eighteen Odonata, including two species new to the collec- 

 tion, from Switzerland and the Tyrol ; presented by Dr. T. 

 A. Chapman. 



(From North America.) 



A set of one hundred and twenty Coleoptera and ten 

 Rhynchota, collected at Calgary, Alberta, North - West 

 Canada; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



Four specimens of Arctia rectilinea from Texas, and one 

 Moth {Rejectaria manippusalis) from Jalapa, Mexico ; pre- 

 sented by W. Schaus, Esq. 



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