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A remarkable Orthopterous Insect, from Ceylon (Dyscri- 

 tlna longisetosa, Westwood), in spirits, with tarsus and tail 

 in a microscope slide ; also four Forjiculiclce and four Ants 

 {(Ecophila), with their larvae, from the same locality ; pre- 

 sented by E. E, Green, Esq. 



Four hundred and sixty-six Moths, from Eastern Java and 

 Bali ; purchased. 



Three Coleoptera and nine Lepidoptera, new to the collec- 

 tion, including Apocalypsis velox, from New Guinea, the 

 Philippines, &c , purchased. 



Six specimens from Asia Minor, illustrating the metamor- 

 phoses of Propomacnis ; purchased. 



(From North America.) 



Sixteen Coleoptera, fifty Hymenoptera, eleven Lepidoptera, 

 ■with nineteen cases of Psychidw, five Diptera, and eighteen 

 Homoptera, from various parts of the continent ; presented 

 by Professor T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Fifty-four Noctuidce, from Colorado, chiefly new species 

 described by J. B. Smith ; obtained by exchange with H. J. 

 Elwes, Esq. 



(From Central America.) 



Six hundred and ten Sphingidce and Gastniidce, described 

 l)y H. Druce, in " Biologia Centrali Americana," and six 

 thousand one hundred and ninety-two Malacoderm Beetles, 

 described by the Rev. H. S. Gorham in the same work ; pre- 

 sented by F. D. Godman, Esq., F.R.S., and O. Salvin, Esq., 

 F.R.S. 



(From the West Indies.) 



Six hundred Heteroinerous Beetles, named by Mr. Cham- 

 pion, and ten Buprestidce, described by Mr. C. O. Water- 

 liouse, thirty-one Butterflies and thirty-six Moths, eight 

 hundred and seventy Hymenoptera, twenty-five Orthoptera, 

 nineteen Odonata, seventeen Diptera, and twenty-three Rhyn- 

 chota, from the West Indies ; presented by the West In«Iies 

 Exploration Committee of the Royal Society and British 

 Association. 



Fourteen Coleoptera and twenty-two Orthoptera, from 

 Barbadoes ; presented by J. Leach, Esq. 



(From South America.) 



Four hundred and twelve Coleoptera, two hundred and five 

 Orthoptera, two hundred Neuroptera, four hundred and 

 thirty-one Hymenoptera, one hundred and fifty-seven 

 Butterflies, three hundred and ninety Moths, four hundred and 

 seventy-six Diptera, two hundred and seventy-one Rhyn- 

 chota, a Wasp's nest, two nests of Ckartergus chartariu.-^, a 

 Mantis egg-capsule, and a moth-cocoon, collected by Messrs. 



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