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Forty-six Moths, consisting of co-types of Pyralidce, 

 Thyrididce and Epiplemidoe in Mr. Kothschild's collection, 

 described by Mr. Warren, from Assam and Australia ; pur- 

 chased. 



Eighteen Lepidoptera, including male and female types of 

 lolans nursei, seven pupse, and two larvas, from Arabia and 

 Somaliland ; presented by Captain Nurse. 



Eleven Lepidoptera for exhibition in the Insect Gallery ; 

 purchased. 



Myriopoda.—Onei thousand three hundred and thirty-six 

 Myriopoda were acquired during the year. The following 

 collections may be especially noticed : — 



Ninety-one examples from Java, Sumatra, Celebes, &c., 

 including the types of all the species described in Dr. Max 

 Weber's " Zoologische Ergebnisse," fee. ; presented by Dr. Max 

 Weber. 



Seventeen Millipedes collected by Mr. C. Hose at Minna- 

 hassa, including examples of new, but as yet undescribed, 

 species of Rhinocricus and Platyrrhachus ; purchased. 



Seventeen Centipedes and Millipedes from Mount Victoria, 

 New Guinea, including representatives of new species of 

 Platyrrhachus and Rhinocricus ; purchased. 



Thirty-two specimens collected by Mr. A. Everett in S. 

 Celebes, Jampea Island, &c., containing examples of new 

 species of Orthojnor'pha, Trigoniulus and Rhinocricus ; 

 purchased. 



Fifty-eight specimens from Penang and Singapore, including 

 an example of Rhysida carinulata, new to the collection ; 

 presented by Lieut. S. S. Flower. 



Sixteen specimens from Kinyamholo (L. Tanganyika), 

 including examples of undescribed species of Millipedes of the 

 genera Orodesmus and Eurydesmus ; presented by W. H. 

 Nutt, Esq. 



Eight hundred specimens, including representatives of many 

 new, but as yet undescribed species from the Lower Amazons, 

 collected by Messrs. E. E. Austen and F. O. P. Cambridge, 

 during the expedition of Messrs. Siemens Bros.' cable 

 S.S. " Faraday," from Para to Manaos. 



Eighty examples from La Plata and the Argentine, inclu- 

 ding specimens of new species of Polyxenus and Heni- 

 cops ; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



Fifty-nine specimens from various localities, including 

 examples of the rare Platyrrhacus dunalii and Rhinocricus 

 roseus from Bogota, belonging to the collection of the late 

 F. P. Pascoe ; presented by Miss Pascoe. 



Prototracheata. — Nine specimens were acquired during the 

 year, viz. : — 



A specimen of Peripatus from the West Indies, presented 

 by W. R Forrest, Esq. 



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