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Two hundred and fifty-nine Moths and thirty-one Butterflies 

 from New Guinea ; purchased. 



Seventy-five Butterflies from the Key Islands ; presented 

 in return for identification by Mons. L. de Niceville. 



Seven hundred Nymphalincie-, chiefly Indian, and including 

 fifty-seven types ; purchased. 



Two thousand four hundred and thirty-five Hymenoptera 

 from South- Western Persia ; purchased. 



Five thousand eight hundred and fifty-four Moths from 

 the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, being the first portion 

 of the Collection of the late Mr. J. H. Leech : purchased. 



One hundred and fifty Hemiptera from Manila ; presented 

 by Mons. E. Simon. 



Two thousand six hundred a,nd three Coleoptera from the 

 Sandwich Islands; presented by the Joint Committee of the 

 Koyal Society and British Association for the Investigation 

 of the Fauna of the Sandwich Islands. 



One hundred and twenty Lepidoptera, thirty-four Insects 

 of other Orders from China and Japan ; presented by the 

 Hon. Ella Scarlett, m.d. 



Two hundred and forty-one Lepidoptera, fifty Diptera, 

 thirty-four Odonata, and thirty Coleoptera from China, 

 Japan, and Ceylon; presented by T. B. Fletcher, Esq. 



Twenty-four Butterflies and forty-one Moths, type speci- 

 mens from various Oriental localities ; purchased. 



Two hundred and three Butterflies and four other Insects, 

 from North India, and sixty-six Butterflies and Moths, 

 twenty-four Rhynchota (co-types) and ten other Insects, 

 from the Kangra Valley; presented by G. C. Dudgeon, Esq. 



Seventy-four Moths from the Lebanon ; presented by 

 Mrs. M. de la B. Nicholl. 



Seventy-four Moths from India ; presented by W. H. 

 Campbell, Esq. 



(From Africa.) 



Nine hundred and twenty-six Lepidoptera, four hundred 

 and nineteen Coleoptera, fifty-three Orthoptera, sixty-two 

 Hymenoptera, thirteen Diptera, eight Neuroptera, and 

 forty-five Rhynchota, from British East Africa ; presented 

 by C. Steuart Betton, Esq. 



Seventy-eight Coleoptera from Madeira ; received from 

 Mons. A. Fauvel in exchange. 



One hundred and fifty Coleoptera from Mauritius ; pre- 

 sented by C. E. Edwards, Esq. 



Eighty-one Moths and seven Orthoptera and Neuroptera 

 from the River Niger ; presented by Major Sampson. 



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