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Seventy-six Lepidoptera, chiefly Butterflies, from Columbia; 

 presented by Admiral H. W. Dowding. 



Three thousand Coleoptera and nine Odonata from Massett, 

 British Columbia, and ninety-six from Eastern Canada ; 

 presented by the Rev. J. H. Keen. 



One hundred and forty Coleoptera from North America ; 

 received in exchange from Mr, 0. E. Janson. 



(From Australia.) 



One hundred and sixty-five Lepidoptera, twenty-six Neu- 

 roptera, seven Orthoptera, five Coleoptera, six Diptera, six 

 Hymenoptera, and thirty-three Rhynchota, from West 

 Australia; purchased. 



One hundred and sixty Diptera and a series of Mosquitoes 

 from Queensland ; presented by T. L. Bancroft, Esq. 



A series of Mosquitoes and forty-three other Diptera, from 

 the mountains of Victoria ; presented by C. French, Esq. 



(From various Localities.) 



A collection of four hundred and fifty-six named Forficu- 

 lidse, including the types of species described by the late 

 A. de Borman ; purchased. 



One hundred and sixteen Coleoptera, chiefly Oriental ; 

 presented, and seventy-three given in exchange, by Mons. 

 Rene Oberthlir. 



Twenty-four Moths from Rio de Janeiro and twenty-four 

 from various localities ; presented by the Right Hon. Lord 

 Walsingham. 



Eighteen authentically named Cicindelid Coleoptera ; re- 

 ceived in exchange from Dr. Walther Horn. 



Myriopoda. — The number of specimens added to the collec- 

 tion during the year was four hundred and forty-eight. The 

 following may be specially mentioned : — 



Ninety-two specimens referable to fifty-one species from 

 Central Europe, mostly new to the British Museum, and 

 determined by Dr. Carl Verhoeff"; purchased. 



Eighteen Centipedes, including specimens of Rhomho- 

 cephalus irregularis and Scolopendra persica from Persia 

 and Baluchistan ; presented by F. W. Townsend, Esq. 



Twenty-eight specimens from Peru and Ecuador, including 

 examples of a new and undescribed species of Gupipes and 

 representatives of three species of the handsome genus 

 Platyrhachus ; purchased. 



Crustacea. — Of the two thousand and forty -eight specimens 

 added, the following deserve special mention : — 



Three hundred and sixty-four Brachyura from Messrs, 

 W. F. Lanchester and F. P. Bedford. 



