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Myriopoda. — The additions number four hundred and 

 eighty-eight, of which the following are the most important :— 



One hundred and ninety-one Centipedes and Millipedes 

 from Central Europe, representing one hundred and thirteen 

 species, mostly new to the collection, determined by Dr. C. 

 7eshoeffs ; purchased. 



Eleven Centipedes and Millipedes referable to undeter- 

 mined species, collected in Arabia by Mr. G. W. Bury; 

 purchased. 



Four Centipedes from Eorypt and the Soudan ; presented 

 by Capt. S. S. Flower. 



Thirteen Millipedes from Travancore ; presented by 

 Harold Ferguson, Esq. 



One hundred and fifty Centipedes and Millipedes from the 

 Azores, including examples of many species previously 

 unrepresented in the collection from those islands ; collected 

 by W. R. Ogilvie Grant, Esq. 



Insecta. — The total number of additions to the collection 

 for the year is ninety-four thousand four hundred and 

 twenty-nine, distributed as follows : — 



Coleoptera ------- 45,390 



Lepidoptera ------- 19,843 



Diptera -------- 15,982 



Hymenoptera ___--- 5,717 



Rhynchota -• 5,264 



Orthoptera - - - - ' - - - 1,507 



Neuroptera - - - - - - - 61G 



Aptera -------- 77 



Nests, economic specimens, &c. - _ - 33 



Total - - 94,429 



Of these the following may be specially mentioned : — 



(From the British Islands and Europe.) 



Two hundred and forty-five Lepidoptera from Shetland 

 and other British localities; presented by W. M. Christy, 

 Esq. 



Two hundred and twenty Diptera, one hundred and sixty 

 Hymenoptera, one hundred and twenty-seven Lepidoptera, 

 one hundred and twenty-five Coleoptera, forty-two Neu- 

 roptera, and twenty-nine other insects from Cyprus ; collected 

 by Miss D. M. A. Bate; purchased. 



Two hundred Rhynchota, one hundred Hymenoptera, and 

 nineteen Coleoptera, from Spain ; purchased. 



Two hundred Diptera from Greece ; purchased. 



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