128 ACCOUNTS, ETC.; OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



forty-seven Orthoptera, forty-one Rhynchota, twenty-six 

 Diptera, and twenty-six Neuroptera from the Malay Peninsula; 

 presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. 



Two thousand two hundred and thirty-four Coleoptera 

 from the Sandwich Islands, being the Carahidce worked out 

 and described by Dr. D. Sharp ; presented by the Joint 

 Committee of the Royal Society and British Association. 



Four thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven named 

 Coleoptera and one hundred and fifty Lepidoptera from 

 Central Asia, from the collection of Major F. Hauser; 

 purchased. 



One thousand seven hundred and ninety-one Coleoptera, 

 four hundred and tw^o Rhynchota, three hundred and twenty 

 Diptera, one hundred and fifty-six Hymenoptera, one hundred 

 and eighteen Neuroptera, and forty-one Orthoptera from 

 Tientsin, China; presented by F. M. Thomson, Esq. 



Fifty-six Moths, twenty-nine Hymenoptera, twenty-one 

 Coleoptera, eighteen Diptera, and five Neuroptera from the 

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



(From Australasia.) 



Eight hundred and sixty-six Diptera from South Queens- 

 land ; presented by Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 



Two hundred and twenty-six Coleoptera from Yambrey, 

 North-West Australia ; presented by W. H. Cusack, Esq. 



Two hundred Coleoptera, one hundred Hymenoptera, 

 sixty-six Rhynchota, and twenty-four Lepidoptera from North 

 Queensland ; purchased. 



One hundred and fifty-six Lepidoptera, one hundred and 

 fifty-nine Hymenoptera, one hundred and sixty-three Rhyn- 

 chota, sixty-three Coleoptera, thirty-six Diptera, and one 

 Neuropteron from New South Wales, New Zealand, and the 

 New Hebrides ; presented by Commander J. J. Walker, R.N. 



Two hundred and five Rhynchota, one hundred and three 

 Hymenoptera, forty-three Coleoptera, thirty-eight Orthoptera, 

 and thirty-seven Diptera from Tasmania ; presented by 

 Arthur M. Lea, Esq. 



One hundred and eighty-seven Diptera ; presented by 

 G. H. Verrall, Esq. 



(From America.) 



One thousand seven hundred Butterflies and five hundred 

 Moths from Peru ; presented by P. I. Lathy, Esq. 



One thousand three hundred and thirty-four Rhynchota, 

 eighty-two Hymenoptera, and forty Diptera from Bolivia ; 

 purchased. 



Eight hundred and seventy-five Moths from the United 

 States ; purchased. 



