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Important accessions, comprising Insects of all orders, were : first, the collection 

 made by the Naturalists of the late Arctic Expedition ; secondly, the collection made by 

 the late Mr. J. K. Lord,, in Syria, and presented by R. Meldola, Esq. ; thirdly, a series 

 selected from the collection made by the late Dr. Leith in the Bombay Presidency, 

 purchased ; and fourthly, a collection made by the Rev. J. S. MacFarlane in the islands 

 of Torres Straits. 



Of the other numerous accessions, chiefly of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, the following 

 are particularly worthy of notice : — 



Three thousand three hundred Coleoptera belonging to the Cicindelida, Carahidce, and 

 CetoniidcB, being a portion of the late Mr. Edwin Brown's collection, containing 50 type 

 specimens, among which may be mentioned Camaragnuthus guerinii, Bocande, Catascopua 

 cnpripennis, Th., C. presidens, Th., C. celebeusis, Th., C. oblitus, Th., Mono lafertei, 

 Guerin, JEmatochares tenehiionoides, Th., Abacodes microcephala, Th., Cnemacantha 

 desmareslii, Guerin; Heterorrhina nigro-testacea, WaWdiCe, H. florensis, W., Euryomia 

 hella, W., JS. trivittata, E. papua, E. rustica, E. celebensis, E. lateralis, E. laOecula, 

 E. sinuata, E. aromatica, E. cretata, E. fulvopicta, E. pervindis,Wa\la,ce, Cetoiiia celebica, 

 C. ciocoZa^zm and (7.5ofo7-e/-5ZS, Wallace; purchased. 



Eighty-five Phytophaga, authentically named and containing 66 typical specimens 

 described by J. S. Baly, Esq. ; purchased. 



Great Britain. — A specimen of a continental Moth (Margaronia unionalis) taken in 

 Hampshire by W. Adcock, Esq., and presented by him. 



Japan and Formosa. — One thousand one hundred Lepidoptera, being the private 

 collection of F. M. Jonas, Esq., formed by him during three years' residence at 

 Yokohama. Between 200 and 300 of the species prove to be undescribed ; purchased. 



Twenty-nine Lepidoptera and two Neuroptera from Northern Formosa ; presented by 

 H. E. Hobson, Esq. 



Lidia. — One hundred and thirty-one Lepidoptera, containing many species described 

 by F. Moore, Esq. ; obtained by exchange. 



Fifty-one Lepidoptera from Darjeeling, new to the collection ; purchased. 



One hundred and thirty-one Lepidoptera from Port Blair, most of them being types 

 of species recently described by F. Moore, Esq., in the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society;" purchased. 



Tropical Australia. — Sixty-three Lepidoptera from Port Moresby and North 

 Australia ; collected by and purchased of the Rev. W. Y. Turner. 



Thirty-two Lepidoptera from Cape York and New Guinea; collected by and purchased 

 of the Rev. J. S. MacFarlane. 



Seventeen Moths from Duke of York Island, described in the " Proceedings of the 

 Zool. Society," 1877 ; presented by F. DuCane Godman, Esq. 



Eighty-nine Lepidoptera from Rockhampton, among which may be specially mentioned 

 two fine new species of Hawk-moths {ChcBrocampa indistincta and Daphnis magnijica) ; 

 purchased. 



Pacific Islands. — Thirty-nine Lepidoptera from Lifu, Loyalty Islands, including 13 

 new species ; purchased. 



Thirty-three moths collected by the Rev. T. Blackburn, at Honolulu, and presented 

 by N. C. Tuely, Esq. 



Tasmania. — Two hundred and fifty specimens of Coleoptera from S. E. Tasmania, 

 containing the very rare Dohrnia miranda ; and the following new species, Prostomis 

 atkinsonii, Bessaphilus cephalotes, Helodes atkinsonii, Helodes maculatus, iSessinia atkin- 

 sonii and Sessinia suhlineata, described by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse in the "Entomologists' 

 Monthly Magazine," 1877, XIV; presented by E. D. Atkinson, Esq. 



Five Coleoptera from Tasmania, including a new form of Longicorn (Enneaphyllus 

 aneipennis) ; purchased. 



New Zealand. — Two hundred and three specimens of Coleoptera, containing 44 typical 

 examples ; purchased. 



One hundred and thirty-three Moths, presented by Dr. Hector, c.m.g., and J. D. 

 Enys, Esq., including 43 types of species described by Mr. A. G. Butler, in the "Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zool. Society," 1877. 



Peru. — Thirty-five Lepidoptera, including four new species and examples of the 

 beautiful Agrias sardanapalus and Catagramma felderi ; presented by H. Veitch, Esq. 



River Amazons. — One hundred and seventy Moths, including the types of 84 new 

 species ; presented by J. W. H. Trail, Esq. 



Tropical Africa. — Four collections of Coleoptera from Lake Nyassa and Zambesi, con- 

 taining numerous rare and new forms, for instance, a new genus of CicindelidcB {Styphlo- 

 derma asperatum), Leptacinus breviceps, Stenus bifrons, Stenus trepidus, Epistictia inornata, 

 etc. ; purchased. 



Twenty-nine Lepidoptera from Lake Nyassa and Zambesi ; purchased. 



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