ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 4I 



(From Europe.) 

 Thirty-two specimens of Coleoptera, chiefly from caves, collected by the donor in the 

 south of France ; presented by the Rev. A. E. Eaton. 



Specimens of Haltichella unicolor. Walk, from Cannes ; presented by Lord Walsingham. 

 Fourteen specimens of Diptera from Novaya Zembla; presented by Capt. A. H 

 Markham, R.N. 



A set of 21 named specimens of Orthoptera new to the collection, from Servia ; 

 presented by Dr. von Schulthess Rechberg. 



(From Northern Asia and Japan.) 

 A series of 5Q Coleoptera from Pekin ; purchased. 



A series of 33 Hymenoptera from Japan, including a new species of Cimbex (the first 

 recorded from this country) ; purchased. 



Specimens of Callostoma fascipennis and Sarcophaga Uneata from the Troad, living 

 parasitically on locusts {Staunmotus cruciatus)\ presented by Sir. S. S. Saunders. 



Seventy-one Moths, including the types of 40 new species, from Yokohama; presented 

 by H. Pryer, Esq. 



Sixty-two Lepidoptera from Japan and North-East Corea, a very interesting series on 

 account of their affinities to the Europeo- Asiatic forms ; collected and presented by 

 W. Wykeham Perry, Esq. 



Fifteen Butterflies, including three types, from Hokkaido, Japan ; collected and 

 presented by Montague Fenton, Esq. 



(From North America) 

 Twenty-two Dipteria and thirty-two LIbellulidae from California ; presented by 

 Henry Edmunds, Esq. 



(From South America.) 

 One hundred and eighteen named Hymenoptera from the Argentine Republic, including 

 numerous species new to the collection ; presented by Professor Burmeister. 



Orie hundred and sixty-five Hymenoptera, thirty-one Diptera, and twenty-one 

 Neuroptera from Chili ; collected by, and purchased of, T. Edmonds, Esq. 



A series of one hundred Lepidoptera from Brazil, including 32 types; collected and 

 presented by Dr. J. W. H. Trail. 



(From Africa.) 

 A series of 37 Coleoptera from Ascension Island; collected and presented by 

 T. Conry, Esq., k.n. 



The set of Socotran Insects, consisting of 75 Coleoptera, 6 Hymenoptera, 20 

 Lepidoptera, 67 Orthoptera, among them many new and interesting forms; presented by 

 the Socotran Committee of the Britisli Association. 



Five Coleoptera new to ihe collection ; presented by the Trustees of the South African 

 Museum. 



Eighteen specimens of Charaxes from Accra; collected and presented by E. T. 

 Carter, Esq. 



A selected series of 30 Coleoptera, containing a remarkable new genus of Longicorns, 

 Plectogaster, and other new species ; eighteen Lepidoptera and two Homoptera, among 

 them the types of Charaxes kirku and Tcracolas incretus; a specimen of the beautiful 

 PcRcilopsaltrin leopardina, from East Africa ; purchased. 



Seven rare species of Moths, including a pair of the magnificent Thal'iura crcesus, from 

 Zanzibar; presented by Walter de Kothschild, Esq. 



An example of the rare East African Hawk Moth, Aellopus Inrundo ; presented by 

 Captain Shelley. 



Forty-four Lepidoptera from Bushman's River, Natal, desiderata to the collection ; 

 presented by J. M. Hutchinson, Esq. 



(From Madagascar.) 



A selected series of 132 Coleoptera, and 131 Hymenoptera, all new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



(From Southern Asia.) 



A collection of 30 Coleoptera and 240 Lepidoptera made by Major C. Swinhoe in 

 "Western India and Afghanistan, including numerous types ; presented by the collector. 



A collection of 28 Coleoptera, and a specimen of a new Homopteron {Aphcena chionama^ 

 from Sumatra ; purchased. 



Nine specimens of previously undescribed sjjecies of Coleoptera from Travancore ; 

 purchased. 



Specimens of a new Longicorn Beetle from South East India {Macrotoma (Eneipinnis) , 

 purchased. 



One hundred Lepidoptera and five Hymenoptera from Rangoon; presented by 

 J. G. Scott, Esq. 



Fifty-eight Moths from Jubbulpore ; collected and presented by Dr. F. Butler. 



Twenty-one Lepidoptera from Darjiling, among them an example of a beautiful Moth, 

 FJiT/Uodes ornata, and types of several new species of the genus Syphna ; i)urchased. 



(From Australia.) 

 Nineteen Coleoptera from Queensland, among them Schizorhina marginipinnis, 

 S. atripinnis, Diaphonia dispar, Chakotainia viltata; purchased. 

 0.90. F 



