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Seventeen Spiders and two Myriopoda, collected by the Rev. Wyatt Gill in Rarotonga ; 

 presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., m.p. 



Insecta. — The Entomological branch has been increased by the addition of 7,277 

 specimens, which are distributed among the various orders thus : — 



Coleoptera -__-.--- 1,146 



Hymenoptera - - - - - - - 616 



Lepidoptera -------- 5,016 



Diptera --___--- 71 



Neuroptera -------- 72 



Orthoptera - - - - - - - - 110 



Hemiptera - - - - - -,- - 246 



Total - - - 7,277 



Besides the Grote collection mentioned before the following acquisitions deserve special 

 notice : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



Specimens of rare British Hymenoptera, Ccenoneura dahlbomi. Mesochorus formosus, 

 and Mncrnpis labiata ; presented by Messrs. Cameron, Bignell and Enock. 



Nest of a Tree-wasp from Berkshire ; presented by H. Cole, Esq. 



A series of 150 specimens of Hymenoptera, selected from the Rev. T. A. Marshall's 

 collection, and including several types of species of Chulcididce, described by the late 

 Mr. F. Walker ; purchased. 



Six Moths of the Eastern genus Anthercea reared in England, four of them being 

 hybrids between AnthercBa rmjlei and Antkeraa pernyi, with their cocoons ; presented by 

 M. A. Wailly. 



A specimen of Aeschna grandis, captured in the British Museum. 



(From Europe.) 



One hundred and fifty -five Hymenoptera from Hungary ; presented by Hr. A. 

 Mocsary. 



(From Northern Asia and Japan.) 



Twenty-one Coleoptera from Japan, among them Cymindis damio, Cychrus convexus, 

 Syntelia histeroides, etc. ; presented by George LcAvis, Esq. 



Fifty-five Lepidoptera from Japan and South-east Corea, among them a new species 

 of the beautiful genus Brahmaa, six Diptera and five A europtera ; presented by 

 Lieut. A. Carpenter of H.M.S. "Magpie." 



Fifty-seven Lepidoptera from Corea and Mantchuria, a most valuable collection for the 

 study of geographical distribution of insects ; presented by W. Wykeham Perry, Esq., of 

 H.M.S. "Ironduke." 



(From South America.) 



Three hundred and sixty-one Coleoptera from Chili, including the typical specimens 

 of Migadops bimacuhitus, ihimodromius philippii, Lecanomereus marguiatus, Ageliscus 

 pictus, etc. ; purchased. 



Nine typical specimens of Lepidoptera from Chili, Hipparclda monticulens, Neosatyrus 

 fuscescens, Faunnla teucoglene, Scolitantules plumhea, Cyclopides sotci, Carterocephalus 

 vicinus, Pseudocerura thoracica, Macromphulia purissima, and Philunglaus ornatus; obtained 

 by exchange. 



(From Africa.) 



Two hundred and twenty Micro-Lepidoptera from Accra, among them many desiderata 

 and several undescribed species ; presented by Lord Walsingham. 



Twenty-one Hymenoptera and 33 Orthoptera (chiefly Locustidce), eight Diptera and 

 10 Hemiptera from the Gold Coast; presented by Major Burton and Capt. Cameron. 



Twenty Lepidoptera from Delagoa Bay, including four new species of Sphingidae; 

 collected by Mrs. Monteiro; purchased. 



(From Madagascar.) 



From the collection made by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan, the following Insects were 

 selected : — 243 Coleoptera, 140 Hymenoptera, 34 Neuroptera, 392 Lepidoptera, 50 Orthop- 

 tera, and 20 Hemiptera. As far as these insects have been worked out, many most 

 interesting forms have been found among them ; thus, neAv species of the Lepidopterous 

 genera i^achycispia, BaiKBa, Ceranchia, Zelomera, etc., a series in various stages of 

 development of a new genus of Blattarice. (^(Elurupoda gigantea), a second species of the 

 singular genus Gromphadorhina, perfect specimens of the remarkable spined Phasmid, 

 Parectaiosoma hystrix, a new Horaopterous species, Platypleura evanescens, etc. 



Sj-iecimens of a new genus of Lepidoptera {Hyps(ndes); purchased. 



( From Southern Asia.) 

 Sixty-eight Lejiidoptera and two nests of (Ecophlhora smaiagdina, collected in 

 Barrackpore and Darjiling ; and presented by G. A. J. Rothney, Esq. 



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