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Insecta : — Beside tlie Koepstorf Collection of 10,000 Coleoptera, and the Lepidoptera 

 received in the second, half of the " Zeller " Collection, and estimated at 14,000 specimens, 

 the total number of Insects acquired during the year amounted to 10,991, which are dis- 

 tributed araouQ" the various orders as follows : — 



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Coleoptera -------- 2,1.42 



(Eoepstorf Collection ------ 10,000) 



Hymenoptera ------ 2,732 



Lepidoptera - - - - - - - - 4,860 



(Zeller Collection (2nd half) 14,000) 



Diptera ...--... 165 



Neuroptera - - -- _ _ - _ igQ 



Orthoptera -------- 295 



Ilemiptera -------- 260 



Thysanura ---_--__ g 



Nests 132 



Microscopic slides ------- 239 



Total - - 34,991 



The following acquisitions are especially worthy of notice : — 



(From Great Bi'itain.) 



Two hundred Chalcididce, &c. ; purchased. 



Twenty-four moths of the genus Enpiither.ia, from Exeter ; presented by the Rev. J. 

 Hellins. 



Six lype specimens of Thysanura from Radnor ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. 



(From Europe.) 



A specimen of the rare Hawk-Moth, Cephanodes croatica ; presented by Walter de 

 Rothschild, Esq. 



(From Northern Asia and Japan.) 



Twenty-nine Lepidoptera, including varieties of the rare Papilio tutanus, Orthogonia 

 sera, &c., from Japan ; purchased. 



Sixty-two Lepidoptera (including five new species) from Yesso ; presented by H. 

 Pryer, Esq. 



Four specimens of Aporia hippia, a butterfly new to the Museum Collection, reared at 

 the Zoological Gardens from pupae sent from the Isle of Askold. 



(From North America.) 



One hundred and ninety-three named Lepidoptera and four hundred and fifty 

 Hymenoptera from California, and one hundred and eighty-three Lepidoptera from 

 various localities ; presented by H. Edwards, Esq. 



Forty-three named butterflies from California, including specimens of the very beauti- 

 ful LyccBua soiiorensis, CoUus ariadne, and other species previously unrepresented in the 

 Museum Collection ; presented by W. G. Wright, Esq. 



(From South America.) 



Two hundred and seventy Coleoptera from Brazil ; presented by Alexander Fry, Esq. 



Nine hundred and seventy-six specimens of Hymenoptera &c., collected by Dr. Von 

 Ihering in Rio Grande do Sul ; purchased. 



Fifty-six Lepidoptera from Bahia ; presented by J. C. Grant, Esq. 



Seventy-seven Lepidoptera from Ecuador ; presented by H. Druce, Esq. 



Ninety-seven Heterocerous Hepidoptera from Petropolis ; presented by Lord Wal- 

 singham. 



(From Africa.) 



Twenty-six Lepidoptera, (chiefly new species) from the Somali coast ; presented by 

 Major J. W. Yerbury. 



Thirty-two rare Lepidoptera from the Gold Coast ; presented by E. T. Carter, Esq. 



Ten specimens of Anp he panda from Durban ; presented by the Zoological Society. 



Six Lepidoptera, including two new species {Amhnlijx watersil and Eusemin vjutersii), 9.Xid 

 four Orthoptera from the Betsilio Country, iNJadagascar ; purchased. 



Eleven specimens of Orthoptera from the Mauritius ; purchased. 



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