52 ACCOUNTS, &C,, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following acquisitions are especially noteworthy : — 



(From Great Britain.) 



A large series of Lepidoptera for exhibition in the public gallery ; presented by 

 J. H. Leech, Esq. 



Thirty-three British Lepidoptera for exhibition ; presented by H. Druce, Esq. 



Fourteen British Cynipida, mounted for the microscope ; presented by T. Whitmarsh, 

 Esq. 



(From Northern Asia and Japan.) 



Two butterflies, two living puepoe, and a larva of the little-known species Aporia hippia, 

 from the Isle of Askold; presented by the Zoological Society of London. 



Sixty-four Lepidoptera, twenty-one Orthoptera, and two Diptera, from Japan; presented 

 by George Lewis, Esq. 



(From A^orth America.) 



Twenty-three Lepidoptera with three cocoons, three Orthoptera, and a Phi-yganea 

 from Manitoba ; presented by R. M. Christy, Esq. 



(From the West Indies.) 



Five typical specimens of Lepidoptera from the Island of Dominica ; presented by 

 George French Angas, Esq. 



(From South America.) 



Thirteen Lepidoptera, two Neuroptera, and one Coleopteron, from Minas Geraes; 

 presented by Octavius Brooke, Esq. 



Twelve Hymenoptera from the Amazons ; presented by J. H. Leech, Esq. 



Ten specimens of the rare moth Castnia dcedalus, from British Guiana ; presented by 

 the Rev. William Harper. 



Ninety-four butterflies, including the female of Morpho cypris, and other rare species, 

 from Columbia ; presented by A. Chapman, Esq. 



Nineteen Lepidoptera from Chiriqui ; twenty-six from Ecuador, and thirty from Rio 

 Janeiro ; presented by Herbert Druce, Esq. 



A specimen of the rare butterfly Euryade? diiponchelii, from the Argentine Republic ; 

 purchased. 



(From Africa.) 



Fourteen Orthoptera from the Canaries ; presented by J. H. Leech, Esq. 



Thirty Neuroptera from West Africa ; presented by W. Swanzy, Esq. 



Nine Lepidoptera and two Neuroptera from Suakim; presented by Commander 

 Alfred Carpenter, r.n. 



Two fine specimens of the rare and beautiful Ghost-moth (Xeto venus), with pupa 

 cases, from South Africa ; purchased. 



Six butterflies from Pinetown, D'Urban ; presented by Colonel J. H. Bowker. 



One hundred and twenty-three Lepidoptera, including twenty-two new species, and 

 seven other insects from Somali-land ; presented by Messrs. Thrupp, Lort Phillips, and 

 James. 



Twenty-two Lepidoptera, from South Africa ; purchased. 



Eighty-six Lepidoptera, including several new species and others new to the collection, 

 from Kilimanjaro ; purchased. 



One specimen of Papilio philonoe from Zanzibar ; presented by R. Crowfoot, Esq. 



Eight Lyccenida from Delagoa Bay and West Africa ; presented by Hamilton Druce, 

 Esq." 



A new butterfly of the genus Spindasis from Suakim ; presented by Surgeon Mandest. 



A specimen of the singular Moth Pseudopontia paradoxa from the Camaroons; presented 

 by J. iNi. E. Johnston, Esq. 



(From Southern Asia.) 



Fifty-eight types of Lepidoptera from Kurrachee, Mhow, &c. ; received in exchange 

 from the Kurrachee Museum. 



Four hundred and forty-eight specimens of Coleoptera, from the Nilgiri Hills ; pre- 

 sented by W. Davison, Esq. 



Six specimens of a rare butterfly ( Culapa oculus) from the Anamally Hills ; presented 

 by Messrs. Salvin and Godman. 



Two specimens of a rare butterfly {Hebomoia vossu), new to the collection, from Nias ; 

 purchased. 



Thirty-six Lepidoptera from Darjiling, ten from Beloochistan, and twenty-five from 

 various other localities ; presented by Herbert Druce, Esq. 



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