ACCOUNTS, &:C\, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 07 



Two hundred and sixty HettTocei-ous Lepidoptera {Pyrulltes), coniprisino- one 

 hundred and twenty-five species, and the types of forty-four new species, from tlio 

 Amazons ; presented by Dr. J. W. H. Traill. 



Twenty-tive named specimens of Hyrnenopfera, nine (Jrfhojdcra, and four Cicadw 

 from LoAver Patagonia; presented by Dr. Burmeister. 



Three undetermined juoths of the genera Hypercheiria and Mimcdlo, with their 

 cocoons, from Uruguay ; presented by A. V. Mackinnon, Esq. 



A specimen of an extraordinary type of a Longicorn beetle (HypocenhaltUi 

 ■armatus) from Bahia ; purchased. 



(From Africa.) 



Ten Lepidoptera, new to the collection, amongst them a specimen of a beautiful 

 Orgyia {<). joscphina), and an Orthopteron {Eugaater npinulosu.'i) from Morocco; 

 presented by J. J. Walker, Esq., k.n. 



Three examples of a rare Papilio {P . pliilonoi) from Zanzibar; presented by the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Eighty Lepidojjtera from Taita, East Africa, including an example of a rai-e 

 butterfly (Godartla crossleyi) ; purchased. 



One hundred and sixteen Lepidoptera from Lake Tanganyika, including an 

 apparantly undescribed species of the genus Teracolus, and many other species 

 previously imperfectly represented in the Museum series ; collected by A. Carson, 

 Esq. 



Thirty Hemiptera and six Orilioptera from Lake Tanganyika; presented by 

 A. Carson, Esq. 



Five moths of the family Psychidce, with larva-cases, twelve Hemipterd of the 

 genera Flata and Oxyrachis, and a Hymenopteron of the genus Xylocopa from 

 Natal ; presented by R. T. Lewis, Esq. 



Twenty-four butterflies from the Gaboon, chiefly species of Lyccenidca, including 

 types of six species shortly to be described by the donor ; presented by Dr. W. J. 

 Holland. 



An example of a moth (Metardia rubra) from Bechuanaland ; presented by 

 Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart. 



Thirty-seven Neuvoptera {Odonata and Myrmdeonidcv) from Mombasa and the 

 Cameroons ; purchased. 



Twenty Hemi2)tera from Lagos and Yoruba country ; presented by His Excellency 

 Sir A. Moloney. 



Seventy butterflies, including many species of Romaleosoma and Papilio, 

 required for perfecting the Museum series, from West Africa ; presented by 

 P. Crowley, Esq. 



Five butterflies, including a probably new species of Panopea, and the male of 

 Belenois emestius, from the Gambia ; presented by G. T. Carter, Esq. 



The larva of a rare Hawk-moth {Lopliosteilius dumoUnii) from Bathurst ; pre- 

 pared and presented by Lord Walsingham. 



(From Northern Asia.) 



Two hundred and seventy-six Lepidoptera, twenty-eight Orthoptera, fifteen 

 Neuroptera, four Hymenopdcra, and two Diptera from Kashgar, chiefly interesting 

 on account of their locality ; collected by the Rev. S. Lansdell. 



Fifty rare Lepidop)tera of the Genera Erehia, Colias, Parnassiios, Zyguina, &e., 

 all new to the collection, from Samarkand ; purchased. 



(From Southern Asia.) 



Three species of a tea-bug {Helopeltls romundci) from Java, and three twigs 

 infested by a scale insect {PseuAopulvinaria sikJdmensis); presented by E. T. 

 Atkinson, Esq. 



Twenty-six insects of various Orders from Borneo ; collected by C. Ho.se, Esq. 



Three specimens of a new butterfly {Ch'dades pontis) from Sikkim ; presented by 

 Capt. H. J. Elwes. 



Thirteen Hemip)tera, four Hymcnoptera, and one moth {Tortrix sp.) from India; 

 presented by Major Cotton. 



Fifteen HeDiiptera (Fig insects, &c.), eleven ants, one Dipteron, six Terraites and 

 their nest, and cocoons of the Lepidopteroxis genera Oiketicths and Bizone, from 

 Singapore ; presented by H. N. Ridley, E.sq. 



Three butterflies {Ixias pyrenaum), two cocoon-masses of a moth {Coenodomus 

 hocl-ingii), seven dragon-flies, a Myrmelcon, eight Diptera, and a Ilyraenopteron 

 {CEcoph.ylia sviaragdina) from the Nilghiri Hills; presented by G. F. Hampson, 



Esq. 



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