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The British Muscurn Collrction is now very rich in »\wcn^ of 

 StjntumhUr', a hir-c iiiimlMr ot thtm liavinj,' hem iuUKmI (luriiiK' tho 

 past year, notably tht- Ciodmaii-Salvin Collection, from Crntral 

 America, of this and utlicr families, which has now been handwl 

 over to the ^[utieuni. Tlie wlmle of the Bpecies of Stfntomuta in 

 Dr. Staudin^'er's nia'^iiitlcent collecticii have hcen suhniittcd for 

 examination, and an opportunity of acijuirin^' specimens of most of 

 the species has been afforded us. 



From the Neotropical rc^'ion Mr. W . Schaus hn.s presented many 

 species and yubmitted all hia types ; whilht Mr. Herbert Druco and 

 M. Paul Doi^Miin of Paris have lent all their ty\wH for e.xamination 

 and description, as also has Prof. I'oulton the types descril ed by 

 r. Walker which are in the Oxford Museum. 



Prom the .Klhiopian re.u'ion Dr. W. .1. Holland, D.O., of I'nni- 

 eylvania, has lent all the types described by him from W. Africa, 

 and ])resente<l co-typts of many of them to the Museum ; and from 

 S. Africa the collcitions of Mr. (J. A. K. Marshall and Mi^8 F. 

 Ikirrelt have provided sptcimens of most of the H|K.'cie8 ot curring in 

 that Bubre^'ion : whilst I'rof. Aurivillius, of Stoekliolm, has lent tho 

 tvpes described by \Vallen;;rcn, M. Paul Mabille ha-s Hubmitted tho 

 types of species dcscriln-d by him from Africa and Madagascar, and 

 l)r. II. Lenz of Ln'oeck and l)r. von Heyden of Frankfort thoeo 

 described by Saalmiiller. 



From the Oriental re;,'ion the collections of .Mr. J. H. !.«< c)i, 

 from Jajian and China, have been examined, also tijoso of Mr. II. 

 J. Elwes from India, and si>ccimen8 of many of them have hern 

 presented by the latter, as well as of many Hpecies collected by Mr. W. 

 Dohertv in the Malayan subregion. The Curatt>r of the Devon and 

 Exeter Museum has sent the few species described by F. Walker 

 the types of which are in that Museum, and Dr. K. Oestro, of 

 Genoa, the species collected by Fea in iJurma, From various parts 

 of the Malayan subrejrion we have received larpe ccdlections made 

 by Mr. Hohcrty, Hcrr P. C. T. Snclkn has lent the types r»f his 

 species, Hcrr Friihstorfer of Perlin has presented specimens of the 

 species taken by himself in Java and Celebes, iLS well as many from 

 Brazil, and Hcrr F. Kober, of ])resdeu, has lent or presented 

 specimens of the ^lalayan 8j)ecies described by himself. 



From the Australian rcf^on, Mr. E. Meyrick has lent us tho 

 types of his species from N'cw Guinea and Australia which arc in 

 his collection, and the Trustees of the Macleay Museum others 

 wliicb are at Svdnev. 



