564 Zoology. 



1860. 



The Horsfield and other collections of Insects made by the 

 officers of the East India Company in Java, the Malay Peninsula, 

 Ceylon, India, &c. Of these no less than 4939 were from Java 

 and 3181 from other localities ; they include numerous types of 

 species described by Messrs. Horsfield, Moore, Guenee, West- 

 wood, Bohemann, Walker, and others : presented by the Secre- 

 tary of State for India in Council. 



328 Staphylinidse, described and named by Dr. Kraatz : 

 purchased. 



686 European Coleoptera, named by M. Jekel : purchased 

 from Dr. Baly. 



1861. 



899 European and 82 N. American Staphylinidae, described 

 and named by Dr. Kraatz : purchased. 176 miscellaneous, 

 named Coleoptera, from the same source, were added in 1862; 

 also 533 European Curculionidde. 



49 types of Neuroptera from Ceylon and America : described 

 and presented by Dr. Hagen. 



1862. 



641 European Lepidoptera, named by Dr. Herrich-Schaffer : 

 purchased. (A considerable addition in the then poor state of the 

 European collection.) 



1863. 



507 British Curculionidse, being as perfect a series as could be 

 secured at the sale of Mr. Walton's collection. 



423 Insects from various localities, being the types of species 

 described by the Bev. W. Kirby in his "Century of Insects" 

 and other papers: presented by the Entomological Society of 

 London. 



314 Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera, from S. America, 

 &c, being the types of species described by Messrs. Haliday, 

 Walker, and Curtis : presented by the Linnean Society of 

 England . 



The collection of Insects formed by the late Sir Joseph 

 Banks, consisting of 4081 specimens, and including numerous 

 types of species described by Fabricins: presented by the 

 Linnean Society. 



