Insecta. ;,<;;, 



The collection of Coleoptera made by John C. Bowring, Esq., 



including the Tatum collection of Geodephaga; the Jekel col- 

 lection of Rhynchophora, together with those collects I on the 

 Amazon by Bates; the Chevrolat and Curtis collections of 

 Longicornia; a very extensive series collected by the donor in 

 China, Malaysia, &c. ; also selections from the collections made 

 by Brettingham, Wallace, Mouhot, and others, amounting 

 altogether to 84,163 specimens : presented by Mr. Bowring. 



A series of 199 Insects, of various Orders, collected chiefly 

 by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, and 

 including the types of species described by Messrs. G. R. Water- 

 house, J. O. Westwood, and E. Newman : presented by the 

 Entomological Society. 



175 Coleoptera and 116 Hymenoptera from Ceylon, being the 

 types of species described by Mr. F. Walker : presented by the 

 Entomological Society. 



1864. 



4423 Coleoptera and 127 Hemiptera, being the collection of 

 these Orders made by T. V. Wollaston, Esq., in the Canaries : 

 purchased. 



An important selection from the collection of Chilian 

 Coleoptera made by M. Germain, consisting of 37 families, 

 448 species, and 968 specimens : purchased. 



1865. 



3207 Hemiptera, being the Saundersian collection of that 

 Order, including all the species collected by Messrs. Bates and 

 Wallace : presented by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. 



1867. 



A selection from the Bake well collection of Buprestidse (515 

 specimens), and the whole of his Lamellicorns (2430 specimens), 

 arranged by Reiche, and comprising the collections of Messrs. 

 Dejean, Reiche, Dupont, Buquet, and Gory : purchased. 



5600 Phytophagous Coleoptera and 8000 Hydradephagaj 

 being the collection of the late Rev. Hamlet Clark j it included 

 the collections of Messrs. Laferte, Thomson, Chevrolat, Anbe, and 

 Dejean : purchased. 



1535 Coleoptera and 130 Hemiptera, &c, being the collections 

 made by T. Vernon Wollaston, Esq., in the Cape Verde Islands. 

 including his types : purchased. 



