Insecta. 567 



1875. 



The types with pupse and galls of Cacoecia gallicolens and 

 Mesoleptus miilleri, from New Zealand, described in the " Voyage 

 of the Erebus and Terror " : presented by Dr. A. G. Butler. 



17 types of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Costa Rica, 

 described by Butler in " Lepidoptera Exotica " : purchased. 



A collection of 171 Insects of all Orders from the South Sea 

 Islands, made by the officers of H.M.S. Pearl, under the command 

 of Commodore Goodenough, including many species new to science 

 (about 50 in the Butterflies alone) : presented by W. Wykeham 

 Perry, Esq. The same gentleman had already presented 9 South 

 Sea Butterflies in the previous year, and he continued to add 

 specimens of various Insects obtained during various voyages up 

 to 1883, but the most important were those secured duriDg the 

 voyage of H.M.S. Pearl. 



An interesting series of 188 Butterflies from Swaziland and 

 Natal, including the whole of the 152 examples of Teracolus, 

 collected by E. C. Buxton, Esq. These formed the principal 

 material for a revision of that difficult genus, and many of them 

 became types of new species : presented by E. C. Buxton, Esq. 



1876. 



From this date the annual increase to the collection of Insects 

 was first recorded, 13,526 having been added during the year. 



A collection of 381 Insects, of various Orders, collected by 

 Messrs. G. Gulliver and H. H. Slater at Rodriguez during the 

 Transit of Venus expedition, including the types of 45 new 

 species : presented by the Royal Society. 



A collection of 2345 Insects obtained by the late Dr. 

 Welwitch in .Angola ; delivered by his executors as a present 

 from the King of Portugal. 



78 Insects, of various Orders, collected in the Galapagos 

 Islands during the voyage of H.M.S. Petrel, including the types 

 of several new species : presented by Commander W. E. de C. 

 Cookson, R.N. 



The collection of Lepidoptera formed by Capt. Stack house 

 Pinwill in Malacca and Penang, consisting of 1488 specimens, 

 referable to 283 species, of which 35 were new to science and 

 upwards of 70 new to the collection : presented by the collector. 

 This collection formed the basis of a paper on the Butterflies 

 of Malacca published in the Transactions of the Linnean Society. 



