572 Zoology. 



mounted larvae and pup?e, the whole represented by 5680 

 specimens : presented by Lord Walsingham. 



The collection of Macro-Lepidoptera Heterocera made in the 

 Kangra district by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, consisting of 3561 

 specimens. This collection contained numerous types of species 

 described by Dr. F. Moore, and was the material used for 

 " Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera," 

 part vii. : purchased. 



121 Lepidoptera from the Chapman collection, including 49 

 types of species, chiefly from the Congo, described by the late 

 F. Walker, Esq. : purchased. 



1888. 



The accessions were 7068. 



A selection from the collection of Hawaiian Coleoptera formed 

 by the Rev. T. Blackburn, consisting of 898 specimens, of which 

 334 are types : purchased. 



1889. 



The accessions were 37,508. 



A collection of British Insects, consisting of 3143 Coleoptera, 

 6246 Diptera, 1407 Hymenoptera, 150 Lepidoptera, 66 Neu- 

 roptera, 85 Hemiptera, and 3 Orthoptera ; many of the specimens 

 figured or mentioned in Curtis' " British Entomology " : presented 

 by W. Clifton, Esq. 



The collection of British Lepidoptera formed by the late 

 William Buckler, the author of a well-known work on the larva? 

 of British Butterflies and Moths : presented by Robert Newbury, 

 Esq. 



The collection of Lepidoptera formed by Sir George Hampson 

 in the Nilgiri Hills, consisting of 391 Butterflies and 2027 

 Moths, representing 989 species, of which about 300 were new 

 to science. This collection formed the basis for part viii. of 

 " Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera ": 

 purchased. 



A collection of 2400 named Moths from Australia, collected 

 by Dr. G. H. Raynor, and including types of some of the species 

 described by E. Meyrick, Esq. : purchased. 



The types of 96 European Hymenoptera from the collection 

 of the late Dr. O. Schmiedeknecht : purchased. 



8 rare Butterflies from the Solomon Islands, four of them 

 being types of species described by G. F. Mathew, Esq. : purchased. 



