new species described by Mr. W. L. Distant ; other Homoptera, 

 including the Coccidae, by Professor R. Newstead, F.R.S. 

 The new Lycaenidae have been worked out by Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker ; Micro-Lepidoptera by Mr. J. Hartley Durrant. 

 The whole of these researches will form an appendix to the 

 paper embodying Mr. Lamborn's important observations on 

 the Ants of the Lagos district in their relation to Lycaenidae 

 and other insects. 



The Rev. K. St. Aubyn Rogers spent a fortnight in Oxford 

 arranging the African Lycaenidae and incorporating his own 

 exceedingly important contribution to this group. The kindest 

 assistance has been rendered, as in previous years, by the staff 

 of the Insect Department of the British Museum of Natural 

 History, as also by the Hon. W. Rothschild, F.R.S. , and 

 Dr. Karl Jordan of the Tring Museum, by Mr. Hamilton 

 Druce, by Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, by Mr. Roland Trimen, 

 F.R.S., and Mr. L. B. Prout. 



An important manuscript on the African Braconidae, repre- 

 senting an immense amount of careful labour, has been left 

 by the late G. H. Grosvenor. Dr. R. C. L. Perkins paid a 

 special visit in order to examine this work as well as the 

 material on which it is based, and it is hoped that the whole 

 will be published in accordance with his kind suggestions and 

 advice. 



io. Visits of Naturalists : the Second Lnternational 

 Entomological Congress. 



Apart from the meeting of the Congress in August, the 

 Hope Department has been visited by the following naturalists, 

 who have generously helped with material or with assistance 

 in working out the collections: — Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, 

 F.L.S., Pres. Ent. Soc. ; Mr. Horace Donisthorpe, F.E.S. ; 

 Mr. E. A. Elliott, F.Z.S., F.E.S. ; Mr. C. A. Foster, F.E.S. ; 

 Dr. K. Jordan, Ph.D., F.E.S. ; Mr. W. A. Lamborn, M.R.C.S., 

 L.R.C.P., F.E.S. ; Dr. G. B. Longstaff, M.A., D.M., F.R.C.P., 

 F.E.S., New College ; Professor R. Meldola, Hon. D.Sc, 

 F.R.S., F.E.S. ; Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall, F.E.S., Scientific 

 Secretary to the Research Committee of the Colonial Office ; 



