flit 
data of all specimens are most precise, and the series includes 
interesting sets of species with the same general type of 
colouring, for the bionomic series. All these insects and those 
recorded below, unless otherwise stated, were captured in the 
year IgOl. 
Twenty-one insects of various orders, almost entirely from 
the neighbourhood of Oxford, were presented by the captor, 
the Professor; two moths from near Rugby by the captor, 
E. P. Poulton, Esq., Balliol College; two beetles from near 
Oxford by Ronald W. Poulton ; and a moth from the same 
locality by Janet Poulton. 
A moth, from Oxford, was presented by the captor, 
Mr. A. Robinson. 
Fifteen insects of various.orders, from Oxford and near 
Wantage, were presented by the captor, Mr. H. Trim. 
An Arachnid, from Oxford, was presented by the captor, 
W. G. Pogson Smith, Esq., M.A., St. John’s College. 
A Locustid, from near Oxford, was presented by the captor, 
C. J. Bayzand, Esq. 
A specimen of Sphinx convolvuli (the convolvulus Hawk- 
moth), from Headington, was presented by the captor, 
Mr. T. Baines. 
A specimen of Szvex gigas, from Headington, was presented 
by the captor, Mr. W. D. Rowles. 
A specimen of Dytiscus marginalis, from Oxford, was pre- 
sented by the captor, Mr. J. Baylis. 
A hybernated queen hornet (Vespa crabro), from Stanton 
Harcourt, was presented by the captor, Mr. W. Alder. 
A series of two queen hornets, two workers, and two males, 
from Mortimer, Berks., were presented by the captor, 
E. P. Poulton, Esq., Balliol College. 
A male “ glow-worm” (Lampyris), and a species of Raphidia, 
from the New Forest, were presented by the captor, Major 
R. B. Robertson. 
A specimen of Szrex gigas, from Littleham Rectory, near 
Bideford, was presented by the captor, Rev. G. B. Simeon. 
