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beetle from Tripoli, captured in 1899 by A. E. Richardson, 
Esq., were presented by W. J. Lucas, Esq. 
In addition to the above, many kind donations of great 
value to the collection have not yet been catalogued and can 
only be provisionally acknowledged. One of the most im- 
portant of these arrived close upon the end of the year from 
Uganda and Lake Victoria Nyanza, the gift of C. A. Wiggins, 
Esq. It consists of several boxes of butterflies in “papers,” 
and the contents illustrate and help to solve many Ethiopian 
bionomic problems of the highest interest. It is hoped that 
the conclusions which follow from an examination of the 
specimens will be published at no distant date. It is also 
clear that the collections both systematic and bionomic will 
be very greatly enriched by this donation. From many 
points of view it is one of the most interesting sets of Lepi- 
doptera ever received by the University Collections. 
A large collection of insects of various orders was made by 
the Professor at La Granja and El Escorial in the Sierra 
Guadarrama, Central Spain (July, 1902). The specimens 
have been “set,” but still require their printed labels. The 
collection includes a fine series of Asilid flies captured with 
their prey. 
A splendid collection of insects of various orders was pre- 
sented by Guy A. K. Marshall, Esq., on his return from 
South Africa, including an especially fine series of Diptera, 
Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, and Neuroptera Odonata. The 
specimens were captured in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, 
in Gazaland, and in Natal. They include many fine additions > 
to the bionomic series as well as to the systematic collection. 
The first incontestable evidence obtained by breeding, that 
Precis simia is but the “summer” or “wet phase” of Preczs 
antilope, was obtained by Mr. Marshall early inthe year. A 
female szmza was observed to lay eggs, two of which were 
successfully reared and together with the parent presented to 
the Hope Department. This astonishing seasonal change is 
figured in the Transactions of the Entomological Society of 
London for 3902, Plate XII, Figs. 3 (parent), 32 and 36 
(offspring), Plate XIII, Figs. 4, 4a, and 46, respectively, 
