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brother, W. R. Allen, Esq., of Kaslo, Kootenay, B. C., Canada 
and a large proportion will be of much value to the Depart- 
ment. 
A very fine and extensive collection of South African 
Hymenoptera Aculeata, from the Orange River Colony and 
Natal, was presented by Dr. F. N. Brown. The needs of the 
Hope Department were represented to the generous donor by 
Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall, who has done so much to enrich 
the University Collections. 
Butterflies from Greece were presented by W. M. Geldart, 
Esq., M.A., Trinity College, in augmentation of the collection 
given by him in 1901. 
Colonel Swinhoe, Hon. M.A., Wadham College, presented 
a fine series of 598 specimens of Pyralidae to the general 
collection of Lepidoptera Heterocera. 
The collection of Diptera was enriched by a fine collection 
of Indian Asilidae from the neighbourhood of Poona, collected 
about 1888 by T. B. Fry, Esq.) Presented (by .Coll ave 
Yerbury. ; 
A valuable and carefully collected series of insects from 
various localities in N. Germany was presented by the captor, 
EB. L. Meyer, Esq. The Hope Collections are singulaghy, 
deficient in specimens from this part of Europe, so that the 
donation will be of unusual value. 
A collection of insects from Russia was presented by the 
captor, H. H. Druce, Esq. In this case also the locality is 
hardly represented by any specimens in the University 
Collections. 
Oriental Diptera and Hymenoptera, chiefly from Burmah, 
were presented by the captor, Col. C. T. Bingham. 
A very fine collection of butterflies from many localities, 
and nearly all well “set,’ was presented by Herbert Druce, 
EsquiLso: 
A small collection of insects from Switzerland (1902) was 
presented by Miss C. B. Sanders, Lady Margaret Hall, and 
of insects from Kansas, U.S.A., by C. L. Pribble, Esq. 
