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preserved with the greatest care and are in beautiful con- 
dition. 
A specimen of Reduvins sertus from Jesus College (July 5, 
1902) was presented by the captor, A. J. Chitty, Esq., M.A., 
Balliol College, together with a mutilated specimen of Vanessa 
urticae from the Faversham district of Kent (1902), for the 
bionomic series. 
An Arachnid from Oxford was presented by the captor, 
Mr. B. Lewis. 
A large Arachnid (Lycosa, sp.) with its egg-cocoon, was 
presented by Messrs. Gee Brothers. It had certainly been 
introduced. 
A “tick” found on a recently imported tortoise was 
presented by T. T. Wildridge, Esq. 
A hybernated specimen of Vanessa polychloros from Oxford 
was presented by the captor, Mr. W. J. Clarke. 
Three specimens of Phyllodromia germanica found in the 
Randolph Hotel were presented by the proprietors. The 
date marks the arrival in Oxford of this rapidly spreading 
* cock-roach,’ which was introduced into England many 
years ago. 
A pair of the rare dragon-fly, Lestes dryas, from Hanwell 
(1902), were presented by the captor, Stanley W. Kemp, Esq. 
Nine insects of various orders from the neighbourhood 
of Oxford (1902) were presented by the captor, J. E. Pogson 
Smith, and 2 by W. G. Pogson Smith, Esq., M.A., St. John’s 
College. 
The “embryo nest” of a wasp (Vespa, sp.) built inside 
a deserted bird’s nest, found by the River Loddon, near 
Reading (probably in May, 1892), was presented by E. G. 
Broome, Esq: B.A.,Ch. Ch. 
Sixteen rare or local Micro-Lepidoptera from Herefordshire 
(1895-1900) were presented by the captor, Dr. J. H. Wood. 
A very fine addition to the British Collection is due to the 
generosity of H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, Esq., F.E.S. The numer- 
ous specimens all bear accurate and detailed information of 
