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Taylor, Esq., F.E.S. ; valuable donations from British Guiana, 
presented by W. J. Kaye, Esq., F.E.S., and from the Bahamas 
by-C. Vie Peel, Esq., F.Z.5. 
From Europe an unusual number of valuable collections 
have been received, including the fine series from Cyprus 
presented by Miss Dorothy M. A. Bate; from Greece by 
W. M. Geldart, Esq., M.A., Trinity College; from Spain by 
Dr. T. A. Chapman and by the Professor; from Central and 
Northern Europe by E. L. Meyer, Esq.; from Russia by 
Hamilton H. Drucé, Esq:, F-Z.S.!-E:s. 
Among the numerous accessions to the British collections 
must be mentioned the series of nearly 1.000 named Diptera 
presented by Col. J.W.Yerbury, F.Z.S., F.E.S.; the valuable 
Coleoptera presented by H. St. J. Donisthorpe, Esq., F.E.S. ; 
the specimens of a beetle new to the British list (Gynandr- 
ophthalma affinis), discovered and presented by Mr.W. Holland; 
and the two specimens of the rare noctuid moth (Pola xantho- 
mista) presented by Dr. F. A. Dixey. 
Not confined to any of the categories mentioned above is 
the kind donation of large numbers of valuable specimens 
from many localities by Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 
together with the deeply interesting mimetic Lepidoptera 
from South-east China, &c., presented by Monsieur Charles 
Oberthiir. 
Six members of the Council of the Entomological Society 
were present at the annual visit to Oxford for the first 
Saturday to Monday in July. There were present on July 4 
to 6 the Treasurer, Mr. R. M*Lachlan, F.R.S.; the Secretaries, 
Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., and Mr. H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., 
University College; the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., Queen’s 
College; Mr. Arthur J. Chitty, M.A., Balliol College; and 
Mr. Hamilton H. Druce, F.Z.S.; together with the following 
entomologists: Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S.; Mr. Edward 
Saunders, F.R.S.; and Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe. The 
Proctors and Dr. F. A. Dixey kindly helped to make the 
visit a success. ; 
Other kind friends of the Department have studied parts 
