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ADDITIONS TO THE BRITISH COLLECTIONS IN 1902. 
A valuable series of 508 insects and one Myriopod, from 
localities in the neighbourhood of Oxford, was presented by 
the captor, Mr. W. Holland, of the Hope Department. All 
are most welcome, but the collection of 343 Diptera, all of 
which have been named by Colonel Yerbury, are particularly 
valuable. The dragon-flies include the following rare species, 
captured at King’s Weir:—Three Gomphus vulgatissimus 
(rare in spite of its name), 3 Agrion pulchellum, 1 Erythromma 
nais. Six specimens of each of two closely similar but dis- 
tantly related Coleoptera, the Malacoderm Rhagonycha 
limbata and the Longicorn Zetrops praeusta, obtained together 
from hawthorn, are an interesting addition to the British 
bionomic series. 
Fifty-eight insects of various groups from the neighbourhood 
of Oxford and from South Devon were presented by the 
captor, Mr. A. H. Hamm, of the Hope Department. An 
Empid fly with its victim, another Dipterous insect, from the 
Park (1892), has been added to the bionomic series. The 
insects from Devonshire included a specimen of Vanessa 
polychloros from Bovey Tracey (August 12, 1902), for the 
bionomic series. As the butterfly rested upon a flower, 
Mr. Hamm noticed that both hind wings had been injured, 
probably by the attack of a bird. In such cases the record of 
the observation of an injury previous to capture lends much 
additional value to the specimen. 
Four insects from the University Museum or its grounds, 
and nine from Charney, near Wantage (all 1902), were pre- 
sented by the captor, Mr. H. Trim, of the Oxford University 
Museum. 
Seven Diptera and Hymenoptera, from the neighbourhood 
of Oxford (1902), were presented by the captor, W. G. Pogson 
Smith, Esq., M.A., St. John’s College; and 11 specimens of 
insects of various Orders, also from Oxford (1902), were 
presented by the captor, J. E. Pogson Smith. 
Fight insects of various groups from the neighbourhood of 
