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butterfly (Vanessa polychloros) was presented by the captor, 
F. W. J. Jackson, Esq., B.A., Merton College. The specimen 
was captured in the New Forest in April (1893), and was 
therefore a hybernated individual. The costal margins of 
both forewings had been torn away—a very unusual form 
of injury. 
An example of the moth Zeugzera aescult, from Southmoor 
Road, Oxford (1903), was presented by the captor, Mr. C. R. 
Browning ; and another specimen of the same species, from the 
passage east of the Divinity School, was presented by the 
captor, Mr. G. Tickner. This last individual was being 
attacked by a sparrow (July, 1903) when rescued for the 
Department by Mr. Tickner. 
Six bred specimens of Plusta moneta, together with the 
cocoons from which they were bred, were presented by the 
Rev. J. W. B. Bell, M.A., Wadham College. The hybernated 
larvae had been found by Mr. Bell on Delphinium in the 
Vicarage garden at Pyrton, in the spring of 1903. A fine series 
of this beautiful moth, which has only recently made its 
appearance in this country, is a very welcome addition to the 
British Collections. 
A hundred and twenty-nine Diptera were presented by the 
captor, Mr. W. Holland, of the Hope Department. The 
whole of these came from localities near Oxford (1901), and 
the collection will be a welcome addition to the fauna of our 
district. The first recorded example of the beetle Gynandr- 
ophthalma affinis, from the British Islands (Ent. M. Mag., 
1902, p. 281), was presented by the captor, Mr. W. Holland. 
The specimen was taken in Wychwood Forest, June 18, 1899. 
During the past year Mr. Holland has taken the same species 
in numbers (Ent. M. Mag., 1903, p. 202), and has presented 
a series of six specimens (captured June 21) to the Department. 
Sixty-five insects of various orders from the neighbourhood of 
Oxford, and forty from the south coast of the Isle of Wight, 
were also presented by Mr. Holland. 
A hundred and thirty-eight Diptera were presented by the 
captor, Mr. A. H. Hamm, of the Hope Department. Upwards 
