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Aug. 8, 1903, by H. A. Saunders, Esq., B.A., Keble College, 
was presented by Edward Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. 
Two dark varieties (the var. capucina) of the Noctuid moth, 
Miscelia oxyacanthae, bred in 1902 from larvae taken at 
Loughton, Essex, were presented by Selwyn Image, Esq., 
M.A., New College. 
The following specimens taken in 1904 in Oxford or its 
neighbourhood were presented by the captors : 
The beetle, Pyrcchroa serraticornis, by F. A. Bellamy, Esq., 
Hon. M.A. 
The “buff-tip”’ moth, Pygaera bucephala, by Miss Harrison. 
The “ cabbage moth,” JZamestra brassicae, taken in the Uni- 
versity Museum, by F. A. Dixey, Esq., D.M., Wadham College. 
An Ichneumonid, by W. M. Geldart, Esq., M.A., Trinity 
College. 
An Ichneumonid and a Dipterous insect, by E. A. Cockayne, 
Esq., B.A., Balliol College. 
Nineteen insects of various Orders, from several localities 
near Oxford, by the Professor. 
A specimen of Sphinx convolvuli, by R. H. Life, Esq. 
An interesting example of Smerinthus ocellatus with a 
similar slight deformity in each of the four wings, by the 
Rev. J. W. B. Bell, M.A., Wadham College. The specimen 
was bred June 15, 1904, at Pyrton. The appearance suggests 
a slight injury suffered in the larval or pupal stage. 
A large Lycosid spider, found alive, and probably intro- 
duced accidentally with bananas or other fruit, by Mr. J. 
Townsend. 
One of the plume-moths, found in the University Museum, 
by Mr. A. Robinson. 
Nine insects of 5 different Orders, from various localities 
near Oxford, by J. E. Pogson Smith. 
Very interesting evidence of the struggle for life waged by 
insects is supplied by a set of 19 fragments (wings) of moths 
dropped by bats upon the floor of Professor Miers’s rooms at 
Magdalen College. 
