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Flarpactor sp. with a Longicorn bectle (Montserrat, July 15)— 
the Professor: the Asilid fly Dasypogon diadema, ?, eating 
the wasp Polistes gallica § (Port Bou, E. Pyrenees, June 24)— 
the Professor: other examples were seen on the same occasion 
by the Professor and Mr. A. H. Hamm, and the prey, 
Polistes gallica }, obtained for the bionomic series, in two 
cases; the Asilid Eutolmus ? apicatus 8 and 2 ts cottu, 
the latter carrying a fly of the genus J/7ydaca (Montserrat, 
July 15)—the Professor: 2 Machimus sp., each carrying the 
grasshopper Podisma frigida (Cerbere, E. Pyrenees, July 17)— 
the Professor: the bee Sphecodes reticulatus 8, eaten by 
a spider (Montserrat, July 15)—Mr. W. Holland. 
Forty-one butterflies (11 catalogued) from various Indian 
localities, principally in Mysore, were presented by the British 
Museum of Natural History. The specimens, taken 1888- 
1899, formed part of the E. Y. Watson collection. 
A small collection, of which 46 specimens have been 
catalogued, was purchased from Mr. J. Osborne. The insects 
are of various orders, chiefly from British localities. Several 
uncatalogued specimens have been provisionally incorporated. 
ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS IN 1902. 
A valuable set of 244 insects—Orthoptera and a few 
Coleoptera—were presented by Sefior Don Ignacio Bolivar 
of Madrid. The value of the donation is greatly increased 
by the fact that all the species have been named by this 
eminent authority. The great majority of the specimens 
are Iberian, but a few are Asiatic, and a few W. African. 
A fine collection of 556 Diptera, including 128 Asz/idae, 
was presented by Guy A. K. Marshall, Esq., F.Z.S. Nearly the 
whole of the specimens were captured, in the Salisbury district 
of Rhodesia, in 1899. The Aszlzdae have now been kindly 
studied and incorporated in the collection of that group by 
Col. J. W. Yerbury. <A fly attacked by an ant and a 
Neuropterous insect were also presented by Mr. Marshall. 
One hundred and seventy-nine butterflies, of which 75 have 
been catalogued, together with a J/anztis and several ants, 
