toba), were made during the Summer and Autumn of the year 

 by Miss M. G. Holmes and presented to the Department. 

 The data accompanying the specimens were unusually full 

 and precise. Mr. H. R. Smith has also sent a large collection 

 from the neighbourhood of Russell, Manitoba. 



A small but very valuable collection from the far north — 

 Hudson's Strait — was presented by the captor, F. F. Payne, 

 Esq., of Toronto. Miss E. C. Ramsay and W. Ramsay also 

 presented many specimens captured by them in Montana, 

 U. S. A., and at localities on the Canadian Pacific Railway. 



Specimens from Canadian localities were also presented by 

 E. H. Chapman, Esq., B.A. (Magdalen College). 



From this preliminary list of presentations it will be seen 

 that the North American insects of the Department have 

 been very greatly augmented during 1897. This addition will 

 be especially welcome, as the insect fauna of this interesting 

 region is poorly represented in the University Collection, 

 while the specimens we already possess are very poorly and 

 insufficiently labelled. The large collection now added is 

 especially strong in this respect. 



The Professor also desires to acknowledge the kindly 

 interest and sympathy which he everywhere received through- 

 out the whole of his visit, in his efforts to add to the Hope 

 Collection. 



The extra strain thrown on the Department has also pre- 

 vented the cataloguing of many other valuable accessions 

 from other sources. These, too, will now be briefly men- 

 tioned, the full record being deferred till next year. 



A small but very valuable collection of insects, made in 

 Sokotra in the winter of 1896-7, by E. N. Bennett, Esq. (of 

 Hertford College, Oxford), was presented by him. Although 

 the insects are in poor condition they are of great interest, 

 and include 3 new species of Rhopalocera, i of Orthoptera, 

 and 4 of Arachnida, which have since been described. 



Colonel Swinhoe has presented a very large number of 

 Heterocera, many Rhopalocera, especially Pierinae, and also 

 some specimens for the series on Mimicry, &c. 



A valuable collection of insects of many orders captured 



