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himself in 1863-4, and the whole collection was undoubtedly 

 his property. He has now very kindly presented the whole 

 of them to the Hope Department in which they have rested 

 so long. 



ADDITIONS TO THE HOPE LIBRARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution (United States National Mu- 

 seum) presented their publications during the year, which 

 dealt with the subjects of the Hope Department. 



The Boston Society of Natural History and the Bombay 

 Natural History Society presented their publications for the 

 year. 



The University of the State of New York presented three 

 volumes of their Report, 48 (i, 2, and 3). 



The Secretary of State for India in Council presented the four 

 volumes on " The Moths of India " by Sir George F. Hampson. 



The Director of the Royal Indian Marine presented two 

 parts of " Illustrations of the Zoology of the Royal Indian 

 Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator." 



The Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Oxford, 

 presented " The Linacre Reports," vol. ii. 



" The Hope Reports," vol. i, was deposited in the Library. 



The Radcliffe Librarian, Oxford, presented the Catalogue 

 of Books added during 1896. 



The Transactions of the Entomological Society, and the 

 Transactions and Journal of the Linnean Society for the 

 year 1897, were presented by Professor Poulton. 



Canon W. W. Fowler presented the parts of his monograph 

 in the Biologia Centrali-Americana (Rhynchota Homoptera, 

 vol. ii), published during the year. 



Copies of original papers were also presented by the fol- 

 lowing «iuthors : — Dr. L. O. Howard, Sir George F. Hampson, 

 Malcolm Burr, Esq., Hamilton Druce, Esq., F. T. Howard, 

 Esq., and T. H. Thomas, Esq., Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, Baron 

 Osten Sacken, Herbert Druce, Esq., Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 

 G. H. Carpenter, Esq., P. P. Calvert, Esq., and G. W. 



