Dr. W. Horn of Berlin came to work at the Cicimlelidae, 

 Dr. Roeschke of Berlin at the Carahidae. Professor Roland H. 

 Thaxter of Harvard University remained in Oxford for several 

 days in order to work at the Labcnilbeniaceae, a group of 

 minute fungi which are parasitic upon certain beetles, &c. 

 Mr. W. J. Lucas examined the British Odonata (Dragon-flies). 



Many other eminent visitors paid a brief visit to the 

 Department, Among these were Prof. Mitsukuri of Tokyo, 

 Dr. Karl Jordan, H. Friihstorfer, Prof. Haswell, Rene Oberthiir, 

 Albert Fauvel, Aug. Lameere, and Rev. O. Pickard-Cam- 

 bridge, F.R.S. 



The annual visit of the Council of the Entomological 

 Society took place on July 2-4. The President, Mr. Roland 

 Trimen, Hon. M.A., F.R.S.. the Treasurer. Mr. R. McLachlan, 

 F.R.S., the Secretary, Mr. F. Merrifield, Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, 

 Mr. M. Jacoby, Mr. J. W. Tutt, and Mr. A. H. Jones were 

 present, and,' as in the past, the Collections greatly benefited 

 from the experience of our visitors. The members of the 

 Council were entertained by Hope Curators and others 

 interested in the Department, By the death of Mr. Osbert 

 Salvin, F.R.S,, who was with us in 1896 and 1897, and had 

 been expected in 1898, the Hope Department has sustained 

 a grievous loss. Mr. Salvin was not only a very generous 

 donor to the Hope Department ; we relied continually upon 

 his deep knowledge, and immense experience in dealing with 

 Natural History Collections. 



I must again thankfully acknowledge the invariable kindness 

 received in the Insect Department of the Natural History 

 Museum and the Godman-Salvin Collection. 



A considerable amount of scientific research has been 

 published in the course of the year, describing work done 

 in the Department or in some cases elsewhere upon material 

 belonging to the Department. 



The insects collected by Mr, E. N. Bennett, M.A., in Socotra 

 (December 17, 1896, to February 11, 1897), were worked out : 

 the Lepidoptera by Dr. F, A, Dixey, who described 2 new 

 species, Papilio bennetti and Byblia boydi, the Orthoptera by 

 Mr. Malcolm Burr, who described 1 new species, the 

 Arachnida by Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, who described 



