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neighbourhood of Reading. The data accompanying this 

 great accession are excellent. 



Mr. H. R. Smith presented, on his leaving England for 

 Canada, a very fine set of 996 well-dated and localized 

 specimens, also chiefly Lepidoptera from the neighbourhood 

 of Reading. 



Professor E. B, Poulton presented i specimen of Tahanus 

 boviiitis, another Dipteron, and 3 moths captured by him at 

 Oxford in 1896 and 1897, and 136 specimens of Lepidoptera 

 and 2 of Diptera captured, with only one exception, by 

 him at Lulworth or Freshwater in July 1883; and his son, 

 Edward P. Poulton, presented 2 rare moths captured by him 

 (August 1897) at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight. 



A specimen of Sirex gigas, captured in the Oxford Market 

 in 1896, was brought to the Museum. 



Mr. A. H. Hamm presented 167 specimens, mostly Lepi- 

 doptera, from the neighbourhood of Oxford, accompanied by 

 excellent data. 



Eighteen moths, captured in 1895 at Freshwater, were pre- 

 sented by W. M. Geldart, Esq., M.A., St. John's College. 



One dragon-fly, captured at Oxford, was presented by 

 Mr. Burden ; and a wasp by Mr. H. Trim. 



Colonel Swinhoe presented i bee, captured (1896) at Har- 

 penden ; Professor Poulton, 6 Hymenoptera Aculeata, captured 

 at Great Malvern (1897); and Dr. Dixey, i beetle, taken in 

 Oxford (1897}. 



The insects presented in 1897 have not been catalogued 

 further than this point (about 9,700). 



There still remain the following collections : — A valuable 

 collection of many hundreds of insects brought by C. V. A. 

 Peel, Esq., from Somaliland. These have received their 

 printed labels, but cannot be catalogued until they have been 

 worked out. Several new species and some new genera are now 

 being studied by specialists in the various groups, and it 

 is expected the memoir will be finished by the end of the 

 summer. 



A large and varied collection of butterflies and a few moths, 

 chiefly from India and Burmah, presented by Colonel Swinhoe. 



