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Dr. Dixey presented a large number of butterflies from 

 Singapore. 



Professor Poulton presented a few moths which emerged in 

 Oxford during the course of the year 1898 from pupae obtained 

 from larvae found by him in N. America the year before. 



Miss Merivale presented a moth from Barbadoes, and 2 beetles 

 from the River Niger were presented by B. Tomlin, Esq. 



The British Collections have also been enriched by a large 

 number of specimens which have not as yet been catalogued. 

 Kind help is here briefly acknowledged from the following : — 

 H. Trim, W. Holland, L. Clifl'ord Brown, Dr. F. A. Dixey, 

 A. H. Hamm, E. B. Poulton, R. W. Poulton, E. W. Blagg, 

 Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox, W. J. Bruce, F. Bolton, F. Swanton, 

 A. W. Daish, — Bartlett, A. G. S. Symonds, E. Wheal, J. Taylor, 

 Mrs. Pelham, Miss Thoyts, Miss C. V. Butler, Miss E. M. 

 Ramsbotham, Miss K. D. Mossman, and Miss C. B. Sanders. 

 Full acknowledgment will be made in the Report of next year 

 when the specimens will have been catalogued and incorporated. 



Special mention must however be made here of the fine set 

 of British Lepidoptcra presented by H. Goss, Esq., F.L.S. 



ADDITIONS TO THE HOPE LIBRARY IN 1898. 



The Smithsonian Institution (United States National 

 Museum, Washington) presented the publications which deal 

 with the subjects of the 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 its 

 Reports. 



The Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Oxford, 

 presented " The Linacre Reports," vol. iii. 



The Radcliffe Librarian, Oxford, presented the Catalogue 

 of Books added during 1897. 



The Transactions of the Entomological Society, and the 

 Transactions and Journal of the Linnean Society for the year 

 1898, were presented by Professor Poulton. 



Canon W. W. Fowler presented three more parts of his 



