Additions to the Collection in 1897. 

 [Catalogued and incorporated since the issue of the last Report.) 



About 9,700 specimens presented in 1897 were recorded in 

 the Reports for that year and for i(S98. 



The following additional donations have now been cata- 

 logued : — 



Colonel C. Swinhoe, Hon. M.A., VVadham College, pre- 

 sented 250 Lepidoptera from a great variety of Oriental 

 localities (various dates) and a few from America. Many 

 specimens will be of value in the series illustrating Mimicry. 



Mr. W. Holland presented a specimen of Tirnniala liuiniace 

 from Sikkim. 



A valuable series of 150 butterflies from Sierra Leone 

 (about 1890) was presented by Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S. 



A small set of 27 butterflies from various localities was 

 presented by C. V. A. Peel, Esq., F.Z.S. 



The British Collections were also enriched by 321 specimens 

 collected in 1897, with great care, by Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., 

 Wadham College. Nearly the whole were captured near 

 Morthoe, N. Devon, and all are accompanied by full and 

 excellent data. 



In addition to the above, Mr. Peel's large and valuable 

 collection made in Somaliland in 1895 and 1897 is still waiting 

 for the appearance of the memoir which has been written 

 upon it, in order that references may be placed with the 

 specimens. The paper is now in the Press, and will appear 

 in the forthcoming Part I of the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society" for 1900, so that the incorporation of this fine 

 collection cannot be delayed much longer. 



The valuable collection of South American butterflies and 

 Central American moths presented by Mr. Druce is also as 

 yet uncatalogued. 



Additions to the Collection in 1898. 

 [Catalogticd and incorporated since the issue of the last Report.) 

 Only 835 specimens, presented in 1898, were recorded in 

 the Report for that year. Since then much progress has 



