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been made, and comparatively few specimens remain un- 

 catalogued. 



A very valuable set of 346 insects was presented by Guy A. K. 

 Marshall, Esq., of Salisbury, Mashonaland. They consist of 

 266 Lepidoptera (263 butterflies and 3 moths), chiefly from 

 Salisbury and other localities in Mashonaland (1895, 1897, 

 and 1898), and a few from Delagoa Bay (1897), and Cape 

 Town (1897) ; 3 Coleoptera, 4 Hymenoptera, 4 Hemiptera, 

 and 69 Orthoptera, all from Salisbury (1898). The majority 

 of the specimens are a most welcome addition to the general 

 collection, but among them are many groups of even greater 

 value, inasmuch as they illustrate various aspects of the 

 natural history of insects. Thus there are many specimens 

 showing the apparent attacks of birds or other enemies : butter- 

 flies with notched wings or with the tail-like prolongations of 

 the hind wing (in the genus Charaxes) wanting and probably 

 bitten off. Also groups of mimetic insects of many kinds 

 captured on the same day, and specimens showing the 

 parasitic attacks to which insects are subject. The specimens, 

 like all those which we owe to Mr. Marshall's generosity, are 

 beautifully collected, and are accompanied by extremely full data, 



Mr. A. H. Hamm presented ■7,6 Hymenoptera and Diptera 

 from the neighbourhood of Oxford (1898}, and a specimen 

 oi Limn as c/aysippiis from N. Borneo (1892). 



A fine set of 114 Lepidoptera from Brisbane (1897, 1898) 

 was presented by G. C. Griffiths, Esq. The specimens are in 

 beautiful condition, many of them being bred specimens. 

 In some cases Mr. Griffiths presented the pupae from which 

 the butterflies emerged in the Museum. Mr. Griffiths also 

 presented 39 Lepidoptera from Jalapa, Mexico (1893). 



Seven bred specimens of Lepidoptera, together with 3 

 pupa-cases, and 14 Hymenoptera and Diptera from the 

 neighbourhood of Oxford (1898), were presented by Mr. W. 

 HoUand (for the General Collection). 



A set of 47 insects of many Orders from the Upper Nile 

 near Khartum (1898), was presented by E. N. Bennett, Esq., 

 M.A., Hertford College. Many of the specimens will be of 

 considerable value on account of the locality. 



