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Mr. Joseph Walker, of the RaclcHffe Library, presented 

 a queen wasp found hybcrnating in the University Museum 

 on Dec. i^, 1898. 



A fine set of 327 specimens of Lepidoptera from various 

 British locaHties was presented by Herbert Goss, Esq., F.L.S. 

 The specimens are in very fine condition, and were captured or 

 bred at various dates by Mr. Goss himself. They form a very 

 welcome accession to the collection of British Lepidoptera. 



Miss E. M. Ramsbotham and Miss K. Mossman presented 

 6 cast skins of a species oi Pcrla from Yorkshire (1898). 



A species of Cassida from Enslow Bridge (1898) was 

 presented by A. M. Bell, Esq., M.A., Balliol College. 



The cocoon and pupa-case of Procris gcvyon, from Birdlip 

 (1898), was presented by Miss C. V. Butler. 



A fine specimen of Arctia caja from Oxford (1898) was 

 presented by Mr. J. Taylor. 



Five specimens of Crabro interritpta were bred (1898) from 

 some rotten wood containing their pupae. Presented by 

 Miss Ward. From Oxford. 



Miss Cora B. Sanders and Prof. Poulton presented the 

 pupa of Vanessa urticae, with the parasitic TacJiina which 

 emerged from it, and the puparium of the latter. 



Miss Sanders presented 12 bred specimens (1898) of the 

 third brood of Pieris brassicae. Four of these are for the 

 General Collection. 



A pair of Endromis versicolor, captured in Kent about 

 1868, was presented by the Rev. A. G. Butler, M.A., Oriel 

 College. 



Additions to the Collections in 1899. 



Very large accessions have been made in the year 1899, and 

 although nearly seven thousand specimens have already been 

 catalogued, large numbers are still waiting, and can only be 

 provisionally acknowledged on the present occasion. 



A pair of Colias hecla from Greenland, and 99 specimens of 

 the genus Erebia from various localities, representing nearly 

 the whole of the species, were presented by H. J. Ehves, Esq., 



