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Two wasps and a mimetic fly captured at Dorking, on the 

 same flower-heads, were presented by Edward Saunders, Esq., 

 F.LS. : for the Mimicry Series. 



Many further accessions to the British Collections have not 

 yet been catalogued. 



A set of moths from N. Cornwall were presented by A. G. 

 Cardew, Esq., M.A., Queen's College. A valuable set of rare 

 British Hymenoptera, filling up many gaps in the Hope 

 Collection, was presented by Edward Saunders, Esq. British 

 Coleoptera, with excellent data, and many of them very rare 

 species, were presented by Horace St. J. Donisthorpe, Esq. 



Small numbers of British insects were also presented by the 

 following donors:— Mrs. A. G. Butler, Miss Ruth Butler, 

 Miss C. V. Butler, Miss Janet Poulton, Miss C. B. Sanders, 

 Miss Mabel E. Notley, Miss F. A. Wright, Professor E. A. 

 Minchin, Professor E. B. Poulton, Major R. B. Robertson, 

 Mr, Henry Higgs, Mr. W. Holland, Mr. C. J. Bayzand, Mr. A. 

 Overington, Mr. A. H. Hamm, Mr. Edward Webb, Mr. A.Drew, 

 Mr. A. Robinson, Mr. H. Trim, and Ronald W. Poulton. 



ADDITIONS TO THE HOPE LIBRARY IN 1899. 



The Trustees of the British Museum presented the " Cata- 

 logue of the Lepidoptera Phalacnae," vol. i., by Sir George F. 

 Hampson. 



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 

 )'ear. 



The University of the State of New York presented its 

 Reports. 



The Linacre Reports, vol. iv, were presented by Prof. E. 

 Ray Lankester, F.R.S. 



The Radcliffe Librarian, Oxford, presented the Catalogue 

 of Books added during i(S9H. 



