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One hundred and eighty-seven Diptera from several local- 

 ities in Portugal (1H96}, and Southern Spain (1901), from 

 Hyeres (i89<S) and the Tyrol (1896), were presented by the 

 captor, Col. J. W. Yerbury. All the species have been deter- 

 mined by the donor, the data are full and exact, and the 

 condition of the specimens extremely fine. 



Additions to the British Collections in 1907. 



A splendid collection of British Diptera was presented by the 

 captor, Col. J. W. Yerbury, late R.A., F.L.S., F.E.S. No less 

 than 2,795 specimens have been catalogued and incorporated. 

 The species principally belong to t\\tDolichopodidae, and have 

 been in part determined by Mr. G. H. Verrall, F.E.S., and in 

 part by Col. Yerbury. All the determinations have been 

 printed or written, and placed upon the specimens. The 

 Scotch and English localities were very numerous, being 

 scattered over the following counties, &c. : — Sutherland 

 (1903-4), Haddington (1899), Perthshire (1898, 1904), Nairn- 

 shire (1904-5), Inverness (1898-1905), Caithness (1899), Elgin 

 (1899- [905), N. Wales (1902), S. Wales (1906), Brecknock 

 ( 1 899-1 902), Glamorganshire (1906), Herefordshire (1902-3), 

 S. Devon (1898-1906), Dorset (1895-1907), Hampshire (1894- 

 1907), Gloucestershire (1897-1906), Warwickshire (1901), Not- 

 tingham (1906), Hertfordshire (1899), Oxfordshire (1907), 

 Cambridgeshire (1898-1903), Norfolk (1906), Suffolk (1901-7), 

 Essex (1907), Surrey (1900-4), Kent (1906-7). In many 

 cases specimens were captured in several localities in a single 

 county. 



In addition to this splendid accession to the Collection of 

 British Diptera, Col. Yerbury also presented the following 

 valuable series of British insects belonging to other Orders : — 

 183 Hymenoptera Aculeata, all determined by Edward 

 Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., 31 Hymenoptera of other groups, 

 24 Rhynchota, 18 Coleoptera, 5 Neuroptera, and 10 Ortho- 

 ptcra. The localities were the same as those in which Diptera 

 were captured, but by far the largest numbers of other Orders 

 were taken in Herefordshire. 



