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The Report published last year contained an acknowledge- 

 ment of a fine series of Coleoptcra and Hemiptcra, with full 

 and precise data, presented by the captor, H. St. J. K. Donis- 

 thorpe, Esq., F.E.S. Since the date of publication another 

 valuable set of British insects, presented by the same generous 

 donor, has been labelled and catalogued. This series contains 

 278 Coleoptera, 44 Rhynchota, and 32 other insects belonging 

 to the Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Heterocera, Neuro- 

 ptera, and Orthoptera (an example of Periplaneta austra- 

 lasiae from Kew). Several specimens are accompanied by the 

 puparia from which they emerged. Many of the insects were 

 associated with ants, having been captured in their nests or 

 bred from observation nests. The collection also includes the 

 example first found in Britain of the small spider Thyreo- 

 stJienius biovata. This interesting specimen was captured with 

 Formica rtifa, near Hastings (Apr. i, 1900), by the donor. 

 The localities were very varied and the data excellent. 



A case oi Clyihra, together with the Parasitic Chalcids which 

 had emerged from it, collected at Casays, N.W. Spain 

 (3,500 ft.), in 1906 by Dr. T. A. Chapman, and a specimen of 

 LomecJiusa stnunosa^ captured at Courmayeur (5,000 ft.) by 

 J. R. Tomlin, in August, 1906, were presented by H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, Esq., F.E.S. 



An Empid fly, together with the puparium from which it 

 was bred (July 7, 1907), was presented by Mr. Joseph Collins, 

 of the Hope Department. The puparium was found under 

 rotten straw at Wood Eaton. 



Additions to the Collections in 1908. 



The additions to the collection of Orthoptera, especially 

 Blattidac, clue almost exclusively to the energy of Mr. R. Shel- 

 ford, are acknowledged together at the beginning of the fol- 

 lowing section. A single important addition to the British 

 collections is acknowledged at the end and not under a separate 

 head. 



The following series of Blattidae have been incorporated : — 

 Four specimens representing three species, of which one is 



