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A fine set of 785 insects of several Orders, of which 470 

 have been catalogued, were presented by the captor, Dr. G. B. 

 Longstafif. The specimens were captured at various localities 

 in the neighbourhood of Mortehoe, N. Devon, in 1896-8. 

 All the data are precise and full. The Orders chiefly repre- 

 sented are the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, and Rhyn- 

 chota. The series includes three interesting examples of 

 Asilid flies captured with their prey (in every case Dipterous). 



The additions to the bionomic collections during 1908 were 

 very interesting and extensive, but the specimens have not 

 yet received their printed labels. Mention must, however, be 

 made of the fine series of over 600 specimens presented by 

 Mr. A. H. Hamm and of about 50 presented by his son, 

 C. H. Hamm. The whole of the bionomic material will be 

 acknowledged in detail in next year's report. 



The Hope Library. 

 With Miss Shelford's assistance great progress was made 

 with the card catalogue in the course of the year. The 

 Lepidoptera, one of the most important sections of the 

 Library, were completed, the cards in the general section 

 revised and rearranged, and the numerous accessions cata- 

 logued. 



Donations. 

 The following publications and Reports were presented : — 

 Bombay Natural History Society : Journal, vol. xviii, 



pts. 1-3. 

 Boston Society of Natural History : Proceedings, vol. xxxiii 



(1907). 

 British Museum, Trustees of the: — 



F. V. Theobald, M.A. : A Monograph of the Culicidae of 



the World, vol. iv. 

 C. O. Waterhouse : A Guide to the Exhibited Series of 

 Insects. 

 Cambridge University : Forty-second Annual Report for 



1907 of the Museum and Lecture-rooms Syndicate. 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Marine 

 Biology; Directors' Annual Report for 1907. 



