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Twenty miscellaneous insects from St. Helens, Isle of 

 Wight, and Donabate near Dublin (1908) were presented by 

 the Professor. 



One H. seinele (Wiltshire, Aug. 1907) was presented by the 

 captor, Mr. S. H. Paviere. 



A hornet, Vespa crabro (Twickenham, 1903), was presented 

 by the captor, Rev. M. W. Myres. 



Fourteen Aa-idiidae {Surrey , Sept. 1908), including Gompho- 

 cents riiftis, Stcnobothrns bicolor, and 5. parallelus, were pre- 

 sented by the captor, W. J. Lucas, Esq., B.A., F.E.S. 



Fifty-six miscellaneous insects, chiefly Diptera, from Suther- 

 landshire (July, 1908), but also including a few from Bagley 

 Wood, near Oxford (June, 1908), were presented by the captor, 

 R. Shelford, Esq., M.A. Cantab., F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Pa7iisais cephalotes, an Ichneumonid parasite, was bred. May 9, 

 1908, from the cocoon of Dicraniira viniUa (the " Puss Moth "), 

 and presented by Miss Winnie Holland. The larva had been 

 found at Tilehurst, near Reading. 



Three Bombylms and a Curculionid beetle from Weston- 

 super-Mare (April, May, 1908) were presented by the captor. 

 Dr. W. H. Jackson, D.Sc, M.A., Keble College. 



Four examples of the dragon-fly, Lestes sponsa (Brocken- 

 hurst, Aug. 1908), were presented by the captor, Mr. A. H. 

 Hamm, of the Hope Department. 



The following specimens were captured by the donors in the 

 Oxford district (1908) : — 



A "Plume Moth," Pterophoriis monodactyUis (Tubney, Oct.), 

 was presented by J. C. Moulton, Esq., Magdalen College. 



The Scottish Longicorn Acanthocinus aedilis (outside a 

 window in Adelaide Street, Oct.) was presented by Mr, H. 

 Hambidge (Entom. Monthly Magazine, 1908, p. 272). 



A Bombylius, Oxford (April, 1908), was presented by 

 A. J. M. Bell, Esq., M.A., Balliol College. 



Two moths (University Museum, July ; Tubney, Nov.) were 

 presented by Mr. W. Holland, of the Hope Department. 



Twenty miscellaneous insects from a number of localities 

 near Oxford, were presented by Mr. A. H. Hamm, of the Hope 

 Department. 



