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numbers of specimens catalogued. All have been entered for 
1900, the year when the great majority were presented. The 
numbers catalogued and incorporated are :— Coleoptera, 2,201 ; 
Aculeate Hymenoptera, 593; Rhynchota, 1,051 ; Orthoptera 
(in addition to those acknowledged above), 412. 
ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS IN 1901. 
Five MWantidae from Port Bou, and Cerbére at the Eastern 
end of the Pyrenees, and an immature Mantid from Majorca 
(June, July, 1901), were presented by the captors, Mr. W. 
Holland and Mr. A. H. Hamm. 
ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS IN 1902. 
A valuable set of 63 named Svtaphylinidae (47 catalogued) 
from various British and Irish localities were presented by 
W. E. Sharp, Esq., F.E.S. Specimens of this difficult group 
thus named by a special student of the Family. are an 
important accession to the Department. 
Two hundred and forty-eight insects of various Orders 
from Rosaires and Wad Medine (both October, 1901) on the 
Blue Nile, and from various localities between Mangala and 
Gondokoro (Jan._Apr., 1902) on the White Nile, were pre- 
sented by the captor, W. L. S. Loat, Esq., P.Z.S5: | Dheydata 
are full and precise, rendering the specimens from such 
interesting localities of great value to the collection ; nearly 
the whole are catalogued. The series included a Blattid, 
Flolocompsa fulva, from the Blue Nile, new to the Department. 
ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS IN 1903. 
A valuable series of insects, chiefly Coleoptera, and almost 
exclusively from various localities in Natal, especially from 
the neighbourhood of Durban (1889-1903), were presented 
by C. N. Barker, Esq., F.E.S. A small number of insects 
from Chimoio, Mozambique and Grahamstown are also pre- 
sent. The series includes a valuable set of 98 Lycid beetles, 
many captured zz coztu. The latter record is an important 
