55 
Downes (July, 1905~June, 1906) in various localities in 
Mauritius, were presented by the Rev. Arthur M. Downes. 
The specimens were unfortunately in poor condition, but 
many of them will be of value to the Collection. 
Thirty-two insects of various Orders, from the Botanical 
Gardens, Singapore (Jan._Mar. 1907), were presented by the 
Director, H. N. Ridley, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Exeter College. 
Sixteen specimens have been catalogued, and nearly the whole 
incorporated. 
A very valuable series of 56 wasps (Diploptera), from 
various localities, especially in Mexico (1903), was presented 
by the Vicomte R. du Buysson, of the Musée d'Histoire 
Naturelle, Paris. The value of this important gift was greatly 
increased by the fact that all the species were determined by 
this distinguished authority on the Diploptera. 
Many examples of the Nycteribiid, Cyclopodia sykesit, para- 
sitic on the fruit-eating bat, Preropus gigantcus, were presented 
by H. Scott, Esq. The specimens were collected (Feb. 23, 
1907) by Paymaster T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, R.N., on Bar- 
beryn Island, to the west of Ceylon. 
Two male specimens of the beautiful Nymphaline butterfly 
Euxanthe trajanus, from the Cameroons, were received in 
exchange from the British Museum of Natural History. 
An example of the conspicuous distasteful Pierine genus 
Delias, together with a Nymphaline mimic belonging to the 
genus J/ynes, was presented by Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, D.Sc., 
M.A., Jesus College. The specimens, which were bred at 
Cairns, Queensland (Aug. 1904), are an interesting addition 
to the bionomic series. 
Four Euploeas, with 4 examples of an Elymniine mimic, 
from German New Guinea (about 1897), were presented by 
Mr. A. H. Hamm, of the Hope Department—an interesting 
accession to the bionomic collection. 
Dr. Longstaffs valuable collection from the West Indian 
Islands and South and Central America has received its 
printed labels, and is ready for cataloguing and incorporation. 
It is, however, kept back until the donor’s papers have 
appeared, in order that a special reference label may be 
