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A dragon-fly by Miss Wright ; a dragon-fly (G^^;;////7/j), and 

 a specimen of Eristalis florcus and its puparium, by Mr. A. 

 Drew; i moths by Mr. A. Robinson ; a pair of Sphinx lignstri, 

 found on the same rose-bush, by Mrs. E. H. Hayes ; a specimen 

 of SmerintJius populi by Mr. H. Higgs ; 4 specimens (3 green 

 and I red) of Cassida miiraea bred from larvae found on Inula 

 dysenterica near S. Hinksey, by J. J. Walker, lisq., R.N. ; 

 Sphinx ligustri and its pupa-case, by Mr. J. T. Long ; a pair 

 of Smerinthtis ocellatns, and a specimen of Ccrura vimila and 

 its cocoon, by P. J. Bayzand, Esq. 



A specimen of Sphinx ligustri from Wotton, Herts (1899), 

 was presented by Mr. A. Overington. 



The only British specimens, received in 1899, still uncata- 

 logued are the moths from N. Cornwall, presented by A. G. 

 Cardew, Esq., M.A., Queen's College. 



Additions to the Collection in 1900. 



Large additions were made during the last year, although 

 not equal in amount to those of 1899. Fair progress has 

 been made with the labelling, cataloguing, and incorporating, 

 but a large majority are still unfinished and can only be 

 provisionally acknowledged in the present Report. 



A valuable series of 310 butterflies and i moth collected 

 in April, 1897, in Southern Arizona, and 5 butterflies from 

 the neighbourhood of New Orleans, were presented by 

 R. C. L. Perkins, Esq. All the species were greatly wanted 

 for the accurate data accompanying them, while many were 

 new to the Hope Collection. 



Very large and valuable accessions are due to the kindness 

 of R. Shelford, Esq., M.A. (Cantab.), the Curator of the 

 Sarawak Museum (Brit. N. Borneo). Only a part have been 

 labelled and catalogued, including 16 butterflies from Sarawak, 

 2 from the N. Shan States, 4 from Malacca, and i from Flores 

 Straits, and 58 insects of various Orders from Mt. Matang 

 (Sarawak), including some interesting specimens for the 

 Bionomic Scries. The insects were collected at various dates. 



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