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fine species of Orthoptcra from Montenegro and other loca- 

 lities, were presented by Malcolm Burr, Esq., New College. 



A fine collection of dragon-flies from Java was presented by 

 R. McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S. 



A few Oriental butterflies from Col. Swinhoe's collection 

 were presented by Mr. W. Holland. 



Moths from Sarawak were presented by Col. Swinhoe, 

 Hon. M.A., Wadham College. 



Insects of many Orders from S. Africa were presented by 



E. N. Bennett, Esq., M.A., Hertford College. 

 Lepidoptera from the Fionnay Valley, Switzerland, were 



presented by H. M. WalUs, Esq., and A. Wallis, Esq. 



Butterflies bred from European larvae were presented by 



F. Merrifield, Esq. 



Coleoptera from the United States were presented by 

 Ralph d'A. Morrell, Esq., and from the Oriental Region by 

 F. W. Andrevves, Esq., D M., Christ Church, and H. E. 

 Andrewes, Esq. 



In addition to the above-mentioned gifts, a very large 

 number of duplicate butterflies were generously presented by 

 the British Museum of Natural History. These will fill many 

 gaps in our series and supply innumerable examples from 

 localities which are unrepresented in the Oxford collection. 



The British Collections have also been much enriched 

 although a large proportion of the accessions are not yet 

 catalogued and incorporated. 



A valuable series of i86 Coleoptera and ^6 Rhynchota 

 (both Hemiptera and Homoptera) from various British 

 localities, all very carefully recorded and dated, were pre- 

 sented by H. Donisthorpe, Esq. 



A pair of Prosopis pabistris^ a bee new to science, from 

 Wicken Fen, Cambridge (1899), ^^^^ presented by the captor, 

 R. C. L. Perkins, Esq., B.A. 



A co-type of Ei iocr'ania jimbriata, a moth new to science, 

 from Wellington College (1894), was presented by the captor^ 

 Mr. A. H. Hamm. 



Six specimens of the rare moth Eupoecilia degreyaiia, from 

 Thetford (1900), were presented by Lord Walsingham. 



