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A magnificent variety of Ar£-j'nnis adippe (the High-brown 

 Fritillary) was presented by the captor, Miss L. B. Evetts. 

 In this specimen, a female, the whole of the amber brown 

 ground colour is replaced by white, the black markings 

 remaining unchanged. Partial albinos of this kind are known 

 to occur, although very rarely, in other species of the genus, 

 but this is I believe the first recorded example in A. adippe. 

 The specimen has the additional interest that it was captured 

 in the neighbourhood of Oxford, on the eastern slope of White 

 Leaf Hill, Monks Risborough, in July, 1896. 



A pair of Colias hyale, captured in 1900 at Tackley, near 

 Bletchingdon, was also presented by Miss Evetts. 



The following insects, &c., from Oxford (1900), were pre- 

 sented by the captors : — Cenira vhmla^ by Mr. G. Long ; 

 SmerhitJms ocellaUis^ by Mr. C. Bolton ; 2 Lepidoptera and 

 a Vespa, by Mr. H. Trim ; an ichneumon, by Mr. A. Robinson ; 

 Zettzcra aesadi, by Mr. F. C. Hall ; a Coleopteron, by Mr. 

 T. H. Walker ; a spider, by Miss Acland. 



Four dragon flies from Newton Abbot, South Devon (1900), 

 were presented by A. E. Holdaway, Esq. 



A very useful set of 47 insects, of many Orders, from 

 Surrey (including the rare dragon-fly S. fiaveoliim^ the local 

 vS. sangiiineum, and A. iviperator, which is only captured with 

 great difficulty), Hampshire (New Forest), and the Oxford 

 district (11 specimens), was presented by W. J. Lucas, Esq. 



Four cast nymph skins of Acschna cyanca from South 

 Leigh (1900) were presented by the Rev. Arthur East. 



The following accessions to the British Collections have not 

 yet been catalogued : 



Diptera from Scotch and English localities,and Hymenoptera 

 from the former, including many specimens for the Bionomic 

 Series, illustrating mimicry, presented by ColonelJ. W.Yerbury. 



The year 1900 was remarkable for the abundance of the 

 larvae and perfect moths of the "Death's Head" {Achcrontia 

 atropos), and the Hope Department received larvae from 

 Mr. Austin, Mr. W. H. Greenaway, Mr. F. Lewis, Mr. R. 

 Jones, and Miss Churchill, two pupae from Mr. N. Brett, and 

 a perfect insect from Mr. G. Hunt. 



