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British insects were also presented by the following, and 

 will be described in detail in the next Report when they are 

 catalogued :— Rev. J. W. B. Bell, M.A., W. H. Jackson, Esq., 

 D.Sc, Keble College, R. W. Poulton, E. P. Poulton, Eustace 

 Palmer, Esq., Miss C. B. Sanders, H. E. Butler, Esq., Miss 

 Brown, G. C. Griffiths, Esq , F. A. Dixey, Esq., D.M., Wadham 

 College, Giles Dixey, Mrs. Gotch, Edward Saunders, Esq., 

 F.L.S., H. Donisthorpe, Esq., Professor Poulton, Mr. W. 

 Holland and Mr. A. H. Hamm, H. St. G. Gray, Esq., 

 H. A. Ormerod, Esq., Dr. Stark, W. G. Pogson Smith, 

 Esq., M.A. 



Some of the above-named donors presented large numbers 

 of insects. When all are catalogued it will be seen that the 

 additions to the .British Collections in 1900 were very 

 extensive. 



A large series of Hcpialus huniuli from the Shetland 

 Islands was purchased at Stevens's sale. 



ADDITIONS TO THE HOPE LIBRARY IN 1900. 



The Trustees of the British Museum presented the '• Cata- 

 logue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae," vol. ii, by Sir George F. 

 Hampson, and also papers sent out to collectors of insects. 



The Smithsonian Institution (United States National 

 Museum, Washington) presented the publications which deal 

 with the subjects of the Department, including the Annual 

 Reports for 1898 and 1899, and valuable monographs by 

 A. Busck, Esq., Dr. John B. Smith, Sc.D., Dr. Harrison G. 

 Dyar.Ph.D., William H. Ashmead, Esq., D.W.CoquilIett,Esq , 

 and Miss Mary J. Rathbun. 



The University of the State of New York presented a fine 

 set of Reports of the State Museum (49. 3, 50.2, 51. i, 51. 2) 

 and the College Department (2. 1 and 2. 2). 



The Radcliffe Librarian, Oxford, presented the Catalogue 

 of Books added during 1899. 



The Delegates of the Clarendon Press presented Part II 

 of the "'Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera 

 Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford University 



