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University ; Ernest W. L. Holt, Esq., and W. J. Beaumont, 

 Esq., B.A., Cantab.; M. W. D. Lepeschkin (a Monograph on 

 the Copcpoda). 



" Illustrations of the Zoology of the Royal Indian Marine 

 Survey Ship ' Inycstigator ' " (Fishes Part VII, Crustacea 

 Part VIII, and Index Part I, 1892-1900) was presented by the 

 Superintendent of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



A valuable Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Minorca, by 

 Dr. D. Francisco Cardona y Orfila Pbro (Mahon, 1873), as 

 well as a supplementary list of Coleoptera by the same author 

 (Mahon, 1878), and a supplementary list of the Balearic Fauna 

 by Dr. Juan J. Rodriguez (1887), were presented by Seii. 

 Mauricio Hernandez of Mahon, Minorca. 



Several books were purchased, including "The Butterfly 

 Book," by W. J. Holland (New York, 1899), and among 

 second-hand works a fine copy of W. Lewin's " Insects of 

 Great Britain^' (London, 1795). A fine series of mono- 

 graphs on Orthoptera by Fischer, de Saussure, Briinner von 

 Wattenwyl, and Bolivar was purchased from Sign. M. A. de 

 Bormans. 



The parts of Barrett's " British Lepidoptera," the Ray 

 Society volume, and the parts of Rippon's " Icones Ornitho- 

 pterorum " for the year were also purchased. 



" Die Physiologic der facettirten Augen," by Professor 

 S. Exner of Vienna, purchased in 1898, should have been 

 included in the Report of that year. 



In addition to the gifts acknowledged above, a few works 

 presented in 1899 were accidentally omitted from the Report 

 of last year. I have pleasure in thanking Dr. John B. Smith ; 

 Vernon L. Kellogg, Esq., M.S. ; W. P. Hay, Esq., M.S. ; and 

 Miss Harriet Richardson for presenting copies of their papers, 

 published through the Smithsonian Institution, Washington ; 

 Col. J. VV. Yerbury for presenting copies of the papers of 

 Dr. F. M. van der Wulp, on the Asilidac, and G. H. Verrall, 

 Esq., F.E.S., on the Syrphidae, collected near Aden ; Miss 

 Edith M. Pratt, B.Sc, and Professor Sydney J. Hickson, 

 F.R.S. ; and Dr. G. S. Brady, P\R.S., for presenting copies of 

 their papers. 



