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sentatlon, it was not thought necessary to undertake the con- 

 siderable labour of altering the catalogue and the small label on 

 the specimens which record the catalogue number and year. 



A fine collection of 419 insects of all Orders from British 

 Central Africa was presented by C. V. A. Peel, Esq. The 

 insects were collected in 1899 by C. H. Pemberton, Esq., over 

 a very extensive tract of interesting country to the W. of 

 Lake Nyassa, from Kota-Kota on the shore of the Lake to the 

 Loangwa River Valley, the Mushinga Mountains and Chitala. 

 The numerous localities and dates are accurately recorded. 

 The collection is especially valuable, inasmuch as the Hope 

 Museum possesses very little material from this part of Africa. 



A small collection of ^6 Lepidoptera made by the same 

 naturalist at Delagoa Bay on Aug. 10, 1899, and a Mantid 

 captured by him on the Lower Zambesi in July of the same 

 year, were also presented by C. V. A. Peel, Esq. 



A set of ^^ insects of various Orders, and 10 other Arthro- 

 poda from different localities in Cape Colony, were captured 

 (1899-1900) and presented by E. N. Bennett, Esq., M.A., 

 Hertford College. Although the species are apparently not 

 rare the localities render them of much interest and value to 

 the Hope Collection. 



The collection of insects of many Orders from Majorca 

 and Menorca captured in March and April, 1900, has now 

 been catalogued, and some of the groups worked out and lists 

 published. This collection, together with the much larger 

 one made in 1901, constitutes by far the most important 

 addition to our European collection during recent years. 

 The following is an account of the 1900 captures. 



Five hundred and ninety-eight specimens were captured 

 and presented by Professor Poulton. The great majority of 

 these are from Majorca (many localities), a relatively few 

 from Menorca (Mahon). A list of the Diptera has been 

 pubhshed by Col. J. W. Yerbury (Ent. M. Mag., 1890, 

 p. 272), the species of principal interest being PJiorantha sub- 

 cokcptj-ata and Boinbylhis pictns. The Hyvienoptcra Actilcata 

 have been described by Edward Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. (1. c, 

 p. 2c8). Forty-eight species were obtained, two of which are 



