10 



Two specimens of Dcudorix antalus from Manashi, near 

 Cairo, were presented by E. A. Floyer, Esq. The larvae had 

 been injurious to " Inga dttlcis^^ feeding upon the seed-pods. 

 The specimens were kindly transmitted by Professor Wyndham 

 R. Dunstan, F.R.S. 



Seven specimens of Aporia cratacgi were bred from pupae 

 (Germany, 1900) presented by F. Merrifield, Esq. 



A pair of the Aculeate, Prosopis variegattis, and of the fly 

 {Paragns bicolor) which mimic it, were presented by Edward 

 Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. The specimens were from Algeria 

 (1896), Italy (1895), and Brittany (1900J. The interesting 

 resemblance of the facial markings of the male fly to those of 

 the male bee, and the facial markings of the female fly to 

 those of the female bee has been described by Mr. Saunders 

 (Ent. Monthly Mag. 1900, p. (S3). 



The following kind donations, mentioned in the Report of 

 last year, are still uncatalogued. The Bornean insects of 

 R. Shelford, Esq., M.A. ; the moths from many localities, and 

 other insects of Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S.; the Lepidoptera 

 from the Khasias, Borneo and Mexico, of G. C. Griffiths, 

 Esq. ; the insects from Iceland and the F"aroes of N. Annan- 

 dale, Esq., B.A., Balliol College ; the South African and 

 Eastern European insects (in addition to those from Monte- 

 negro, catalogued above) of Malcolm Burr, Esq., New College ; 

 the Javan dragon-flics of R. McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S. ; the 

 Oriental butterflies of Mr. W. Holland ; the Bornean moths of 

 Col. Swinhoe, Hon. M.A., Wadham College ; the Swiss butter- 

 flies of H. M. Wallis, Esq. and A. Wallis, Esq.; the American 

 Coleoptera of R. d A. Morrell, Esq. ; the Oriental Coleoptera 

 of F\ W. Andrewes, Esq., D.M., Christ Church, and H. E. 

 Andrewcs, Esq. ; and a large proportion of the duplicate 

 butterflies presented by the Trustees of the British Museum 

 of Natural History. 



The specimens purchased from Sign. M. A. de Bormans 

 and Messrs. Watkins and Doncaster are also uncatalogued. 



The catalogue of British insects presented in 1900 has now 

 been completed, and the specimens incorporated in the 

 collection. The gifts which were not catalogued at the 

 appearance of the last annual Report are acknowledged below. 



