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by the attacks of enemies. This material is a welcome 

 addition to the rapidly growing Bionomic Series. 



A set of ants, and the immature Hemiptera which mimic 

 them, were presented by Mr, A. H. Hamm. The insects were 

 captured together on the bark of an apple-tree at Oxford 

 (lyoo). 



Six specimens of the beetle Niptns /lololeucus, from Oxford 

 {1900), were presented by Dr. Stark; and 7 of the same 

 species, from Shropshire (1900), by W. P. D. Stebbing, Esq. 

 The latter were found in ^tczyo.^ pot pourri fifty years old. 



Twenty-nine insects of various Orders from Oxford and 

 various other English localities (19C0) were captured and 

 presented by Dr. F. A. Dixey. Twenty insects of various 

 Orders from the neighbourhood of Totland Bay, Isle of Wight 

 (1900), were captured and presented by Giles Dixey. Ex- 

 cellent data accompany both these sets of insects. 



Seventy-five specimens of the interesting northern variety, 

 hciJilandica, of the " Ghost Swift," Hcpiahis /nivnili, from Unst, 

 Shetland, were purchased (1900) at Stevens's sale. Eight 

 specimens are added to the General Collection, 



Additions to the Collection in 1901. 



A valuable set of 113 Lepidoptera from Trinidad (about 

 1874) were presented by Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S. 



Three specimens of a rare Satyrine butterfly {Lcptojiewa 

 bowkcri) from Natal (1901) were presented by Colonel Svvinhoe, 

 Hon. M,A., Wadham College, 



A small but valuable set of 75 Lepidoptera, i Cicada, and 

 I Longicorn beetle, from Southern Nigeria, were captured 

 (1900-1901) and presented by C. J. M. Gordon, Esq., M.A,, 

 of Balliol College. The exact locality of capture was the 

 stretch of thirty miles intervening between the Forcados 

 mouth of the Niger and Warri, a most interesting district, and 

 one hitherto unrepresented in the Hope Collection. Among 

 the butterflies an Erycinid and all the Lycacnidae were espe- 

 cially wanted, together with some very interesting mimetic 

 specimens. 



