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are in low basement rooms, lighted on one side only, and with 

 south exposure. Woi'k tables are placed before these windows, 

 and the collections are along the rear and side walls. The speci 

 mens are kept in large glazed drawers, in low, closed cabinets. 

 The condition of labelling and of the specimens themselves, judg 

 ing from a very cursory examination, is not so good as one would 

 expect from the elaborateness of the published lists. 



The force in entomology, including Dr. Butler, the Assistant 

 Keeper of the Department of Zoology, numbers some eight per 

 sons and some boy attendants. Mr. Waterhouse is the first-class 

 assistant, and in charge of the Department of Insects, and such 

 men as Kirby and Austin rank as second-class assistants. 



A brief stop in Paris, which followed, permitted of an exami 

 nation of the Museum d' Histoire Naturelle in the Jardin de 

 Plantes, and the entomological station under the Ministre of 

 Agriculture {Institute National Agronomique]. The same con 

 dition which characterized London was again experienced, viz., 

 the absence of many of the persons working specially in entomology, 

 and at the museum, with the exception of two or three prcpara- 

 teurs, none of the regular staff was present. The methods of 

 work, however, of the Department of Insects were carefully ex 

 amined. The main and systematic collection in the museum* 

 proper is in most excellent condition, and luxuriously housed as 

 compared with our own National Museum in this particular. 

 The systematic collections are not open to the general public, and 

 are stored in low cabinets with rather large drawers or trays. 

 There is, also, a popular display of insects of very considerable 

 extent, partly surrounding the interior corridor of the upper floor. 

 The quarters for the preparation of specimens, the library, and 

 general work rooms are in a building apart. Emile Blanchard 

 is the professor of entomology, and there are several assistants, 

 such as Kunckle d'Herculais and Lucas, and also several pre- 

 parateurs. 



The Government Entomological Bureau of France, if it may 

 be so termed, is connected with the Institute National Agro- 

 nomique, 16, Rue Claude Bernarde. Dr. Paul Brocchi is the 

 professor of zoology and director of the Station Entomologiquc 

 de Paris. Dr. Paul Marchal, Chef des travaux a la Station 

 entomologique de Paris, is charged with the practical workings 



