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by which it was acquired in 1876, is preserved separately; a 

 manuscript catalogue in three small quarto volumes exists. Suf- 

 frian's own types of Chrysomelidae and Cryptocephalidae are here. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Types of Chrysididae of Mocsary; of Nyssonidae, Crabronidae, 

 Larridae, Bembecidae, Cryptidae and Ophion of E. Taschenberg: 

 of Chalcididae and Formicidae of G. Mayr. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



The collection of Gerichtsrath Keferstein of Erfurt, acquired 

 by bequest in 1886. 



OTHER ORDERS. 



Kolenati's types of a few species of Nycteribia (Diptera). 



E. Taschenberg-' s types of Tettigonia (Rhynchota). 



Orthoptera and Neuroptera of almost all families described by 

 Burmeister. 



Mallophaga (in alcohol) described by Nitzch and Giebel. 



Insects of all orders collected in Teneriffe by Dr. v. Rebeur- 

 Paschwitz. 



It may perhaps be not inappropriate to state here that the 

 writer, by permission of Prof. Taschenberg, spent five days 

 (May 26-30, 1896) studying such of Burmeister' s types of 

 Odonata as are preserved here. Previous to his visit, none of 

 the presumed types possessed pin-labels indicating their char- 

 acter, but were placed above colored drawer-labels bearing the 

 specific name, a star and the name of the locality, all written in 

 what Prof. Taschenberg stated to be Burmeister's handwriting. 

 After careful study and comparison of these specimens with Bur- 

 meister's descriptions, all specimens which seemed to have prob- 

 ably served as types were pin-labeled as follows: "Considered 

 by me as Burmeister's type of his . . . [here the name of the 

 species]. P. P. Calvert, May, 1896." Of the ninety-eight spe- 

 cies of Odonata described as new by Burmeister, types of thirty- 

 eight are now in Halle. Types of at least some of the remaining 

 fifty, according to a letter from Mr. Samuel Henshaw, are now 

 hi the late Dr. Hagen's collection, in the Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. The writer hopes to say in the 

 future something further on Burmeister's Odonata. 



