Ui SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OE THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



take a census of the total number of specimens, which would 

 run into hundreds of thousands, or to consider the unnamed 

 and unsorted material, but, taking the definitely named 

 species, we obtain the following figures : — 



The staff required for the upkeep (which includes the 

 sorting and identification, as well as the mere preservation, 

 of the many thousands of specimens received every year) 

 has not been increased during this time, although it will 

 be seen that the work is constantly expanding and has 

 already become very heavy, although this is only one branch 

 of the activities of the Entomological Section. The War 

 has interfered considerably with the transmission of speci- 

 mens for identification, but the following collections have 

 been sent out to specialists in the groups named and our 

 thanks are due to them for the ready help afforded : — 



(i) Microlepidoptera to Mr. E. Meyrick, F.R.S. 

 Named and returned. The descriptions of 

 numerous novelties have been published in 

 Eocotic Microlepidoptera. 

 (ii) Diptera to Mr. E. Brunetti. Mostly named and 

 returned. 



