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the mere preservation, of the many thousands of specimens- 

 already accumulated and received every year) has not been 

 increased since a time, many years ago, when the collection 

 was comparatively quite small; yet this work is constantly 

 expanding and has already become very heavy, although 

 this is only one branch of the activities of the Entomo- 

 logical Section. 



The war interfered considerably with the transmission 

 of specimens for identification and later on the work en- 

 tailed by the Entomological Meeting left little time for 

 the sending out of specimens, 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 are published in Exotic 



Microlepidoptera. 



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



returned. 

 (Hi) Carabidae to Mr. H. E. Andrews. Returned 



named. 

 (iv) Odonata to Major F. C. Fraser. Returned named. 

 (v) Stephanidae to Mr. Elliott. 

 (vi) Ichneumonidae to Mr. C. Morley. 

 (vii) Tenthredinidae to Mr. Rohwer. 

 (mii) Bees to Professor T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 (ioc) Dipteron parasitic on cotton mealy-bugs to Dr. 

 L. 0. Howard, Washington. Returned named 

 as Gitonides perspicax. 

 (oc) Tetriginae to Dr. J. L. Hancock, Chicago. 

 (xi) Staphylinidae to Dr. M. Cameron. 

 (xii) Curculionidae to Dr. G. A]. K. Marshall. Re- 

 turned named. 

 (xiii) Scolytidae to Mr. C. Beeson. 



The following collections, sent out in previous years, 

 have not yet been returned : — 



(ociv) Histeridae to Mr. G. Lewis. 

 (xv) Longicorn beetles to Dr. Gahan. 



