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of revising, registering, and rearranging the cabinet series of Aus- 

 tralian Heterocera was also completed, and a commencement made 

 with the cabinet collection of Australian Coleoptera. The total 

 number of registrations under this head was nine hundred and 

 forty-five. During the year there were many calls upon my time 

 by students of Australian Entomology, and much assistance was 

 given both in the matter of naming specimens and of imparting 

 instruction as to the preservation of collections." 



"The donations were fairly numerous, and these included a 

 number of important additions. Our principal contributions were 

 from Mr. C. French, Government Entomologist, Victoria, to whom 

 we were indebted for specimens of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, 

 some of which were not only rare but desiderata. The Rev. T, 

 Watt Leggatt, of Alua, Mallicollo, New Hebrides, principally 

 contributed Arachnida; Mr. G. A. Waterhouse, local Butterflies; 

 and Messrs. J. J. Walker, r.n., and W. D. Campbell, miscellaneous 

 collections, the latter from Western Australia." 



The most important exchange was with Prof. Yasuski Nawa, 

 Commissioner for Agriculture, Tokio. 



Mr. Rainbow contributed an interesting paper to our official 

 publication" on "Two New Thomisids," the Crab or Flower Spiders. 

 Here are described Misurnena tristani, and Saccodonms formivorus, 

 the genus of the latter form being a new one. "It is remarkable," 

 says Mr. Rainbow, "not alone on account of its form, but also for 

 the reason that, contrary to all previously recorded facts based 

 upon accurate observations of the habits of the Thomisidje, it con- 

 structs a bag-like nest." 



One thousand and seventy specimens were received by donation ; 

 one hundred and forty-two by exchange; twenty-five by purchase; 

 and one hundred and fifty-four by collection. 



CONCIIOLOGY. 



(Mr. C. Hedley, Assistant-in-Charge.) 

 Mr. Hedley reports that his attention was, during 1900, chiefly 

 directed to classifying the store collection of Mollusca. " During 

 many years past, parcels of shells, obtained by donation, col- 

 lection, or purchase were received, and packed away untouched. 

 To put in order this huge accumulation of named and nameless 

 shells eight months of 1900 were spent. I also devoted seven 

 weeks to sorting the collection of Mollusca in alcohol. One day 

 in each week was reserved for the care of the collections in 

 cabinets and gallery. Fourteen hundred and fifty tablets of shells 

 were added to the former. An Ethno-Oonchological series of 

 shells from North Queensland, presented by Dr. W. E. Roth, 

 Northern Protector of Aborigines, Queensland, was determined 

 and the results communicated to him." 



9 Rainbow— Eec. Aust. Mus., iii., 7, 1900, pp. 169 - 175, pi. xxx. 



