32 PEOOEEDINGS OF THE 



" 7. Miscellaneous Zoological Specimens. 



" These chiefly consist of a few Eeptiles and Crustacea, .... 

 which the President undertook to examine, and to separate 

 wliatevcr can be identified as Linnean. 



" "VVliile examining the miscellaneous specimens .... the 

 Committee observed several bundles of Swedish academical 

 announcements, and anatomical and otlier dissertations not 

 immediately connected Avith natural history. They recommend 

 that these parcels .... be labelled .... Twelve copies of 

 Broussonet's ' Descriptiones et Icones piscium,' w^liich are dujjli- 

 cates in the Library, are recommended to be sold. 



"In the Linnean shell-cabinet the Committee find a large 

 number of bad or injured specimens of Lichens on stones, 

 chiefly British, and forming no part of the Linnean Collection. 

 These ajjpear to be utterly worthless, and tlie Committee recom- 

 mend that they be thrown away." 



Proc. 1855-56, pp. 25-28. 



The approach of the Centenary of the Society having directed 

 special attention to the state of the Collections and their arrange- 

 ment, a Committee was appointed to examine into these matters, 

 with a view to rearrange the zoological portion in a form more 

 easily available for inspection. The results are as under : — 



The Committee appointed by the Council, Nov. 18, 1886, met 

 on Dec. 9tli, and drew up an ad interim report, followed by a 

 fuller report on 10 Feb. 1887. Tlie members consisted of the 

 President, the Secretaries, Prof. Plower, Prof. Mivart, Mr. 

 Michael, Mr. Harting, and Prof. Moseley. 



The following are extracts from the report : — 



" . . . . Tbe Herbarium .... is in perfect j)resfrvation, and 

 only needs the addition of numbers to the shelves for the con- 

 venience of reference. 



"That the insects should be carefully examined with a view to 

 secure any loose specimen or fragment, but that they should not 

 otherwise be disturbed. 



"That the shells have been almost entirely rearranged by 

 Mr. Sylvanus Hanley, who has published the results in his ' Ipsa 

 Linnsei Conchylia,' and it is to be regretted .... that the 

 specimens have been removed from the original small metal cases 

 in which Liunseus originally placed them, which bore the number 

 corresponding to the MSS. Catalogue of the ' Museum Ulricse.' 

 The Committee recommends that the specimens still remaining in 

 tlieir cases be preserved and specially enclosed in small glass- 

 topped boxes. 



" That the Pishes attached to paper be secured by mounting 

 on tablets, and be placed iu a cabinet formerly belonging to 

 Linnseus in the Secretaries' room, due care being taken to pre- 

 vent their resting on each other. 



" That the remaining Invertebrates and Tortoises be placed in 

 glass-topped boxes, as far as practicable. 



