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Madeiran Coleóptera in 1861, and his widow the Canarian series 

 in 1863. Mrs. Hope also presented one of the most important 

 gifts ever received by the Department, viz. the collections of 

 Lepidoptera — Heterocera, Orthoptera, and Economic Entomo- 

 logy, purchased in 1873 from \V. W. Saunders, the two first- 

 named being very rich in types, especially of Walker and Bates. 

 The Saunders Collection of Hymenoptera, specially valuable for its 

 many types of F. Smith, was purchased in 1875 out of the Hope 

 endowment, as also the large collection of Greek Hymenoptera 

 made by Sir Sydney Saunders. Other important collections 

 received during Prof. Westwood' s occupancy of the Chair 

 were : the Tylden Collections, principally of CurcuUonidœ , 

 presented by Mrs. Tylden ; the Miers Collection, principally of 

 Coleóptera from the Rio de Janeiro district ; the A. R. Wallace 

 private collection of certain Malayan groups of insects ; and the 

 historic W. J. Burchell Collection of Arthropoda, principally 

 insects, from Africa (1810-15) and Eastern Brazil (1825-30), 

 presented by Miss Anna Burchell in 1865. Prof. Westwood 

 bestowed a great deal of work upon this last collection, and 

 prepared a MS. catalogue of a large part of it. He also himself 

 presented many collections, including the important Bell Crus- 

 tacea, to the Department. 



It would be impossible to do justice to the labour expended 

 on the Hope Collection by the late Professor. But mention must 

 be made of the great monograph, Thesaurus Entomologicus, in 

 which many of its principal treasures are described and figured, 

 and of the Revisto Insectorum Familiœ Mantidarum, published 

 nearly at the end of his life. 



Since 1893 many very valuable additions have been presented, 

 and assistance in working out the material has been granted 

 in an ever-increasing measure. The principal accessions have 

 been : the great series of duplicate Lepidoptera — Rhopalocera, 

 Coleóptera, Rhynchota, and Orthoptera from the Godman-Salvin 

 Collection, chiefly from the Neotropical Region, especially Central 

 America, and from the Solomon Islands, presented by Dr. F. D. 

 GoDMAN, F.R.S., and the late 0. Salvin, F.R.S. ; the Rothney 

 Library and Collection of Oriental Hymenoptera, rich in Cameron 

 types, presented by G. A. J. Rothney ; the Prior Collection 

 of Bornean Rhopalocera, presented by Mrs. W. B. Prior ; the 



