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labour prepared manuscript lists of the Hespcridœ and Satyiinœ 

 of the British Museum. The extensive collections of Lyccenidœ 

 and Hespcridœ have been named and arranged by H. H. Druce, 

 the Oriental moths by Col. C. Swinhoe, the Coleóptera 

 Phytophaga by the late M. Jacoby. Much kind help has con- 

 tinually been afforded by the staft" of the British Museum, by 

 the Hon. Walter Rothschild and Dr. Karl Jordan of the 

 Tring Museum, and by members of the Council of the Entomo- 

 logical Society and other naturalists who have accompanied them 

 on the summer visits by which the Department has so greatly 

 profited. 



The collections of British insects form an important feature 

 of the Department. To the well-known Hope- Westwood col- 

 lections have been added, first, in 1878, the Spilsbury Lepi- 

 doptera ; more recently, the historic J. C. Dale Collection, 

 bequeathed by the late C. W. Dale ; the extensive A. J. Chitty 

 Collection, presented by the late Mrs. Chitty ; the Coleóptera 

 presented by H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe and by W. Holland ; 

 the Diptera presented by Col. J. W. Yerbury; the Hymeno- 

 ptera presented by G. A. J. Rothney ; and the Edward Saunders 

 Hemiptera and Homoptera. The efficient state of the British 

 Hymenoptera Aculeata is due to the help of the late Edward 

 Saunders, F.R.S. ; of the Diptera to Col. Yerbury, the late 

 G. H. Verrall, and J. E. Collin; and of the Coleóptera to 

 Commander J.J. Walker. 



During the past nineteen years an immense amount of 

 mechanical labour has been expended upon the collections briefly 

 mentioned above, the old as well as the new. Thus, vast num- 

 bers of the old specimens, including the whole of the butterflies, 

 have been re-pinned and re-set, while the accessions have been 

 provided with printed labels, recording fully the data of time 

 and place, together with other details whenever available. Such 

 success as has been achieved has only been rendered possible by 

 the efficient and loyal help of the assistants in the Department, 

 A. H. Hamm, J. Collins, and the late assistant, W. Holland. 



Much time has been spent upon the entomological library 

 and its large annual accessions, especially of separata. With the 

 efficient help, at first of Miss Bellamy, later of Miss Shelford 

 and R. Shelford, a card catalogue has been nearly completed. 



