Mr. Charles Bartlett has continued his work upon the 

 British Coleoptera, and has arranged the series comprising 

 Telephonida? and onwards to. the Lon'gicornia. 



The general invertebrate collection has been increased by 

 the addition of examples of deep-sea Echinoderms, and 

 Actinozoa, by a small collection of Polyzoa and Mollusca, and 

 by the inclusion of a large Japanese Spider-crab, and two 

 examples of the Coco-nut crab from Christmas Island and the 

 Andamans. 



Considerable progress has been made with a careful 

 revision of the labels of the Molluscan series. 



Vertebrate Zoology. 



All the collections in this department have been 

 worked over, cleaned, and renewals made where necessary. 

 The registration of the whole of the exhibition series is 

 now almost completed, owing to the generous voluntary 

 service of Mr. H. W. Clark. To the fish collection has been 

 added a fine example of Neoceratodus forsteri by exchange 

 with the Australian Museum, Sydney. The Turtle and 

 Tortoise group has been increased, and a new painted back- 

 ground added. The Swift group has been made complete by 

 the addition of a nest and eggs. The Badger and Fox groups 

 have been provided with painted backgrounds, and the latter 

 placed in a larger case, and additional groundwork added. 



,The collection of big game has been increased by 

 the gift of ten heads, formerly in the McLachlan loan col- 

 lection, by the addition of two heads of the Chamois, and by 

 mounted specimens of Swayne's Hartebeest, and Harnessed 

 and Axis Antelopes. 



The loan of a fine head of an African Elephant caused a 

 re-arrangement of the Johnston-Stewart African game trophy, 

 which was wholly taken down, cleaned, and replaced. A 



