Invertebrate Zoology. 



General collections of invertebrata require constant 

 supervision and attention if they are to retain their fresh 

 appearance and attractiveness to the public, whilst many are 

 extremely delicate and readily perish. A considerable 

 amount of time is therefore taken up in maintaining the 

 collection in good order, in addition to the dealing with new 

 specimens, and the filling up of previously existing gaps. 



So extensive is this section alone, that it fully occupies 

 the care of one member of the Staff. 



The Australian collections of corals, insects, Crustacea 

 and fish made by the Director last year were conveyed to 

 England free of charge by Messrs. Burns, Philp & Co., through 

 the kindly offices of Mr. H. L. Riseley. The corals, which 

 were all collected from a low- water reef at Dunk Island, 

 Northern Queensland, form a fairly representative series of 

 reef-building corals, and have been set up in a special case in 

 the Greville Smyth room. 



A welcome gift was that of a series of the rare stalked 

 examples of the Mushroom coral (Fungi a) discovered upon 

 the Dunk Island reef by the donor, Mr. J. Banfield. 



The collection of insects, Crustacea, and fish have been 

 mounted for inclusion in the general series, in addition to a 

 Tasmanian series received by exchange from Dr. W. M. 

 Tattersall, of the Manchester Museum. 



The insect series has made steady progress, Mr. G. C. 

 Griffiths having identified many species, and added numerous 

 specimens from Burma and Colombia to the Exotic Lepi- 

 doptera series. 



Mr. Chas. Bartlett has completed the mounting of the 

 British examples of Longicornia and the whole of the group 

 Phytophaga, which occupies six drawers. 



