NOTES ON THE COLLECTION OF BRITISH MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 153 



In 1861 Mr. Hope founded and endowed the Hope Professor- 

 ship of Zoology, and, exercising the right conferred by the Trust 

 Deed, appointed the illustrious Curator, J. 0. Westwood, to 

 the Chair. At his death in 1893 he was succeeded by Dr. E. B. 

 Poulton, D.Sc, F.Pt.S., etc. 



The Hope Collections, at first housed in the Taylorian 

 Buildings, were transferred about 1860 to the New University 

 Museum which had just been completed. Thus originated the 

 Hope Department of Zoology, greatly enlarged in 1894 by the 

 addition of rooms formerly used by the Mathematical Professor, 

 and again in 1912 by including the southern part of the old 

 Piadclitfe Library. 



Later the Piev. F. M. Spilsbury, who died in 1878, left his 

 entomological collection to the Hope Department, and this was 

 combined with the Hope- Westwood Collection. 



During the present century very large additions have been 

 made to the entomological collections by bequest and gifts. 



In 1906 the extensive British collection formed by J. C. and 

 C. W. Dale was bequeathed by the latter to the Museum with 

 the stipulation that it was to be kept whole and intact and not 

 incorporated with other collections. Detailed notes on this 

 collection were published in the * Entomologist's Monthly 

 Magazine,' 1907-1910, by Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., E.N. 



In 1908 the collections formed by the late Mr. A. J. Chitty 

 were presented unconditionally to the Museum by his widow, 

 and in 1909 that of the late Mr. H. S. Sellon was given, also 

 without condition, by his mother and sisters. In 1915 the 

 collection of the late Mr. Pogson Smith, Fellow of St. John's 

 College, Oxford, was similarly presented by his widow, and in 

 the same year the collection of the late Prof. Meldola, F.R.S., 

 was bequeathed by him to the Museum also without conditions 

 attached. Finally, last year the collection of the late Lieut. 

 E. J. Champion, of Jesus College, Oxford, who was killed in 

 France during the war, was presented by his parents, also 

 unconditionally. Furthermore, large additions have been made 

 by the kindness of many private collectors. All these collections, 

 with the exception of that formed by the Dales, have now been 

 incorporated into one, and are contained in upwards of 500 

 draw^ers in more than twenty cabinets. 



The specimens of each separate collection are at once 

 identifiable by their labels, so that nothing is lost by incorpora- 

 tion, but on the contrary much is gained by the opportunity of 

 easy comparison with other individuals from other collections. 

 Ample space has been left for future additions, the aim being 

 to represent, as far as possible, each species by a short series 

 of sjjecimens from every locality in its area of distribution in 

 the British Isles. 



The classification and nomenclature is that adopted . by 



