CURATOR'S REPORT FOR 1888-89. 



It gives your Curator much pleasure to report that the 

 additions to the Natural History Museum during the past 

 year exceed those of the previous one by about 600 specimens, 

 and that a number of these specimens include some very rare 

 species. 



The following is a total abstract of the number of species 

 and specimens : — 



The most important addition to the Coleoptera (Beetles) 

 is a collection of 175 species presented by Dr. J. W. Ellis, 

 Liverpool, most of them being new to our collection. These, 

 as well as the other additions to this Order, have been catalogued 

 and arranged in the Cabinet, including Miss Tomlin's well- 

 mounted prize collection. 



The Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies) have been well 

 represented, and our best thanks are due to Mrs. Leather, 

 Delamere Lodge, who very kindly placed the whole of her 



