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as no space can be provided for them in the Natural History 

 room, which is already overcrowded. The want of space has 

 become a very serious item indeed ; cases of exhibits are 

 crammed together in the hall and vestibule, and in every 

 available space in the science class-rooms, entirely destroying 

 scientific arrangement. And what is equally bad, many of the 

 cases are constantly being removed for the accommodation of 

 the various lectures that are given in the Institution. 



Your Curator acknowledges with thanks the assistance 

 rendered by the following for the loan of their Reference 

 Books:— Mr. A. O.Walker, F.L.S., Miss Tomlin, Mr. L. E. 

 Duckworth, Mr. T. Shepheard, Mr. Ed. Saunders, F.E.S. 



In concluding this Report, your Curator thanks all those 

 who have kindly helped by their donations, and the Committee 

 for their kind encouragement. 



The following is the total abstract of the number of Species 

 and Specimens sent in during the past year : — 



Ceelenterata 



Crustacea (Shrimps, &c.) 



Coleoptera (Beetles) 



Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, &c 



Hymenoptera (Bees, &c.) 



Lepidoptera (Moths) 



*Coccidm (Scale Insects) 



AphidcB (Plant Lice) . . 



Diptera (Two-winged Flies) 



Aphaniptera (Fleas) 



Mallophaga (Lice) 



Acari (Mites) 



Conchology (Shells) 



Pisces (Fish) 



Reptilia (Reptiles) 



Aves (Birds) 



Eggs 



Mammalia (Animals) 



Geology . . 



Miscellaneous 



Lists of local Fauna 



Total 



3 

 5 



49 

 I 



i6 

 "9 



17 



2 



3 

 3 

 S 

 4 

 3 

 5 



2 



i8 

 3 



S 



22 



28s 



3 



5 



49 



I 



i6 



119 



17 



2 



3 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 5 



3 



5 



24 



289 



5 

 7 



92 

 I 



30 

 415 



13 



4 

 7 



10 

 II 



9 

 6 



4 

 26 



7 

 7 



72 



ID 



3 



739 



• The total does not include specimens of the genus Diaspis, Mytilaspis, and Cluonaspis. 



