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MAM, Bland > [s.. ... Coll. (?)—Zool. Journ., v., p. 100 
Mr. N. A. Vigors ..» Woll, (2) 
Prof. T. Bell om ... Coll. (?)—Zool. Journ., v., p. 393 
Mr. John Gould ... ... Coll. dispersed by gift or by sale 
I am unable to place chronologically the Collections of Messrs. 
Haworth, Shuckard, G. H. K. Thwaites (of Bristol), John Curtis, 
D. Turner (of Manchester), Norris, and E. Newman. Some or 
all of them may have dated from the Pre-Victorian Era. 
Of foreign private collections containing Australian types, &c., 
mention may be made of those of Dejean, Riche, Olivier, 
Chevrolat, Dupont, Guérin, Gory, and Buquet. The first-named 
of these was, I believe, sold. The fate of the others I do not 
know. There must have been many others besides those men- 
tioned. 
With regard to the museums comprised in the first group, 
one or two matters may be mentioned. In looking into the 
Pre-Victorian history of what is known of the Australian fauna 
one cannot fail to notice the marked absence of any influence 
emanating from the British Museum. In fact, as far as the 
fauna is concerned, the British Museum might have been non- 
existent. The Australian fauna was poorly represented in the 
National Collection before the Victorian Era. How poorly in 
the case of mammals, for example, may be realised by taking 
Mr. Thomas’ Catalogue, and mentally subtracting the specimens 
contained in the Gould Collection and those presented by Sir 
George Grey or other donors in the Victorian Era. John 
Hunter’s Museum was not intended to be a zoological museum. 
Some Australian specimens, primarily of zoological interest, at 
one time in this museum, were afterwards, I believe, presented 
to the British Museum. 
Rey. F. W. Hope’s collection of insects was presented to the 
University of Oxford in 1849 (f). The extensive collection of 
the Rey. O. Westwood was added to the Hope Collection in 1857. 
Among the donors of Australian specimens to the Hope Collec- 
tion were Charles Darwin, Lieutenant J. S. Roe (of West Aus- 
tralia), Sir E. Parry, John Gould, Mr. Walker, Mr. Porter, and 
Mr. Fortnum. Some specimens also were purchased by the 
owner. When the entomological collections in Australian 
Museums come to be developed, probably the Hope Collection 
will claim much attention as an entomological Mecca for pilgrims 
from Australia. 
Mr. Alexander Macleay’s entomological collection is the 
nucleus of the present Macleay Museum, Sydney University. 
The history of the specimens in this collection seems not to 
have been published. Mr. Macleay is said to have been one of 
a small syndicate which subsidised J. W. Lewin to collect and 
(/) Proce. Linn. Soc., 1862, p. xci. 
