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species ranges are written in ink, the numbering proceeding 
from left to right. Hence the Sub-Regional distribution can 
be learnt with the expenditure of only a little more time than 
that necessary for learning the Regions. In this way many 
of the advantages of a classification based primarily on geo- 
graphical distribution appear to be gained by a collection 
classified in the ordinary way so as to represent zoological 
affinities. Prof. Poulton added that the method he had 
described was being gradually introduced into the Hope 
Collections at Oxford. 
Mr. McLachlan stated that a somewhat similar plan to 
that described by Prof. Poulton, for showing the geographical 
distribution of insects, had been adopted in the Brussels 
Museum by Mons. Preudhomme de Borre. 
Mr. W. F. H. Blandford said he had visited the Brussels 
Museum, and could confirm Mr. McLachlan’s statement. 
Dr. Sharp expressed the opinion that it would be desirable 
for some museums to keep their collections, or a portion of 
them, geographically or faunistically arranged. 
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse also remarked that it would be useful 
if a geographical collection could be kept in museums. 
Mr. Stevens stated that in Haworth’s collections insects 
of different counties were arranged with various coloured 
labels, indicating the region or district from which they had 
come. 
Mr. C. J. Gahan, Mr. Osbert Salvin, and the President 
continued the discussion. 
Prof. Poulton in reply stated that many of the advantages 
of a geographical classification could be gained by labelling 
the outside of the drawers with the names of the contained 
genus or genera, together with the coloured slips which 
denote the distribution. If, then, the insects of any one 
Region were under consideration, only the drawers bearing 
the appropriate strips would be opened. 
Dr. Sharp read the following extract from Dr. Livingstone’s 
‘Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi,’ and stated that 
he was indebted to Mr. Gahan for calling his attention to 
it :—‘‘ We tried to sleep one rainy night in a native hut, but 
could not because of attacks by the fighting battalions of a 
