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field for investigation, and so full of interest, is open to ento- 

 mologists. 



If we look to what lias been done for the advance of Entomology 

 since the last anniversary, out of the Society, we must first turn to 

 the National Collection at the British Museum, where we shall find 

 great energy displayed, both in the publication of catalogues and in 

 the continual addition of specimens to a collection which I believe 

 to be unequalled for extent and richness. Feeling anxious to obtain 

 the best information on this subject, I requested my friend Dr. Gray 

 to give me a sketch of what had been doing in the collection under 

 his charge, and he has kindly furnished me with the following 

 details and observations. I give his report at length, rather than 

 make any extracts from it, as it contains important information 

 for entomologists, and I quite enter into Dr. Gray's views as 

 to the great value and utility of the catalogues which have been 

 published. 



" The following additions have been made to the National 

 Collection during the year : — 



" Collection of insects from the banks of the Amazon, made by 

 Mr. Bates. 



" Insects of Borneo and other Eastern Islands, collected by 

 Mr. Wallace and Captain Brooke. 



" Insects from Hong Kong and Siam, collected and presented by 

 J. Bowring, Esq. 



" Many fine insects from N. India. 



" Insects from the banks of the Euphrates, collected and presented 

 by W. K. Loftus, Esq. 



" Insects from Port Natal, collected by Messrs. Gueinzius and 

 Plant. 



" Insects of Moreton Bay, collected and presented by — Gibbons, 

 Esq. 



" Insects and Crustacea of Australia, collected by Mr. Stutch- 

 bury. 



" Insects and Crustacea of Fiji Islands, New Hebrides, &c., 

 collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



" Insects of Mexico, collected by M. Salle. 



"Insects of Columbia, collected by the late Mr, Stevens, of 

 Bogota. 



