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Report of the Hope Professor of Zoology, 1910. 



The following pages will indicate that 1910 was exception- 

 ally important in the growth of the collections and the 

 accumulation of material bearing upon the problems which 

 have, for many years, been especially studied in Oxford. 



There has been unfortunate delay in preparing the southern 

 end of the Old Radcliffe Library for the reception of a part, 

 of the collection, and the congestion and inconvenience have 

 been very great. There can be no doubt, however, that the 

 additional space will be occupied and the collections arranged 

 in it before the end of the present year. 



Mr. R. Shelford's long illness and absence from Oxford 

 have brought the working out of the Orthoptera to a stand- 

 still, and in many other respects he has been greatly missed. 

 Mr. Shelford has, however, undertaken other valuable work 

 which could be sent to him from time to time. The library 

 has also suffered much from Miss Shelford's inability to 

 continue her work. 



1. The Rothney Collection and Library of Oriental and 

 British Hymenoptera, &c. 



This splendid donation, one of the finest received since the 

 Department came into existence, arrived in perfect condition, 

 with no single insect displaced — a result due to the com- 

 plete and careful arrangements made by the generous donor, 

 Mr. G. A. James Rothney, F.E.S., who himself superintended 

 the loading of the van and bore the whole of the cost. 

 The collection consists of the following : — 

 (1) A fine 40-drawer cabinet nearly full of Oriental 

 Hymenoptera, and extremely rich in types. The specimens 

 collected by the donor in Barrackpore Park,Calcutta,Mussoorie, 

 Allahabad, N.W.P., &c, are in very fine condition, and there 

 are also series collected by Col. C. T. Bingham, and specimens 

 from the collections of Bates, Cameron, Forel, and F. Smith. 

 A large collection made by natives in the Khasia Hills, 

 Assam, is very rich in types of new species not only among 



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