nearly all carded, and in sound condition, have made excellent 

 examples. Finally, a commencement has been made with 

 the family Anisotomidac, which is now in progress and 

 nearing completion. 



9. Assistance in Working out the Material of the 

 Department. 

 Both Mr. C. A. Wiggins and Mr. W. A. Lamborn paid 

 long visits to Oxford in the course of the year, and were able 

 to afford very important assistance in working out the great 

 collections which they have presented. Mr. Lamborn accom- 

 panied the Professor in several visits to the Natural History 

 Museum and helped to determine numbers of specimens in 

 his collection, especially the moths. In Oxford he very 

 kindly helped in the verification of the labelling of his 

 specimens and in their arrangement in groups. In conse- 

 quence of this work Mr. Lamborn was able, after his return 

 to the Lagos District in July, to study the problems pre- 

 sented by the Lepidoptera and other insects with far greater 

 success. During his visit home he also exhibited the 

 specimens collected by him at the two soirees of the Royal 

 Society and at that of the Entomological Society, and read 

 an account of some of his observations at a meeting of the 

 latter society. 



Mr. Wiggins also exhibited on the same occasions, and in 

 ( tocford worked through the whole of his large collection, and 

 prepared a tabular statement of all the models and mimics 

 in the collections sent by him from Entebbe since May 23, 

 1909. These statements will appear in a joint paper by him 

 and the Professor, to be communicated to the Lntomological 

 Congress in August of the present year. 



1 )i. Karl Jordan gave most kind assistance in determining 

 the material of the Department in the groups of which he 

 has made a special stud) - . This help was partly given at 

 Tring, and partly during his visits to Oxford. 



Col. J. W. Yerbury has, as in former years, given the 

 kindest help in the arrangement of the collection of Diptera, 

 coming t>> < Ixford for this special purpose from March 6 to i8. 



