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names. When Mr. G. A. K. Marshall was in England in 
1904, he and the Professor attempted to name the Burchell 
African Orthoptera by comparison with the chief collections 
mentioned above. The attempt was not only useless, but 
induced a feeling almost of hopelessness at the amount of work 
which required to be done. In a few months that feeling has 
been entirely dispelled. The important group of the Blaztidae 
(‘ cockroaches”’) has already been arranged as a whole, the 
material having been drawn together by Mr. Shelford from all 
the sources mentioned above, each of which is indicated on 
the separate specimens. The whole occupies 45 cabinet 
drawers, and includes nearly 2,500 specimens grouped under 
122 genera and 708 species of which nearly half have been 
accurately determined. Of the remainder about 150 are 
certainly new species, of which many, already described by 
Mr. Shelford, await publication in the near future. Already 
the collection from having been (except for its types) almost 
useless, has become a source of assistance to other Museums, 
the means for naming Llattidae in the Paris Museum and the 
Sarawak Museum. 
The materials of the next great group, the J/aztzdae, are 
being brought together and labelled for similar treatment. 
The largest piece of work carried out by Mr. W. Holland 
was the careful arrangement of the Lycaenidae or “ Blues,” 
all of which had been named by Mr. Hamilton H. Druce, 
the distinguished authority on the group. The family now 
occupies 84 drawers, and the species being small, an immense 
amount of labour has been necessary for the arrangement of 
the labels as well as the specimens. 
Much time was also occupied in incorporating accessions, 
in looking out types for the study of specialists, and returning 
them to their places. Another important piece of work was 
the renewed search through the Coleoptera for types, which 
when found were carefully labelled, and entered in the special 
book. Many types were recovered in consequence of an 
inquiry for them by eminent specialists who knew that they 
should be in the University Collection. In these difficult 
