Dr. Dixey continued the arrangement of the Picrinae. His 

 chief work consisted in the completion of the arrangement of 

 the extremely difficult genera Colias and Tcrias. The species 

 are arranged in a most instructive manner to show the geo- 

 graphical and seasonal variations. 



The arrangement of the Phytophaga (Coleoptera) so kindly 

 worked out for the Hope Department by Mr. M. Jacoby, was 

 next continued by Mr. Holland. 



The classification is now complete up to the point reached 

 by Mr. Jacoby, and the collection occupies 41 drawers in 

 a cabinet of an old type with shallow drawers^, not unsuitable 

 however for these small beetles. A large amount of labour 

 has been devoted to this collection, which is now in a very 

 satisfactory condition. 



Mr. A. H. Hamm has been chiefly occupied in setting and 

 printing labels for the large number of accessions, and in reset- 

 ing a large portion of the Lepidoptera which have been finally 

 arranged. Many of these are very old specimens, in poor 

 condition, and require the greatest care. During the Long 

 Vacation he named and arranged the Syntomid Moths of the 

 Department, following Sir George Hampson's recently pub- 

 lished monograph. 



Colonel Swinhoe completed the arrangement of the 

 Oriental moths, thus finishing an arduous piece of work which 

 has occupied him intermittently for many years. The working 

 out and naming of this high proportion of our large collection 

 of moths will be of the greatest value in the labour of bringing 

 together the whole into one comprehensive series. 



The arrangement of the British Lepidoptera has been 

 continued by Mr. Sidgwick and Mr. Pogson Smith. The 

 Tor trices are now complete, and the Tineina about half finished. 

 Mr. Edward Saunders and Mr. R. C. L. Perkins visited the 

 Department in the course of the year, and afforded valuable 

 help in naming the most obscure among the recent additions 

 to the British Hymenoptera. Dr. Frederick Moore kindly 

 gave information as to the history of specimens formerly in 

 the collection of the East India Company. Mr. Gilbert J. 

 Arrow studied the section of Coleoptera he was at work upon 



