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I. Financial Gifts and Grants to the Department. 

 The sum of ;^i75 was spent on cabinets during the year 

 1908 ; a set of 10, containing 200 interchangeable drawers of 

 the Department pattern, being received. Towards the cabinet 

 fund, from which this payment was made, £\oo was received 

 from the Common University Fund and i^ioo from the Pro- 

 fessor, who also contributed ^^"40 for the expenses of work 

 upon the collections of Picrinae. Dr. G. B. Longstaff re- 

 newed his generous grant of £"1'^ for meeting the expense of 

 an extra assistant. Great encouragement in the work of the 

 Department was received from the generous and kindly decision 

 of Brasenose College to grant a sum of £\'^^ towards the 

 general expenses. This sum will be spent during the present 

 year in the provision of further cabinet accommodation. 



2. The A. y. Clntty Collection. 



This important collection of British insects was presented 

 by Mrs. A. J. Chitty. The long series of species, accompanied 

 by excellent data, will do much to encourage the study of 

 insects in the University, and will be an enduring memorial 

 of the keenest of naturalists, A. J. Chitty of Balliol. 



In spite of the fact that the specimens were very insecurely 

 fixed in their boxes and cabinet drawers, the collection was 

 brought by road from London, and transferred to the Depart- 

 ment in safety — a result in great part due to careful super- 

 intendence of the packing by Mrs. Chitty, Mr. Guy A. K. 

 Marshall, and the Professor. 



3. Work done by the Staff. 



Mr. Shelford's work on the Orthoptera, and Dr. Dixey's on 

 the Picrinae, are described in the two following sections. An 

 account of the kind assistance rendered by Commander Walker 

 is given in Section 6. 



In addition to the ever-recurring labour of incorporating 

 accessions, Mr. Holland has arranged the extensive British 

 collection of Pyrales and Tortrices, incorporating the large 

 and beautiful collection of British Micro-Lcpidoptera pre- 



