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during the year. The determinations required a printed label 

 separate from that bearing the other data, and the extent 

 of the labour involved may be inferred from the numbers 

 quoted on p. 24 below. Mr.^ Collins also printed labels 

 for, and catalogued numbers of smaller accessions, and 

 assisted in the labelling of others. He fixed printed labels 

 with all available data to many groups of the Miers Collec- 

 tion, the W. W. Saunders Collection, and the Malcolm Burr 

 Collection, so that the specimens could be placed side by 

 side with others without losing the record of their history. 

 Another considerable piece of work was the preparation of 

 labels with full data for the numerous " types " in the Blatiidac\ 

 Phasmidae and Mantidae, and of labels with determinations 

 of species for the collections presented by Dr. Longstaff; 

 for Hymenoptera named by the late Col. C. T. Bingham, &c. 

 He also assisted Mr. Hamm in repapering a number of the 

 old cabinet drawers. 



4. Work 071 tJie Collectiofis of Orthoptera. 



The following Report has been written by Mr. R. Shelford, 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S.:— 



The collection of Blaitidae has increased in size so con- 

 siderably during the past year that it has extended beyond 

 the limits of space originally allotted to it. Five extra 

 drawers have been added to the cabinet in which the collection 

 is arranged, but if the past rate of increase is maintained, 

 this additional accommodation will soon prove insufficient. 



The numerous sources whence the additional specimens 

 have been received are detailed in another part of this Report. 

 Collections received from the following Museums have been 

 determined and returned : — Brussels, Deutsches Entomo- 

 logisches National-Museum (Berlin), Hamburg, Madrid, Wies- 

 baden ; duplicates from these collections have been presented 

 to the Hope Department and the new species contained in 

 them have been described in memoirs that have already 

 appeared or are shortly due to appear. Further collections 

 for determination were received during the year from the 

 following Museums : — British Museum (S. A. Neave Collec- 



