The available material is probably still insufficient for a 

 complete elucidation of the group, but Dr. Dixey hopes that 

 his investigations when finished will result in a nearer 

 approximation to a knowledge of the affinities of its various 

 members than we at present possess. Much time was also 

 given to the incorporation of new specimens with the general 

 collection, in particular the interesting series collected by 

 Dr. G. B. Longstaff in Venezuela, Trinidad, and the West 

 Indies. 



6. Rearrangement of the British Beetles. 



Commander Walker has continued his most kind assistance 

 in getting the fine Hope -Collection of British beetles into 

 order and arranging it with the addition of all the accessions 

 of the last sixteen years, including Mr. Holland's fine series, 

 briefly described in last year's Report, and Mr. H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe's donations, amounting at the present time to no 

 fewer than 1,403 species. 



The Hope specimens belonging to the Hydradephaga 

 and Philhydrida were completed in 1908, and the Lamelli- 

 corns early in the present year. Work upon the Elatcridae 

 and Buprestidae, begun in 1908, is now very nearly completed. 



7. Work tipon the Bnrchell Collections. 



Mr. J. C. Moulton, B.A., Magdalen College, crompleted his 

 list of the Nytnphalinae, the largest and most important 

 group of butterflies collected by W. J. Burchell in Brazil 

 (1825-30). This valuable piece of work has involved a critical 

 examination and careful comparison with the original note- 

 books of the manuscript records on over 800 specimens, 

 a minute study of all the species, and the description of new 

 species and varieties. Large numbers of specimens were 

 taken to London to be compared v.'ith the series in the 

 Godman-Salvin and British Museum Collections. In this work 

 much kind help was afforded by Mr. F. A. Heron, M.A., 

 New College, and in the descriptions by Mr. Roland 

 Trimen, Hon. M.A., F.R.S. The results of Mr. Moulton's 



