were purchased for ;^250, and transferred for alteration and 

 improvement to Messrs. Hill, the cabinet-makers of Willesden. 

 Here all the drawers were repapercd and provided with 

 camphor-cells and label-holders, while the unwieldy cases 

 were cut up into 20 cabinets each holding 48 drawers. Doors 

 were fixed and one plinth was provided for every pair of 

 cabinets. All these cabinets, now safely transferred to Oxford, 

 are devoted to the General Collection of moths and its increase 

 in the future. The cost of conversion and carriage amounted 

 to about £150, the total cost to about ;;^400. Of this sum 

 part was provided by the generous donation of £iS^ made 

 by Brasenose College, and ;!^i65 from the Fellowship granted 

 for University purposes to the Professor by Jesus College. 

 The Department is deeply indebted to the patriotism of these 

 two Colleges and Magdalen College, which by its grant has made 

 possible so much good work upon the collections of Orthoptera. 



An entire rearrangement of the whole of the cabinets was 

 effected sixteen years ago when the Department was enlarged 

 in 1894. Another such rearrangement is now greatly needed, 

 and advantage will be taken of the extension into the south 

 end of the old Radclifife Library in order to bring it about. 

 At this time extra cabinet accommodation, especially for the 

 rapidly growing and largely studied collection of butterflies, 

 will be very much wanted ; for by arranging cabinet sections 

 of empty drawers in proximity to the most rapidly growing 

 parts of the series, the benefits of rc-classification can be made 

 to endure for a much longer time. The need will be largely 

 met by ^^300 granted for this purpose in 1910 and ;^3oo in 

 191 1, by the Common University Fund. If it were possible, 

 during the present year, to order a still further supply, there 

 is no doubt that increased efficiency would be secured, and 

 the expenditure of considerable unnecessary labour in the 

 future avoided. It is hoped that it may be possible for one 

 or more Colleges to give to the Department, at this critical 

 point in its history, the help that has been generously granted 

 by Jesus, Magdalen, and Brasenose Colleges. 



A valuable gift of cabinets containing 138 drawers by the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild is especially opportune. The cases 



