require some repair, but the drawers themselves are in excel- 

 lent condition and, being deep, will accommodate continental 

 specimens as well as those prepared in the old British style. 



2. The F. P. Pascoe Collections and Library. 

 The chief collections containing over 3,000 types of the late 

 Mr. F. P. Pascoe, F.L.S., F.E.S., the distinguished authority 

 on certain important groups of Coleoptera, were acquired by the 

 British Museum of Natural History in 1893. Mr. Pascoe was, 

 however, a naturalist of the widest interests, and in the course 

 of his numerous journeys assiduously collected all classes of 

 animals. Owing to the kind suggestion of Dr. A. R. Wallace, 

 Hon. D.C.L., all the remaining collections were generously 

 presented to the University by Miss Pascoe, together with the 

 zoological portions of her father's library. The numerous 

 cabinets and cases, together with large numbers of books and 

 hundreds of memoirs, were safely conveyed by road from 

 London by Messrs. Archer & Co. An account of the 

 Library will be found towards the end of this Report (p. 43). 

 Some of the cabinets and cases with the specimens therein 

 contained were transferred to Professor G. C. Bourne's Depart- 

 ment ; but the great majority, occupying 13 cabinets, belong 

 to the Arthropoda and are appropriately placed with the 

 Hope Collections. 



3. The Lepidoptera of Teneriffe. 



The study of island faunas is of peculiar interest ; and the 

 University is greatly indebted to Mr. W. Walmesley White 

 of Giiimar, Teneriffe, who has generously presented his very 

 fine collection of butterflies and moths of the island. The 

 collection will be kept separate so that it can be studied as 

 a whole. It is a welcome addition to the Wollaston collection 

 of beetles from Madeira, purchased and presented in 1861 by 

 Rev. F. W. Hope, and from the Canary Islands, presented 

 in 1865 by Mrs. F. W. Hope. 



The Walmesley White Collection contains over 300 butter- 

 flies and over 550 moths, the latter including the type of 

 Hadena whitei of Rebel. The donor continues to take great 

 interest in improving and completing the collection. In 

 working out the larger moths much kind assistance was 



