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been labelled, catalogued, and incorporated. An analysis 

 of it is printed below : — 



Lepidoptera Rhopalocera 



„ Heterocera 



Hymenoptera 

 Diptera . 

 Coleoptera 

 Rhynchota 

 Neuroptera 

 Orthoptera 

 Arachnida 



Total . . . 1680 



Of these, over half (890) have been catalogued and large 

 additional numbers of specimens also incorporated in the 

 collection. The specimens are accompanied by admirable 

 data of place and time, and the great majority of them have 

 been worked out by the donor and the authorities consulted 

 by him. Although the Oriental Region, including Ceylon, is 

 fairly well represented in the Hope Collection, it is most 

 important to replace all specimens with imperfect data, and 

 this means almost the whole of the older material. Such 

 replacement on a large scale has been rendered possible by 

 means of Dr. LongstafTs specimens, which have also con- 

 tributed many species hitherto unrepresented in the Depart- 

 ment. 



In addition to the above, Dr. Longstaff contributed 59 

 specimens from Ceylon to the bionomic collections. They 

 include butterflies of which the scents were recorded in 

 the fresh state, as well as the other material described in 

 the donor's memoir in Trans. Ent. Soc, London, 1908, 

 p. 607. 



One hundred and sixty-five insects of various groups from 

 the neighbourhood of Bombay (1908) were also presented by 

 the same generous donor. Of these 131 have been catalogued 

 and incorporated. The specimens added to the bionomic 

 collections include some wonderful Dipterous mimics captured 

 at the same time and place as their Hymenopterous models. 



