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too precious for transmission by post. A visit was paid in 
September to Denmark and Sweden in order to study the 
collections of De Geer, Thunberg, Fabricius, and Stal in the 
Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Upsala Museums. A memoir 
on the Alattidae in these classic collections is now in the 
press. 
A few species of Blattidae in the collection of the British 
Museum were determined and the new species described ; 
co-types of 4 species being presented to the Hope Collection. 
The co-types of 7 new species were presented by the Paris 
Museum. 
Dr. R. Klebs, of Konigsberg, has sent for determination 
a large collection of cockroaches enclosed in amber, from the 
celebrated deposits of Lower Oligocene age in Eastern Prussia. 
Very little has been written on the insect fauna of this geo- 
logical period since the appearance of Berendt’s and Germar’s 
great memoir Die Berusteinfauna in 1845. Dr. Klebs’ ccl- 
lection shows that considerable additions must be made to 
the list of Oligocene Blattidae; and a comparison between 
the recent and the fossil genera is bound to yield results of 
considerable interest. A memoir on the group is now in 
course of preparation, and Dr. Klebs has kindly promised to 
present duplicates to the Hope Collection. 
The appearance of two parts of the long-expected memoir 
on the Phasmidae, by the veteran orthopterist, Hofrath C. 
Brunner von Wattenwyl and Dr. Jos. Redtenbacher, enabled 
a much-needed rearrangement of the Hope Collection of 
these insects to be commenced. One of the two sections 
into which the family is divided, Phasmidae Areolatae, has 
now been arranged. It occupies 27 cabinet drawers and 
comprises 467 specimens, representing 53 genera and 133 
species, and including 39 types. As the late Professor West- 
wood devoted much attention to this family of insects, the 
Hope Collection is an extremely important and valuable one. 
It is hoped that the rest of the Pasmidae will be in order by 
the end of 1908. 
Dr. J. L. Hancock, of Chicago, returned during the course 
of the year the 7e¢riginvae entrusted to him for determination. 
