dl 
. sions, especially the fine series of specimens presented by Mr. H. 
St. J. Donisthorpe, had been incorporated, and the whole pro- 
visionally classified. It was felt, therefore, that the time had 
come for a new and careful arrangement to be made in fresh 
drawers, and for the addition of the specimens of the splendid 
British collection of Coleoptera so generously presented by 
Mr. W. Holland. These, chiefly presented in 1go01, have all 
been supplied with printed labels by Mr. Holland. They 
form a collection three times as large as the original West- 
wood Collection, together with all other additions made to it 
up to the present time. The rearrangement has been carried 
out, nearly as far as the end of the Caradbidac, by Mr. J. Collins. 
It occupies at present 30 drawers, containing about 4,400 
specimens. 
Commander Walker is now continuing his kind help with 
the succeeding groups. The Dyd¢sczdae, nearly finished in 
1907, are now ready for rearrangement, while work upon the 
ydrophilidae is far advanced. 
7. Work upon the Burchell Collections. 
Mr. J. C. Moulton, of Magdalen College, worked during 
a large part of the past year upon the Brazilian butterflies 
collected in 1825-30 by W. J. Burchell. Kind help in the 
description of new forms was afforded by Mr. Roland Trimen, 
Pekes) Colonel 1): Prain,+ F-K.S:; Director of the Royal 
Gardens, has also courteously aided the work by permitting 
the Professor to study in Oxford the volumes of Burchell 
manuscript in the Herbarium Library at Kew. 
8. Assistance in working out the Material of the 
Department. 
Colonel J. W. Yerbury with great kindness came to Oxford 
in the Lent Term and worked at the collection of Aszlidae, 
incorporating the accessions and in some cases revising the 
previous arrangement. - He then arranged the Dvopfsidae, 
a peculiar and interesting group of flies much studied by 
Professor Westwood. The material is now in beautiful order, 
and the types verified and clearly labelled. 
