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Dr. F. D. Godman, D:C:L.; F.R.S.,ixendered: the Wepatt- 
ment great assistance by naming the whole of the American 
Hesperidae, which were taken to London and reset in order to 
facilitate the manipulation. All of the specimens have now 
been returned, and the determinations affixed to every one. 
The whole of the Old World Hesperidae were similarly taken 
to London and left with Mr. Hamilton H. Druce, F.L.S., 
F.E.S., who is kindly working them out, as he did the 
Lycaenidae of the University Collection. The complete ar- 
rangement of the former group, containing so many obscure 
and difficult forms, cannot be far distant, and will be of the 
utmost value. 
Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., kindly came to Oxford for a few 
days at the beginning of the Summer Term, and named the 
whole of the /felzconinae, a group of difficult South American 
butterflies, of which he has recently made a special study. 
His determinations have been affixed to all the specimens, 
and the rearrangement of the sub-family is now a com- 
paratively simple task which will soon be accomplished. 
Among the Coleoptera large numbers of specimens have 
been taken to London, and have been very kindly determined 
by distinguished authorities in the groups to which they 
belonged :—Cezonzzdae, by Mr. O. E. Janson, F.E.S.; Passa- 
lidae, by Mr. G. J. Arrow, F.E.S.; Axthribidae (at the Tring 
Zoological Museum), by Dr. Karl Jordan, F.E.S. 
In the spring an opportunity arose for bringing by hand 
from Paris a further consignment of Malacoderm Coleoptera, 
named by the distinguished authority of the group, Monsieur 
Jules Bourgeois, of S* Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace. Monsieur 
Octave Bourgeois most courteously offered the kindest help 
in carrying by hand to the Paris address the specimens he 
had received from his brother. The consignment reached 
Oxford in perfect safety, and the determinations are now 
affixed to all the specimens. 
In addition to the kindest help in many directions, Mr. 
Guy A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S., F.E.S., has named a large number 
of Luprestidae by comparison with the fine coilection in the 
British Museum. Furthermore, Mr. Marshall, continuing his 
