The visit of the Council of the Entomological Society took 

 place on June 30 to July 2. Mr. C. O, Watcrhouse, Vice- 

 President, Mr. Edward Saunders, F.L.S., Mr. A. Hugh Jones, 

 Mr. H. Donisthorpe, and Mr. C. G. Barrett were present, 

 together with other students of the Insecta not on the Council, 

 viz. Mr. Roland Trimen, F.R.S., Hon. M.A., Mr. M. Jacoby, 

 Mr. Herbert Druce, F.L.S., and many Oxford naturalists. 

 The visitors were entertained by the Hope Curators and their 

 friends. The work of the Hope Museum was much assisted 

 by many kind suggestions. 



Mr. Sidgwick and Mr. Pogson Smith have continued the 

 arrangement of the British Tineina. Mr. C. G. Barrett kindly 

 assisted in this work on the occasion of his visit. Mr. Gilbert J. 

 Arrow and Mr. C. J. Gahan have worked through groups 

 of our Coleoptera, which they have been studying in the 

 Natural History Museum, and Mr. W. L. Distant has similarly 

 identified the Westwood types in our General Collection of 

 certain sections of the Hemiptera. He has published the 

 results in two papers in the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society," copies of which will appear in the Hope Reports. 



Mr. Jacoby has continue'd his kind assistance with the 

 Phytophaga, a labour which will now soon be completed. 



Dr. Dixey has continued the arrangement of the Pierinae 

 in the new cabinets, and has carried the preliminary work 

 a long way ahead of the space at his disposal. On Feb. 28, 

 1900, he was elected a Hope Curator, in place of Mr. Edward 

 Chapman who had left Oxford. It is very pleasant to welcome 

 Dr. Dixey upon the governing body of the Hope Collections, 

 which he has done so much to render efficient. He has, 

 indeed, made his own special group, the Pierinae, a model to 

 all Museums. 



During the year Mr. VV. J. Lucas has visited the Depart- 

 ment, and has helped us greatly in his own group, the 

 British Odonata. Mr. Percy H. Grimshaw has come to 

 inspect the General Collection of Diptera. Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 F.R.S., Professor A. S. Packard, Professor W. T. Sedgwick, 

 and Professor J. W. Gregory have also visited the Hope 

 Museum, 



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