18 Department of Zoology. 



1862-1869. Johnston, who prepared catalogues at home, or with the help of 

 their private collections, did not take part in actual curatorial 

 work. 



LISTS AND CATALOGUES. 

 (1862-69.) 



The majority of the publications issued by the Department 

 in these eight years have already been referred to ; it will there- 

 fore suffice to recapitulate them shortly : Dr. Gray's Catalogue 

 of the Hodgson Collection (1863) ; two parts of sub-orders of 

 Mammalia (1866, 1869) ; Gerrard's Osteological Catalogue (186 2) ; 

 G. R. Gray's Lists of Birds, two parts (1867, 1868); his 

 Catalogue of British Birds (1863); Dr. Giinther's Catalogue of 

 Fishes, 4 vols. (1862-8); Dr. Gray's List of Olividse (1865); 

 Vernon Wollaston's Catalogue of Coleoptera of the Canaries 

 (1864) ; P. Walker's Catalogue of Moths, twelve parts (1862-6), 

 of Heteropterous Hemiptera, three parts (1867-8), of Orthoptera, 

 two parts (1868-9) ; A. G. Butler's Catalogue of Satyridfe (1868) ; 

 of Fabrician types of Butterflies (1869); and Dr. Johnston's 

 Catalogue of British Non-parasitical Worms (1865). 



GROWTH OF THE COLLECTION. 

 (1862-69.) 



In these eight years close upon 343,000 specimens were 

 acquired, giving an annual average of 42,800 specimens. The 

 donations exceeded the purchases in number ; by far the largest 

 proportion belonged to the Class Insecta, the next numerous 

 were Mollusca. 



This extraordinary increase was due chiefly to the acquisition 

 of two of the largest and most valuable private collections, 

 each unique in its own way, that ever were added to the 

 Department. As both consisted of a class of objects most 

 popular with private collectors, it must be regarded as a most 

 fortunate event that they were preserved entire for the National 

 Museum. 



The first of these collections was formed and presented by 

 Mr. J. C. Bowring, who collected the Coleoptera of India and 

 China during his residence abroad. He afterwards added to it 

 selections from the collections made by Wallace, Bates, Mouhot 

 and others, and from other famous collections, like Chevrolat's 

 Longicornia, Tatum's Geodephaga, Jewel's Curculionidae, etc. 



