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1870-1874. 1873 proved to number 1525 specimens referred to 362 species, 

 inclusive of 134 types ; they then proceeded to the family 

 Buprestidse, of which, after the accession of the Saunders 

 Collection, the Museum certainly possessed the finest and most 

 complete series of the time ; it occupied 70 drawers, and 

 consisted of 11,036 specimens referred to 3263 species, including 

 449 types; this work was completed in 1874. The collection of 

 Moths, on which Walker had been engaged from 1854 to 1866, 

 was overloaded with additions, so that on this account alone a 

 rearrangement and expansion had become imperative. Mr. Butler 

 undertook to work at it from 1874, after he had been similarly 

 engaged on the Homoptera. This order occupied 151 drawers, 

 consisting of 10,161 specimens which were reputed to belong to 

 4046 species. Mr. Walker finished the cataloguing of the 

 Dermaptera Saltatoria in 1870, and of the Heteropterous Hemip- 

 tera in 1873. Finally, Mr. F. Smith arranged the whole of the 

 Diptera in the years 1874 and 1875 : this order occupied 90 

 drawers, and was represented by 7162 species and 15,102 

 specimens. 



No progress was made in the arrangement of any of the 

 Radiata ; but particularly interesting examples were added to 

 the exhibition-series. 



LISTS AND CATALOGUES. 

 (1870-74.) 



Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats. By 

 Dr. Gray. 1870. 



Catalogue of Seals and Whales. Supplement. By Dr. Gray. 

 1871. 



Handlist of Seals, Morses, Sea Lions and Sea.- Bears. By 

 Dr. Gray. 1874. 



Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia. By Dr. Gray. 1872. 



Handlist of the Edentate, Thick-skinned and Ruminant 

 Mammals. By Dr. Gray. 1873. 



Handlist of the Genera and Species of Birds. Parts II. 

 and III. By G. R. Gray. 1870-71. 



Catalogue of Birds. Vol. 1. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. 1874. 



Catalogue of Shield Reptiles. Part 1. Supplement. By 

 Dr. Gray. 1870. Appendix, 1872. Part 2, 1872. 



Handlist of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles. By Dr. Gray. 

 1873. 



