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accomplished by the one Assistant who, single-handed, had to 1879-1881. 



struggle with numerous previous arrears. Besides describing a 



number of new species, in order to preserve the possession of 



" types " to the Museum, he found time to arrange several 



smaller families. Mr. Kirby was instructed to continue 



F. Smith's work on Hymenoptera, and to arrange, name, and 



catalogue the specimens of the large family of Tenthredinidse. The 



lepidopterist was, as regards accumulation and pressure of work, 



in an even worse position than his colleague for Coleoptera, as he 



had, during the absence of the Keeper, to attend to some part of 



the official and administrative business. Yet by descriptions in 



various papers he added, in 1881, 391 types to his collection. 



Lord Walsingham worked out and catalogued a collection of 



North American Tortricidse which he had presented to the 



Trustees. The British Hemiptera Heteroptera had been very 



insufficiently represented in the gallery at Bloomsbury, and to 



supply this desideratum a carefully-named reference collection of 



these Insects was commenced for exhibition at South Kensington. 



For the re-arrangement of the Dipterous, Neuropterous, Ortho- 



pterous and Homopterous orders neither time nor working-power 



was available. 



CATALOGUES. 

 (1879-81.) 



Catalogue of Birds. Vol. 4. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. 

 Pp. 494, with 14 plates. 1879. 



Catalogue of Birds. Vol. 5. By H. Seebohm. Pp. 426, 

 with 18 plates. 1881. 



Catalogue of Birds. Vol. 6. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. 

 Pp. 420, with 18 plates. 1881. 



Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera. Part I. 

 Lycidse. By C. O. Waterhouse. Pp. 83, with 18 plates. 1879. 



This was the first and, unfortunately, the only part of a series 

 intended to be a companion to the Illustrations of types of 

 Moths. It was found that its preparation took up so much of 

 the time of Mr. Waterhouse as seriously to impede the progress 

 of the systematic arrangement of the general collection of 

 Coleoptera, which work had been assigned to him as his special 

 duty. No continuation of this series, therefore, was attempted. 



Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera. By F. Smith. 

 Pp. 240. 1879. Published after the author's death from a MS. 

 left by him. 



