INDEX. 



ABBOT, J., drawings of the Insects 

 of Georgia transferred to the 

 Department, 54 



Abraham, P. S., Nudibranchs 

 arranged by, 31 



Abyssinian Expedition, collections 

 formed during, acquired, 19 



Adams, Henry, collection of Shells 

 purchased, 37 



Afghan Delimitation Commission 

 (see Aitchison) 



Aitchison, Dr. J. E. T., collection 

 made during the Afghan De- 

 limitation Commission, 69 



Alder, Joshua, British Mollusca 

 presented, 15 



Alert, H.M.S., collections made 

 during the voyages of, 44, 63 



Allport, Morton, collection of Fishes 

 from Hobart, 28 



Amber, Insects, etc. , in , purchased, 86 



Anderson, Dr. J., Mammals from 

 Egypt presented by, 85 



Angas, G. F., collection of Shells 

 presented by, 23, 37 



Anoplura, Denny Collection ac- 

 quired, 8 



Anthropological collection, 57 



Antipathes, specimen exhibited, 28 



Arachnida, state of collection in 

 1856 . . 7 



Keyserling Collection pur- 

 chased, 79 

 MS. lists of, 92 



Arctic Expedition (1875) ..35 



Atkinson, E. T., Indian Coleoptera 

 and Rhynchota collected by, 

 purchased, 86 



Attendants, duties of, 51 



Austen, E. E., appointment of, 75 



visit to S. America, 93 



BADEN-POWELL, Sir G., Zoological 

 collections from Bering's Sea 

 presented by, 85 

 Baird, Dr. W., Assistant, 9 



engaged upon the Mollusca, 



etc., 6, 9 



Baird, Dr. W., death of, 22, 23 



Bakewell, Robert, Coleoptera se- 

 lected from his collection, 21 



Balxna australis, skeleton acquired, 

 27 



Balxnoptera musculus, specimen 

 purchased, 45 



Balfour, Prof. I. B., collections 

 from Socotra presented, 44 



Baly, Dr. J. S., collection of 

 Phytophaga purchased, 46, 80 

 - Catalogue of Hispidae, 10 



Banks, Sir Joseph, collections 



acquired, 19 

 Barboza du Bocage, Prof., West 



African Reptiles presented by, 



20 

 Bassett - Smith, P. W., marine 



animals collected in the China 



Sea by, presented, 75 



collection made in China, 



Australia, etc., presented, 90 

 Bate, C. Spence, Catalogue of 



Amphipodous Crustacea, 10 

 Bates, Frederick, collection of 



Heteromera purchased, 46 

 Bates, H. W., collections of, 14, 18 

 Batrachia, study-series, condition in 



1856 . . 5 



Catalogues of Reptiles and, 



by Dr. A. Giinther, 10 



Catalogues of, by G. A. Bou- 



lenger, 52 



growth of the collection, 53 



Bats (Chiroptera), Catalogue of, by 

 G. E. Dobson, 25, 33 



Fruit-eating, etc., Catalogue 



of, by Dr. J. E. Gray, 24 

 Beddome, Col. R. H., Reptiles from 



Southern India purchased, 27 



Reptiles presented by, 20, 27 



Bell, F. J., appointment of, 35 



duties of, 68 



Catalogue of British Echi- 



noderms, 84 



Bell, T., Catalogue of Crustacea by, 6 

 Bennett, J. W., Ceylonese Fishes 



acquired, 19 



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