100 



Index. 



Bernard, H. M., engaged to continue 

 the Catalogue of Corals, 94 



Berthelot, see Webb 



Biologia Centrali-Americana, by 

 Messrs. Godman and Salvin, 65 



Birds, exhibition in 1856 . . 2, 3 ; in 

 New Museum, 58 



British nesting, exhibited 



in their natural surroundings, 

 30 



study-series, condition in 



1856. .4 ' 



British, Catalogue of, by G. 



R. Gray, 18 



Catalogue of, begun by R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, 23, 26 



Handlist of the Genera and 

 Species, by G. R. Gray, 24 



Malayan, collected by A. R. 



Wallace, 27 



Eggs (see Eggs) 



Blackman, Mrs. V. H., 31 

 Blanford, W. T., collection of 



Vertebrata from Persia, obtained 



from, 29 



Indian Mammals presented 

 by, 84 



Bleeker, P., fishes described by, 

 acquired, 14 



BohemaH, Prof. C. H., Catalogue of 

 Cassididse, 10 



Bohls, Dr. J., Reptiles, etc., from 

 Paraguay purchased from, 96 



Bonite, collection made during 

 voyage of the, 6 



Boulenger, G. A., engaged to re- 

 arrange the Batrachia, 41 



appointed a First-Class 

 Assistant, 51 



Catalogues of Batrachia, 52 



Catalogue of Lizards, 64, 71 



Catalogue of Chelonians, 



Rhynchocephalians and Croco- 

 diles, 77 



Catalogue of Snakes, 88 

 Catalogue of Fishes, 2nd 



Ed., 82, 95 



Bowerbank, J. S., collection of 

 Sponges acquired, 32, 37, 42 



Bowring, J. C., collection of Cole- 

 optera presented, 18, 64 



Bremen Geographical Society, 

 Expedition to Western Siberia 

 and Turkestan, collection pur- 

 chased, 36 



Brenchley, Julius L., collections 

 presented by, 23, 29 



British, Association, specimens from 

 West Indies, 96 



Fauna, exhibition in 1856, 



2,3 



Saloon, 57, 61, 67. 70 



British Museum, Select Committee 



on, I860.. 2 

 Brook, George, Catalogue of Madre- 



porarian Corals, 78, 87, 88 



death of, 87 



Brown, Edwin, collection of Cole- 

 optera acquired, 37 



Brown, G., Mammalia from Duke 

 of York I. purchased, 36 



Briiggemann, Dr. F., employed upon 

 the Corals, 32, 35 



Brunner von Wattenwyl, types of 

 Orthoptera purchased, 28 



Buchecker, H., collection of Swiss 

 Hymenoptera, selection pur- 

 chased, 46 



Buckler, W., collection of Lepidop- 

 tera presented by R. Newbury, 76 



Buprestidae, Edward Saunders' col- 

 lection purchased, 28 



Busk, George, collection of Polyzoa 

 acquired, 6, 33 



Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa, 

 6,33 



Butler, A. G., appointed Assistant, 



17,34 

 appointed Assistant-Keeper, 



41 



Catalogue of Satyridse, 18 



Catalogue of Fabrician types 

 of Butterflies, 18 



Illustrations of Typical Spe- 



cimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera, 

 by, 33, 44, 71, 77 



arrangement of the Noc- 



tuidse by, 93 



CAMEL, Wild Bactrian, specimens 



obtained and exhibited, 94 

 Canaries, Catalogue of Coleoptera of 



the, by T. Vernon Wollaston, 18 

 Carpenter, Dr. P. P., Catalogue of 



Mazatlan Mollusca, 10 

 Mazatlan Mollusca pre- 

 sented, 15 

 Carter, H. J., determination of the 



collection of Sponges by, 32 

 collection of fresh -water 



Sponges presented by, 80 

 Cases, Exhibition-, construction of, 



40 

 Cassididae, Catalogue of, by Prof. 



C. H. Boheman, 10 

 Catalogues, 11, 18, 24, 33, 43, 52,63, 



71, 77, 78, 83, 88, 95 



General plan of, 11,12, 25 

 Census of Zoological Collection, 



47,97 



Cephalopods, lists of, 23 

 Ceratodus, specimens obtained from 



New South Wales, 28 



