Index. 



101 



Cetacea, series of Antarctic forms 



acquired, 36 

 exhibition of, in Basement, 



38,58 



List of, by Sir W. H. Flower, 



G4 



Guide to the Gallery, 63 

 new temporary room for, 



81,90 



see also Whale, Whales 



Chaillu, see Du Chaillu 

 Challenger Collection, acquired, 37, 

 42, 44, 53, 64, 69, 75, 79 



duplicate specimens, 78, 79, 



80 



Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians and 

 Crocodiles, Catalogue of, by G. A. 

 Boulenger, 77 



Chevrolat, L. A. A., collection of 

 Longicornia acquired, 18 



Chilopoda, Catalogue of, by G. New- 

 port, 7, 10 



Chiroptera, Catalogue of, by G. E. 

 Dobson, 25, 33 (see also Bats) 



Chitty, E., Collections of Mollusca 

 acquired, 6, 15 



Clark, Rev. Hamlet, Catalogue of 

 Halticidfe, 10 



Coleoptera purchased from, 



21 



Clifton, W., collection of Insects 

 presented by, 76 



Cochrane, Rear-Admiral Hon. A. A., 

 Pacific collections presented, 36 



Collecting, Instructions for, issued, 

 84 



Collection, condition and arrange- 

 ment of, 2, 16, 22, 30, 42, 52, 55, 

 67, 76, 78, 82, 87, 91 



growth of, 13, 18, 26, 35, 44, 



52, 64, 69, 75, 78, 84, 89, 95 



Colvill, Dr. W. H., collection of 

 Fishes from the River Tigris, 28 



Cookson, Commander W. E., collec- 

 tion from the Galapagos Islands, 

 36 



Coppinger, Staff-Surgeon R. W., 

 collections of, during the voyage 

 of H.M.S. Alert, 44 



Coral, Black, from Negropont, 

 large specimen obtained, 80 



Gallery, in New Museum, 61, 



76, 



Gallery, Guide to the, 63 



Corals, arrangement by Dr. Briigge- 

 mann, 32 (Catalogue of, see 

 Brook) 



Correspondence, arrangement of, 15 

 Corrie, Surgeon A., R.N., 35 

 Cowan, Rev. W. Deans, collection 

 made in Madagascar, purchased, 



Crateromorpha, specimen exhibited, 



28 

 Crustacea, study-series, condition in 



1856.. 6 



arrangements for care of, 6, 

 10, 17, 23, 31, 88, 92 



Catalogue of, by T. Bell, 6 



Catalogue of Amphipodous, 



by C. Spence Bate, 10 

 Cuming, Hugh, collection of Shells 



acquired, 16, 19 

 Cunningham, Dr. R. 0., collections 



formed by, presented, 19 

 Curagoa, H.M.S. , collection made 



during the voyage of, 29 

 Curculionidce, list of British, by J. 



Walton, 11 



Jekel Collection of, acquired, 

 18 



Curtis, John, types of Insects ac- 

 quired, 19 

 Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D., 56 



DALLAS, W. S., employed upon the 



Rhynchota, 8 

 Danford, C. G., Mammalia from 



Asia Minor purchased, 36 

 Darwin, C., series of Domestic 



Pigeons, presented by, 20 

 Davidson, T., Challenger Collection 



of Brachiopods described by, 37 

 Day, Deputy Surg. -General Francis, 



collection of Fishes and Crustacea 



bequeathed, 76 

 Dendy, A., appointment of, 68 



resignation of, 68 



Denny, Henry, Collection of 



Anoplura acquired, 8 

 Dermaptera Saltatoria, Catalogue 



of, by F. Walker, 25 

 Descriptive papers, 8, 9, 29, 32, 43, 



72, 88, 89 

 Desvignes, Th., list of British 



Ichneumonidse, 11 



collection of British Ichneu- 

 monidse purchased, 21 

 Diptera, arranged by F. Walker, 8 

 British collection started, 



93 

 Dobson, G. E., Catalogue of Chirop- 



tera, 25, 30, 33 

 Dodo, skeleton obtained, 20 

 Dolphins, Fresh-water, acquired, 



20 



Fresh-water, skeleton ac- 



quired, 27 

 D'Orbigny, see Orbigny, D'. 

 Doubleday, E., employed upon the 



Rhopalocera, 8 

 Du Chaillu, P. B., collections of, 14, 



20 



