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Index. 



Sloane, Sir Hans, directions con- 

 tained in his Will, 1 



Smith, Sir A., South African Birds 

 presented by, 20 



Smith, E. A., appointment of, 17, 34 



duties of, 23, 68 



Smith, P., Assistant, 9; Assistant 



Keeper, 34 

 employed upon the Hymen- 



optera, etc., 8, 9 



death of, 41 



Catalogue of Hymenopterous 



Insects, 13 



Catalogue of British Hymen- 



optera, 12, 33, 84 



descriptions of New Hymen- 



optera, 41, 43 



collection of Hymenoptera 



purchased, 46 

 Snakes, Catalogue of, by G. A. 



Boulenger, 88 

 Socotra, animals collected by Prof. 



I. B. Balfour acquired, 44 

 Souleyet, see Eydoux 

 Spiders of Burma, Descriptive 



Catalogue of, by T. Thorell, 92, 95 

 Spiders, Trap-door, presented and 



exhibited, 28 

 Spirit Building, 39, 59, 62, 73, 74, 



81, 86, 87 

 Sponges, catalogued by Mr. H. J. 



Carter, 32 



Deep Sea, collected during 



the cruise of H.M.S. Porcupine, 



acquired, 54 



MS. list of, 94 



Staff, 9, 17, 22, 34, 41, 51, 66, 68, 75 



recommendations for in- 

 crease of, 34, 47, 74 



Stainton, H. T., British Heterocera 

 arranged by, 8 



collection of Lepidoptera, 

 drawings, etc., presented, 89; list 

 of contents prepared, 93 



Stantien and Becker, collection of 



specimens in Amber, 86 

 Starfish Gallery, 60; Guide to the 



Shell and, 63, 71 

 Steenstrup, Prof. Japetus, 23 

 Steere, Dr. J. B., Birds from the 



Philippine Islands purchased, 36 

 Stephens, J. P., employed upon the 



British Heterocera, 8 

 Students and visitors, 48, 66, 73, 78, 



81, 86, 91, 98 

 Study-series and exhibition-series, 



separation of, in 1858 . . 2 

 Sulphur, H.M.S. , collection made 



during voyage of, 6, 45 

 Swinhoe, Consul R., Birds and 



Fishes from Formosa and China 



presented by, 20, 28 



Swinhoe, Consul R, Collection of 

 Birds from Hainan purchased, 27 

 of Fishes from China, 28 



Sylvia, H.M.S. (see Wodsworth) 



TATUM, T., collection of Geodephaga 

 acquired, 18 



Taylor, Rev. T. Lombe, Shells pre- 

 sented by, 28 



types of Shells from his col- 

 lection purchased, 45 



Terror, H.M.S. (see Erebus) 



Theobald, W., Reptiles from Pegu, 

 etc., presented by, 20 



Thomas, M. R. Oldfield, appoint- 

 ment to the Zoological Depart- 

 ment, 34 



duties of, 34, 42, 68 



Catalogue of Marsupialia 



and Monotremata, 67, 76, 77 



Thomson, Prof. Sir Wyville, 54 



Thorell, T., Descriptive Catalogue 

 of the Spiders of Burma, by, 92, 95 



Tortoise, extinct, of Madagascar, 

 exhibited, 94 



Tortoises, Gigantic Land-, Cata- 

 logue of, by Dr. A. Gunther, 33 



Tortricidse, North American, pre- 

 sented and worked out by Lord 

 Walsingham, 43 ; Illustrations of, 

 44 



Transit of Venus Expedition, large 

 collections dealt with, 32, 35 



Tristram, H. B. [Canon], Collection 

 acquired, 20 



Triton, H.M.S., Deep-sea Fishes 

 collected by, 70 



Turton, Capt. W. H., marine Shells 

 from St. Helena presented by, 

 76 



Tweeddale, Marquis of, Collection 

 of Birds and Books, 70 



VARGAS VERGABA, JOSE M., Lepi- 

 doptera and Ooleoptera from 

 Bogota, presented by, 80 



Verrall, G. H., collection of Diptera 

 presented by, 96 



Vieillot, L. P., Bird types of, pur- 

 chased, 75 



Vigors, N. A., Insects described by, 

 acquired, 14 



WALKER, P., employment of, 8, 11, 

 17,23 



criticism of his work, 8 



Catalogue of Lepidoptera 



Heterocera (Moths), 11, 18 



- Catalogue of Hemiptera 

 Heteroptera, 17, 18, 25 



Catalogue of Orthoptera, 17, 



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