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not and does not undertake to identify insects for those who might 

 desire such a favor, it will answer inquiries addressed to it as to 

 whether specimens sent are or are not of such and such a given 

 species, the type or types of which are presumably in the British 

 Museum collections. 



Thanks to the kindness of a friend, the following list mentions 

 some of the more important contents of these collections. 



GENERAL. 



The original Museum collection quoted by Fabricius more than 

 a hundred years ago. 



Sir Joseph Banks' collection of about the same date, kept as 

 a separate collection in Fabrician order. 



Dr. Leach's collection. 



Hope, Rev. F. W. Types of species described in Gray's Zoo- 

 logical Miscellany. 



Curtis, J. Types of species collected by Capt. King, in South 

 America. 



Kirby, Rev. W. Types of his "Century of Insects" and of 

 North American species. 



Stephens, J. F". His entire collection (British). 



Gray, G. R. Most of the species described in Griffith's 

 "Animal Kingdom." 



Newman, E. A considerable number of types of N. American 

 and Australian species. 



Walker, F. All those described in the Museum Catalogue. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Lafert6. A first selection of his Lamellicorns (4000), includ- 

 ing types from Reiche's collection. 



Clark, Rev. H. Entire collection of Hydradephaga and Phy- 

 tophaga. 



Bowring, J. C. Entire collection, 230,000 specimens, includ- 

 ing Chevrolat's Longicornia intact, Jekel's Rhynchophora and 

 Tatam's Geodephaga. 



Saunders, E. Buprestidae entire, 7200 specimens. 



Bates, F. Heteromera entire, 22,000 specimens. 



Wollaston, T. V. His collections from the Canaries, Madeira, 

 Cape Verde Is. , St. Helena. 



