558 REPORT— 1898. 



three species of Drej)ano2)tertis, are not highly specialised types. The 

 representatives of the genera Slimonia and Stylomirus have also certain 

 of the generic characters less markedly developed than the forms from 

 higher horizons. On the otlier hand, the presence of such a large number 

 of genera point to the origin of this group being in much lower deposits 

 than have yet yielded their remains. 



Your Committee are well satisfied with the results of the investiga- 

 tion, which has yielded much new and interesting information, though it 

 is to be regretted that they were unable to procure specimens of some of 

 the forms, such as FaUvophomis, which have been found by other col- 

 lectors. The chief species represented in the collection are : Stylonurus 

 ornatus, S. macrojjhthalmus, Drepanopterus j^^iUlandiciis, D. bemlycoides, 

 Bemlycosoina. 



The Zoology of the Sandwich Islands. — Eighth Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Professor A. Newton (Chairman), 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford, Professor S. J. Hickson, [the late'] Mr. 

 0. Salvin, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. E. A. Smith, and Mr. 

 D. Sharp (Secretary). 



The Committee was appointed in 1890, and has been annually re- 

 appointed. Since the last report (at Toronto) work on the collections of 

 insects, ifcc, has been continued by Mr. H. C. L. Perkins, Mr. E. Meyrick, 

 and others, and the Committee hopes to be able soon, with the aid of the 

 Royal Society and the B. P. Bishop Museum, to publish a volume. A 

 large number of specimens have been sent to the British Museum (Naftural 

 History) and to the B. P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu. 



The Committee has suffered a serious loss by the decease of Mr. 

 O. Salvin, who was a most useful member from the time of its first 

 appointment. 



The Committee requests its reappointment, with Mr. P. Du Cane 

 Godman, F.R.S., in the place of the late Mr. Salvin. 



Zoologiccd Bibliography and Publication. — Interim Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Sir W. H. Flower (Chairman), Professor 

 W. A. Herdman, Mr. W. E. Hoyle, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. 

 Adam Sedgwick, Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. C. D. Sherborn, Rev. 

 T. R. R. Stebbing, Professor W. P. R. Weldon, and Mr. P. A. 

 Bather (Secretary). 



In its last report the Committee recommended its reappointment, mainly 

 for the purpose of distributing copies of that report to the editors of all 

 publications connected with zoology, and for that purpose it further 

 asked for a grant of &l. Is. for expenses of printing and postage. The 

 Committee was reappointed, but without a grant ; an omission which has 

 considerably I'estricted its action and caused it to postpone the preparation 

 of any further report. There are signs that the preA-ious recommenda- 

 tions of the Committee are being put into practice in various quarters, and 

 it seems probable that a renewal of its exertions would lead to still further 

 satisfactory results. The Committee therefore begs to renew its applica- 

 tion for the above grant in order that it may carry out the work already 

 sanctioned. 



