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together with other material : for instance, my own collection (in- 

 cluding that of the late Professor Zeller) left b}-- my will to the 

 Museum ; the Grote collection, still untouched as regards the To7'- 

 tricidce and Tineidce ; and the Frey collection, lately purchased by 

 the Trustees. 



It seems important to maintain intact the whole British series of 

 Macro and Micro-Lepidoptera , seeing that these form a counterpart 

 to his well-known Manual, still in constant use. 



The European collection of Tineidce contains a number of types 

 as well as many series of specimens received direct from the authors 

 by whom the species were first described, and which are, therefore, 

 extremely valuable as co-types, or at least as having been compared 

 with the originals. This collection far surpasses anything of the kind 

 now in the possession of the Trustees. One of the conditions on 

 Avhich the collection is presented is that this, as well as the British 

 series, should remain undisturbed. 



To sum up shortly, the conditions which will attach to these 

 collections, as resulting from a consultation with Messrs. Douglas and 

 McLaehlan, who represented Mrs. Stainton, are as follows : — First, 

 the whole British series will be kept intact ; secondly, the European 

 Tineidce will also be kept untouched. These will be immediately 

 accessible to students in the Insect Eoom at the Natural History 

 Museum. It is the Donor's wish that these collections shall be 

 distinctly labelled and known as " the Stainton Collection," and kept as 

 a memorial of her late husband's name and work. Thirdly, the exotic 

 Micro-Lepidoptera with some others will remain for the present in a 

 cabinet accessible only to those who are specially interested in study- 

 ing them. They may be gradually worked out and incorporated from 

 time to time, but in all cases where a specimen is removed from any 

 cabinet or box it will be labelled as from the Stainton Collection, the 

 name (if any) under which he placed it being also recorded on the 

 label. Fourthly, the miscellaneous contents of one cabinet and several 

 boxes may be at once incorporated, the duplicates being available for 

 gift or exchange in the same way as other duplicates are dealt with 

 in the Natural History Department. 



It is intended that a catalogue shall be made of the arranged 

 j)ortions of the collection, stating the names and numbers of the speci- 

 mens of each species represented according to their present sequence, 

 and that this shall also be available for the use of students. 



London : June 19('A, 1893. 



