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The rough draft of the " Catalogue of Mantodea, with descriptions 

 of new Genera and Species in the Collections of the Indian Museum," 

 referred to by my predecessor last year, has been completed by Mr. Wood- 

 Mason ; Part I, which will be illustrated by 30 to 40 woodcuts, is ready 

 for press, and it is hoped will be issued during the current year. Mr. 

 Wood-Mason has also commenced a descriptive catalogue of the ex- 

 tensive collection of the Malacostracous Crustacea. 



Mr. W. L. Sclater has been actively continuing the " Catalogue of 

 Mammalia," commenced by Dr. J. Anderson, and has completed the de- 

 termination and listing of the Garnivora, and made considerable progress 

 with the Ungulata. 



Parts III and IY of a " Catalogue of the Moths of India," by Mr. 

 Cotes and Col. Swinhoe, which was referred to in last year's Address, have 

 been issued, and Part Y, (Py rales), completing this useful work, in the 

 preparation of which Col. Swinhoe has had a prominent share, is ready 

 to be issued. 



The very important subject of the investigation of the insect-pests 

 of India has received the earnest attention of the Trustees, and, at the 

 suggestion and with the aid of the Government of India iu the Revenue 

 and Agricultural Department, has been placed on a systematic footing. 

 Mr. E. C. Cotes has been allowed to devote a portion of his time to 

 collecting information on this subject and publishing the results peri- 

 odically as " Notes on Economic Entomology " and further to bring into 

 use when practicable the methods and apparatus that have proved 

 successful in dealing with insect-pests in Europe and America. Two 

 numbers of the " Notes" (on the Wheat and Rice Weevil, and on Insecti- 

 cides) have already appeared ; a third (on Indian Insect Pests) is in 

 preparation, and a large amount of material has been collected, which 

 will gradually be worked up with the aid of specialists. 



The extensive Zoological collections from the Mergui Archipelago, 

 formed for the Museum by Dr. J. Anderson, F. R. S., while Superinten- 

 dent, are being described in the Zoological Section of the Journal of tlie 

 TAnnean Society of London. In Yol. XXI, No. 131, Mr. S, 0. Ridley con- 

 tributes an account of the Alcyoniid and Gorcjoviid Alcyonaria ; Prof. 

 A. C. Haddon describes two new species of Actinia?; and Mr. F. E. 

 Beddard reports on the Annelids ; Dr. de Man's report on the Podophthal- 

 mous Crustacea occupies the whole of Yol. XXII, and forms one of the 

 most extensive contributions to the knowledge of the carcinological 

 Fauna of Indian seas that has been published in our time. Papers on the 

 Mollusca, by Prof. E. von Martens, and on the Gephyreans, by Prof. 1']. 

 Selenka, have also been published by the Linneau Society during last 

 year. 



