UK.PORT ON AIUSKUM WORK X'XXVH 



series of the moths : and owing to the kindness of Mr. 

 Alexander Rosie we have been able to include a very good 

 selection of the Microlepidoptera. The series of exotic moths 

 is not yet ready for exhibition, but with the help of some which 

 we have purchased with the small balance of the " Lepidoptera 

 Fund" we hope soon to be able to make a creditable display. 



Other Insects. A great deal of work has been done upon 

 other orders of insects. Exhibition sets of Diptera (flies) and 

 Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants, etc.) have been prepared and 

 put on view. Descriptive and introductory labels have been 

 drawn up to accompany these sets, and also for the cases of 

 beetles from all parts of the world which we fitted up last 

 year. Very good progress was made during the winter with 

 the large reference collection of British beetles ; the work 

 involved was done almost entirely by Mr. G. B. Walsh, who, 

 as in the previous two winters, spent many of his Saturdays 

 upon it. 



Casts of Fishes. This section of our work appeared in last 

 year's report on the "temporarily in abeyance" list. We had 

 always regretted having to leave it in that position, and it has 

 been one of the pleasantest features of the year that we have 

 been able to take it up again with vigour. The result is that 

 we now have a nearly complete set of casts of the fishes we 

 intend to show in this form. A large number of casts have 

 been made or finished and painted during the year. The bulk 

 of them are casts either of sea fishes of economic importance 

 or different varieties of salmon and trout. The fishes of which 

 we still have to obtain casts are chiefly coarse fresh-water 

 fishes not found in this district. It may here be mentioned 

 that the Aluseums '[fonnial has published a full account, 

 written and illustrated by Mr. Fletcher and myself, of our 

 method of making casts. 



Fossil Tree. The most striking acquisition made during 

 the year is that of a large fossil tree. This was exposed, 

 together with a number of others, in a quarry in the Millstone 

 Grit on the summit of the watershed between the Derwent and 

 the Wear, not far from Stanhope. Its special value lay in the 



