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(jrodnian-Salviii Collection, incorporated. A certain amount of 

 work of the same kind has been done on the Erycinidse. Mis- 

 cellaneous collections, small and large, have been worked out and 

 incorporated ; in this connection mention may be made of the 

 Wickham, Godfrey, Avinoff, Rybot, Phillips, and Selous collections, 

 while a final selection has been made from the papered specimens 

 of the Neave Coll(;ction for setting. In addition the arrangement 

 of the duplicate collections has been overhauled, named and made 

 more accessible, while a systematic card catalogue and index has 

 been started for the Hesperidse. 



In the Heterocera the (/atalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaense Supple- 

 ment, Volume II, has been passed through the press (except the 

 indicesj. In the Catalogue of Noctuidse work has been continued on 

 the sub-family Hypeninse, while in the Pyralidse the classification of 

 the Anerastianae has been continued anil is approaching completion. 



In the Tineina the determination and arrangement of unincor- 

 porated material belonging to various families has been continued, 

 the whole of the Dodd Collection from Queensland has been 

 mounted up and types and typical specimens have been identified 

 and labelled. A great part of the Doubleday Collection has also 

 been transferred to the standard Museum Cabinets. 



In the Diptera a large number of Nematocera, chiefly British, 

 have been mounted and labelled. The collection of British Culicidse 

 has been expanded, recent accessions being incorporated, and the 

 same has been done with a large part of the British Chironomidae, 

 while numerous collections of mosquitoes from various sources, have 

 been determined. A handbook of the British Mosquitoes is on its 

 way through the press. The undetermined Psychodidse have been 

 lent to M. A. Tonnoir, of Brussels, and the African Tipulidse to Mr. 

 C. P. Alexander, of Urbana, Illinois. The Tabanidse of Palestine 

 have been worked out, described, and incorporated ; the Tabanidse 

 of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Western Indian Ocean 

 liave been similarly dealt with. Dipterous material from various 

 localities has been determined and incorporated. Large series of 

 Tropical African Tachinidte and Ortalidse, have also been incorpor- 

 ated, while, preparatory to a revision of the Museum Pamphlet, 

 "The House-Fly as a Danger to Health," for a new edition, the 

 Musca domestica group in the General collection of Diptera has been 

 worked at ; previous determinations were revised, and much fresh 

 material determined and incorporated. 



The undermentioned Museum Pamphlets were revised and the 

 revisions seen through the press. 



" Special Guide No. 7. Guide to the Specimens and Enlarged 

 Models of Insects and Ticks exhibited in the Central Hall, illustrating 

 their importance in the Spread of Disease." (2nd edition). 



" Instructions for Collectors, No. 5 — Diptera (Two-Winged 

 Flies.") (4th edition). 



" Instructions for Collectors, No. 6 — Culicidse." 



