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^nd of overcrowded genera of Satyridse has been continued, 

 and the Ithomiinse have now been all removed from the old 

 cabinet to those with interchanj^eable drawers. In the sub- 

 family Nymphalinse, the specimens of Argynnis have been 

 re-arranged by Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., who again kindly 

 volunteered his services, and the expansion and partial re- 

 arrangement of the Dione, Colcenis, Vanessa, Euripus, 

 Sywiphoedra, and Hevona groups undertaken. 



Of the collection of Moths, the families Cymatophoridse, 

 Notodontidse, Lasiocampidse, Chrysopolomidse, Endromidse, 

 Megalopygidse, Limacodidse, Hatardidse, Argyrotypidse, Dal- 

 ceridse, and Arbelidse, and a portion of the Arctiadse have 

 been arranged. 



Collections of Butterflies from Muscat, Nyasaland, and 

 British East Africa, a large collection of Moths from Sikkim, 

 those collected by Mr. Ogilvie -Grant and Dr. Forbes in 

 Socotra, and numerous smaller collections of Lepidoptera 

 have been worked out, described, and incorporated. 



The re-arrangement of the Myrmeleonidae in new cabinets 

 has been commenced, and a collection of Odonata from 

 Panama has been worked out and described. 



In the collection of Orthoptera the remaining families of 

 the great group of Phasgonuridse have been revised and, so 

 far as necessary, re-arranged, the Locustidse alone now 

 remaining of this order to be arranged, a work which cannot 

 be profitably commenced until a considerable number of new 

 cabinets are available. 



The arrangement of the collection of British Hemiptera 

 Heteroptera has been completed ; and the transference and 

 revision of the General Collection has been commenced, and 

 considerable progress made. 



In the collection of Diptera most attention has been given 

 to the Mosquitoes, of which valuable additions have been 

 made, including the collection made by the Assistant in 

 charge in Sierra Leone during the Expedition for the 

 Investigation of Malaria. Much correspondence respecting 

 Mosquitoes has also occupied attention. 



A model of the Tsetse Fly has been executed and exhibited, 

 and a similar one of a Mosquito (Culex) commenced. 



The collection of British Diptera has made further 

 progress. 



Crustacea. — Further additions have been made to the 

 series of specimens exhibited under natural conditions. A 

 beginning has been made with a series of preparations and 

 drawings to illustrate the Morphology of the Crustacea 

 and another to exhibit the systematic characters of the 

 Entomostraca. 



An Index has been prepared to the Manuscript Catalogue 

 "of the Brachyura so as to make it more generally useful. 



Owing to the non-delivery of new cabinets during the year 

 it has not been possible to continue the re-arrangement of 



