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104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



8. The working out of the general collection of Syrphidce 

 has been continued ; but the greater part of the time of the 

 Assistant in charge of the Diptera has been devoted to 

 perfecting the new collection of British species. The families 

 Limnotidoi, Tipulidce, Chironomidce, Bihionidce, and Mus- 

 cidce have been worked out and arranged so far as the 

 available material permitted. 



9. The Assistant in charge of the Hymenoptera, Neurop- 

 tera, Orthoptera, and Rhynchota had to devote a great part 

 of his time in helping in the arrangement of the Lepidoptera, 

 but, besides, he worked out a collection of Ceylonese Odonata, 

 presented by Colonel Yerbury, and commenced the rearrange- 

 ment of Phasmidw in accordance with the recent classifica- 

 tion proposed by Brunner von Wattenwyl. 



10. During the transfer of the collections into the new part 

 of the Spirit Building, the whole of the alcoholic specimens 

 of the Crustacea have been rearranged in a general manner ; 

 and an Alphabetical Index has been prepared of the genera 

 to ensure ready access to any specimens that may be re- 

 quired. 



Additions to the Echinoderms and Vermes have been 

 named and incorporated ; the manuscript list of Asteroidea 

 has been completed, and that of the other groups of Echino- 

 derms brought up to date. 



The catalogue of the genus Madrepora and the arrange- 

 ment of the specimens has been completed. 



11. Lists of the Bryozoa, Hydro cor allinoi, Medusce, and 

 Hydroida Gymnohlastea have been prepared, and the labels 

 of the exhibited specimens of Hydrozoa and Bryozoa and of 

 nearly all the Sponges have been revised. 



The examination and arrangement of the Parker Collection 

 of Foraminifera has been completed. 



II. — Registration. 



With the exception of the Pascoe and Stainton Collections, 

 the specimens obtained during the year, whether by purchase, 

 presentation, or exchange, have been entered in the manu- 

 script registers of accessions, and the register-numbers 

 attached to them. For future reference the date and mode 

 of acquisition, the exact locality where the specimens were 

 obtained, the name of the collector, and any other particulars 

 of interest respecting them, are entered. 



III. — Conservation. 



The re-transference of the alcoholic specimens of Mammalia 

 and Mollusca from the Tower-rooms to the Spirit Building, 

 and the redistribution of the specimens of all classes in the 



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