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Lamellicornia of the Lewis collection from Japan have been 

 incorporated. 



Progress has been made with the rearrangement of the 

 Tenebrionidse, including the incorporation of specimens from 

 the Bates, Sharp, Fry, and Godman-Salvin collections ] and a 

 large consignment of the South African species of the earlier 

 groups has been sent to Cape Town to he worked out by 

 Mr. L. Peringuey. A large number of Meloidse, returned 

 after determination by Dr. Creighton Wellman, have been 

 incorporated. 



Collections of undetermined Curculionidse from Australia 

 and from New Guinea and the Malayan Region respectively 

 have been worked out by Mr. Arthur Lea and Dr. K. Heller 

 and subsequently rearranged. The American species of Apion 

 have been determined or described by Herr Wagner and, on 

 their return, have been arranged in the collection. The 

 Oriental and Australian species have also been sent to him for 

 determination. 



^' The thanks of the Department are due to Lt.-Col. F. Winn 

 Sampson, who has given valuable assistance by devoting much 

 time to the determination and arrangement of the Scolytida3, 

 and has incorporated the many specimens of this family 

 included in the Lewis collection from Japan and Ceylon. 



The collection of African Longicornia, presented by the 

 Hon. W. Rothschild, F.R.S., as well as several other minor 

 additions to this group of beetles, have been incorporated in 

 the general collection. 



M. Ernest Olivier has named and returned several species 

 of Oriental and Australian Lampyridse and Rhagophthalmidse 

 sent to him for determination ; and M. P, Lesne, of the Paris 

 Museum, has rendered similar service in regard to African and 

 other species of Bostrichid?e. 



The incorporation in the general collection of the collection 

 •of European Coleoptera, which had been gradually taking 

 place during past years, was this year hastened on, and com- 

 pleted, in order to make the cabinets which they occupied 

 available for other purposes. 



In the HYMENOPTERA the rearrangement of the 

 Apidse has been continued, and all accessions from the Saunders, 

 Farren White, and other collections incorporated. The arrange- 

 ment of the Ichneumonidse of the general collection has been 

 proceeded with by Mr. Claude Morley, the Tribes Ophionides 

 and Metopiides have been entirely revised and considerable 

 progress has been made with the Paniscinse. Mr. R. E. Turner, 

 as in former years, has devoted much time to work at the 

 collection, and has completed the arrangement of the Sphegidse, 

 and commenced the expansion of the Pompilidse. The collection 

 of British Ants has been expanded and revised. 



