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and has described several new species from Mexico and Central 

 America. The Coleoptera collected by Dr. Wollaston and 

 others on the expeditions to Dutch New Guinea have nearly- 

 all been worked out and the new species described. 



In the Hymenoptera, the re-arrangement of the Apidis has 

 made further considerable progress, the sub-families Antho- 

 phorinse, Euglossinte, and Panurgin?e having been completed 

 during the year. A large part of the Cameron collection of 

 Aculeate Hymenoptera has been incorporated ; and certain 

 genera of Vespidse have been revised. The large genera 

 Synagris and Alastor of this family have been worked out 

 by Dr. Maidl (of Vienna) and Dr. R. C. L. Perkins respectively. 

 Other groups have been sent to specialists for study, the more 

 important comprising Apidse despatched to Prof. T. D. A. 

 Cockerell and Prof. Myron Swenk. 



Mr. R. E. Turner having returned from Australia, where he 

 succeeded in making ah extensive collection of insects belonging 

 to this order, has continued voluntarily to devote a great part 

 of his time to working out the collections. 



Progress has also been made in the arrangement of the 

 Parastic Hymenoptera (Ichneumonidse) the sub-family Pim- 

 plinse having been completed. The Chalcididse have been 

 partially revised by Mr. James Waterston of the Imperial 

 Bureau of Entomology. 



In the Orthoptera, several small accessions have been 

 incorporated, and all the unworked accessions belonging to 

 the family Mantida? have been sent on loan to Dr. Ermano 

 Giglio-Tos, who has undertaken to work them out, and to 

 describe the new forms. 



In the Neuroptera, unnamed Raphidiidse have been deter- 

 mined and returned by Sehor R. P. Longinos Navas, S.J., and 

 have been incorporated in the collection, A short paper has 

 been prepared and published, giving an account of some 

 morphological features of the head in certain genera of 

 Phryganeidse. 



The collection of Anoplura and Mallophaga has continued 

 to grow rapidly, large numbers of specimens having again been 

 presented by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild, to whom the Depart- 

 ment is also greatly indebted for the continuance of provision 

 for the services of a preparator during the greater part of the 

 year. A good deal of work has been done on collections 

 received in instalments from the Zoological Society ; and the 

 specimens belonging to these groups of parastic insects, brought 

 back by the " Terra Nova" (Antarctic) Expedition, the South 

 Georgia Whaling Mission, and the expeditions to Dutch New 

 Guinea, have as far as possible been determined and described. 



In the Rhynchota, further progress has been made in 

 incorporating the Distant collection. A number of species 

 collected by Drs. E. Sarasin and J. Roux in New Caledonia 

 and the neighbouring islands, the specimens collected by the 



