102 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The interesting genus Cuteterehra has been worked out 

 and, with its allies, made the subject of a paper ; and the 

 arrangement of the sub-family Cutiterehrince has been 

 completed. 



The collection of Phasmic^ce has been revised and most of 

 the new species described ; and a working catalogue of the 

 Locustidce, preparatory to the re-arrangement of the family, 

 commenced. 



The Gicadulo: have also undergone revision. 



Anthozoa.— 'DviVUig the preparation of a second volume of 

 the Catalogue of Madreporaria by Mr. H. M. Bernard, all the 

 specimens referred to have been critically studied and deter- 

 mined, and a considerable number of photographs have been 

 taken to illustrate the work. 



In the Coral Gallery the cases have been painted and 

 cleaned, and the specimens have been dusted and mended. A 

 series illustrative of the life history of Fungia has been set 

 out ; specimens showing the characters of Turhinaria have 

 been mounted and placed on exhibition, and various labels 

 descriptive of the salient points of these genera have been 

 prepared. The specimens of Porites, Astveojjora and Alveo- 

 pora selected for exhibition have been remounted. A tine 

 Madrepora has been added to the splendid series of that 

 genus now in the gallery, and the large collection of corals 

 made by Mr. Saville Kent has been macerated and cleaned. 



Spongiida. — Manuscript catalogues of the sub-orders 

 Choristida and Lithistidce of the Spongida Tetractinellida 

 of the species of the order Carnosa and of the Monaxonidce 

 S'pintharophora have been prepared. 



II. — DuLplicateg. 



Duplicates have been presented to the Museums at Edinburgh, 

 Dublin, Bristol, Brighton and Lisbon, and to the Hartley 

 Institute, Southampton, as follows : — 296 skins of Birds ; 

 188 Reptiles ; 2 Batrachians ; 136 Fishes ; 2,295 Shells, and 

 1,274 Insects ; while exchanges w^ere effected Avith the follow- 

 ing Institutions and individuals : — The Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta ; the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris ; the 

 Museum fiir Naturkunde, Berlin ; the Senckenberg Museum, 

 Frankfurt /m.; Herr F. Henkel, Vienna ; M. Rene Oberthiir, 

 Rennes ; M. E. L. Ragonot, Paris ; and Dr. F. Werner, 

 Vienna. 



III. — DeparUnental Library. 



Sixty-nine separate works in 74 volumes, and 776 new 

 numbers of periodicals, and parts of works in progress obtained 

 by purchase, presentation and exchange, have been added to the 

 Departmental Library ; 110 volumes have been bound. The 

 Library now contains 10,036 separate works, represented by 



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